Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Reeling device – With particular drive
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-30
2001-06-05
Nguyen, John Q. (Department: 3653)
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Reeling device
With particular drive
C242S388100, C242S404000, C242S406000, C242S407100, C137S355260, C137S355270
Reexamination Certificate
active
06241175
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an apparatus for use in winding a hose, such as a fire hose or the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
One of the last steps in any operation involving a hose, be it a gardening hose or a fire hose is to wind the hose for storage for its next use. Particularly with fire hoses, what sounds like a simple operation is in fact an arduous task, often too much for one person. The weight and diameter of the hose make it both heavy and awkward for a single individual to wind effectively into a tight coil for storage. Further, if the hose is to be wound at a job site or otherwise at a location remote from where the hose is normally stored, it must be wound and then be easily moveable to a different location.
Although there have been numerous attempts in the past to address this problem and devise an acceptable solution, the devices conceived by these attempts suffer from numerous disadvantages such that the predominant method in use today is a manual one whereby one or more individuals manually wind the hose about a reel or support. For example, many of the devices disclosed in the prior art do not offer sufficient portability and ease of use, with the ability for one person to easily remove the wound hose from the device.
Examples of devices in the prior art which suffer from some or all of the disadvantages thus described include:
U.S. Pat. No. 5,566,901 of Wilder, issued Oct. 22, 1996
U.S. Pat. No. 5,505,404 of Dubreuil, issued Apr. 9, 1996;
U.S. Pat. No. 5,205,509 of Noggle, issued Apr. 27, 1993;
U.S. Pat. No. 5,188,307 of Miller, issued Feb. 23, 1993;
U.S. Pat. No. 5,033,690 of McIver, issued Jul. 23, 1991;
U.S. Pat. No. 4,592,519 of Peacock, issued Jun. 3, 1986;
U.S. Pat. No. 4,265,414 of Spralding, issued May 5, 1981;
U.S. Pat. No. 4,198,010 of Knapp, issued Apr. 15, 1980;
U.S. Pat. No. 3,946,964 of Zinser, issued Mar. 30, 1976;
U.S. Pat. No. 2,839,257 of Chicane, issued Jun. 17, 1958;
U.S. Pat. No. 2,045,966 of Ruehmann, issued Jun. 30, 1936;
Canadian Laid-Open Patent Application Serial No. 2,115,949, published Aug. 19, 1995; and
Canadian Laid-Open Patent Application Serial No. 2,060,759, published Aug. 7, 1993.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is thus an object of the invention to provide an apparatus for use in winding a hose, such as a fire hose or the like.
In one aspect of the invention, there is provided a portable apparatus for use in winding a hose in which the apparatus comprises a support plate having at least one flat surface. There is further provided a peg which is mounted to the support plate and extends outwardly from the flat surface and a spindle which is removably securable to the support plate and extends outwardly from the flat surface. The peg and spindle are tapered in opposite directions relative to the flat surface. A rotation means is provided to rotate the support plate about an axis, thereby, in use, rotating the hose to wind the hose about the peg and spindle and there is provided a support means constructed so as to permit the apparatus to be releasably mounted to a vehicle or to be self-supporting.
In another aspect of the invention, the spindle comprises a pin affixed to the flat surface of the support plate and a sleeve which is releasably attachable to the pin.
In another aspect of the invention, the peg comprises a tapered end at an end remote from the flat surface.
In another aspect of the invention, the spindle comprises a tapered end proximate to the flat surface.
In another aspect of the invention, the support means comprises a elongated member which has a first end attached to the bottom surface of a mounting means and which elongated member extends downwardly from the mounting means to a second end remote from the first end.
In another aspect of the invention, there is provided a bracket securable to a bumper of the vehicle. The bracket comprises a receiving means to releasably receive the second end of the elongated member.
In another aspect of the invention, the second end of the elongated member is constructed so as to be releasably received within an adapter receiving means and the adapter receiving means is releasably securable within a conventional trailer hitch on the vehicle.
There is thus provided a hose winding apparatus which is portable, effective and easy for one person to use to wind a fire hose or the like.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1543121 (1925-06-01), Ravenscroft
patent: 2045966 (1936-06-01), Ruehmann
patent: 2839257 (1958-06-01), Chicane
patent: 3946964 (1976-03-01), Zinser
patent: 4198010 (1980-04-01), Knapp
patent: 4265414 (1981-05-01), Spralding
patent: 4592519 (1986-06-01), Peacock
patent: 5033690 (1991-07-01), McIver
patent: 5188307 (1993-02-01), Miller
patent: 5205509 (1993-04-01), Noggle
patent: 5505404 (1996-04-01), Dubreuil
patent: 5566901 (1996-10-01), Wilder
patent: 2060759 (1993-08-01), None
patent: 2115949 (1995-08-01), None
2115949
Faegre & Benson LLP
Nguyen John Q.
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