US2191973A - Hose retriever - Google Patents

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Feb. 27, 1940. H. c. SOMMER 2,191,973

HOSE RETRIWER Filed May 9, 1959 2 Sheets-Shut. L

WITNES HOSE RETRIEVER Filed May 9, .1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 H. C- Sommcr:

Patented Feb. 27, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The invention relates to devices used primarily at automobile service stations and garages for normally holding tire inflation hoses and/or radiator filling hoses in retracted positions, for perl5 mittingeasy withdrawal thereof for use and for again retrieving or retracting the same after use.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, easily manufactured, durable and effective casing structure for a de- 1 vice of the class in question, well adapted for accommodating a plurality of hoses (preferably one air and one water) and their retrieving means, and well adapted also for completely housing said hoses and the usual bibs or the like thereof whenever the service station or the like is not open for business.

A'further object is to provide an improved hose retriever of the type having two hoses and retrieving weights therefor, of such construction that rotation of the weights and consequent twisting of the hoses, cannot occur.

With the foregoing in View, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, description being accomplished by reference to the accompanying drawmgs.

Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Figure 2 is an upper end view.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 30 3-3 of Figure 2. I

Figure 4 is a vertical section on line 44 0 Figure 3.

Figures 5 and 6 are horizontal sections on lines 5-5 and 6-6 of Figure 3.

35 Figure 7 is a fragmentary disassembled perspective view.

A preferred construction has been illustrated and will be rather specifically described, with the understanding, however, that within the scope of 40 the invention as claimed, variations may be made.

A relatively tall and slender casing I0 is provided to be set into the ground, said casing being preferably about nine feet long, eleven and a half inches from edge to edge, and four and one- 4115 half inches: wide. Sheet metal, preferably galvanized, may well be employed for all portions of the casing except the cap II which is preferably of cast iron.

The two opposed side walls of the casing III are 50 each provided with an inwardly projecting centrally disposed longitudinally extending corrugation I2 and with two outwardly projecting longitudinal corrugations I3 at opposite sides of said inwardly projecting corrugation I2. The two so corrugations I2 of the opposed walls preferably abut each other and cooperate in vertically dividing the casing III into two wells I4 for the two hoses I5 and their retrieving weights It, and in the presentdisclosure, the corrugations I2 and I3 are of such angular form that a double-diamond '5 shape, in horizontal section, is imparted to the casing, giving each well I4 a diamond shape. Thus, by similarly shaping the weights I6, they are held, against turning within the wells and consequently'twisting of the hose loops which extend into said wells, is prevented. The upper portion of the casing I0 is preferablynon-divided to provide a storage space H in which the terminals of the hoses I5 and the usual bibs or the like thereon, may be housed whenever the service station or the like at which the device is installed, is not open for business. In order to provide av simple and eflective way of providing the casing with the non-divided upper portion constituting the storage compartment IT, I preferably make use of the constructiondescribed below.

The opposed casing side walls are each formed with a notch I8 at the upper end thereof, the vertical edges I8 of these notches being disposed. substantially on the ridges of the outwardly projecting corrugations I3. These notches thus terminate the inwardly projecting corrugation I2 a distance below the cap II, preferably about five and one-fourth inches below said cap. Two vertical sheet metal plates I9 are spaced outwardly from the notches I8 and are secured to the corrugations I3 substantially along their ridges I3, rivets 20 being preferably used in securing said plates and corrugations together. The lower edges of the plates I9 are provided with hori- Zontal flanges 2| of triangular form suitably secured to the outer sides of the corrugations I2 and the contiguous portions of the corrugations I3 along the lower edges of the notches I8. The flanges H are preferably provided with downwardly projecting flanges 22 riveted at 23 to the casing walls. One of the plates I9 is formed with two openings 24 through which suitable connections 25 pass for connecting the hoses I5 with the air and water lines, and it is preferable to include a self-closing valve 26 in each of the connections 25, said valves being normally held open but being self-closing under the pressure of the air or Water if the fitting 21 should be broken by a severe jerk on the hose, occasioned for instance by an automobile driver driving his car away with the hose still connected with or caught upon the same.

The cap II is provided with appropriate roller guides 28 through which the free ends of the hoses for use, the usual rubber ball stops 29 being provided on said hoses to prevent them from passing entirely through the guides 28 when retrieved. The cap I I, however, includes a removable door section 30 carrying parts of the roller guides 28, and when said door section 30 is removed, the hose terminals and the usual bibs or the like thereon, may be housed within the compartment 17, said door section 30 being then closed and suitably locked.

At one edge of the door section 30, I have i1- lustrated two lugs 31 which underlie the adjacent portion of the cap H to hold saiddoor section against upward movement. At the opposite edge of the door section, suitable provision 32 is made to facilitate looking with a conventional padlock. Suitable supporting ribs 33 are provided on the cap I I to underlie the ends of the door section 30.

As the two inwardly projecting corrugations [2 are preferably welded or otherwise secured together, to generally stiffen and reinforce the casing, the casing bottom is preferably formed from two separate diamond-shaped sections 35 riveted or welded in place, said sections having appropriate drain openings 36 to prevent accumulation of water in the casing, should any leak into the same. The entire vertical wall portion of the casing may well be formed from a single piece of sheet metal with its edges riveted or otherwise secured together, as indicated at 3?.

The weights iii are, of course, provided with apro-priate sheaves 38 engaged with the loops of the hoses l depending into the two wells I4, each sheave being preferably, although not necessarily porcelain enameled.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that novel and advantageous provision has been made a relatively tall and slender casing for said hoses and retrieving members, said casing having two opposed longitudinal side walls, each of said side walls being of zig-zag form in horizontal section to provide it with a central inwardly projecting longitudinal corrugation and with two outwardly projecting longitudinal corrugations at opposite sides of said central inwardly projecting corrugation, the two central inwardly'projecting corrugations cooperating in vertically dividing the casing into two separate vertical wells for said hoses and retrieving members; the upper end of each of said side walls having a notch at which the central inwardly projecting corrugation terminates, said notch having vertical edges disposed substantially along the ridges of, the outwardly projecting corrugations, vertical plates spaced outwardly from said notches and secured to said outwardly projecting corrugations along said ridges thereof, and horizontal flanges projecting inwardly from the lower ends of said plates and secured to said side walls along the lower edges of said notches, providing the casing with a non-divided upper portion constituting a storage compartment, said casing having a door giv- 'ing access to said compartment.

HERNIAN C. SUMMER.

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