Portable fire hose dewatering device
OwnerJames Maddinginventor
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Abstract
A portable fire hose dewatering device made of durable materials and used by one or more persons. It is considered fire fighting equipment and more specifically for efficiently removing the water from fire hoses prior to the hoses being rolled and stored. The device includes a mounting base, a rotatable shaft, bearings at the shaft ends, a pair of side structures/flanges on the mounting base, a spacer bar, and a set of pull handles connected to the side flanges.
Claims18
A portable fire hose dewatering device made of a specific material and used by one person comprised of:
- (a) a mounting base (40);
- (b) a rotatable shaft (60);
- (c) a rotating component (41) interplaced between each end of the mounting base (40) and the rotatable shaft (60);
- (d) a means (42) for removably fastening the rotating component (41) to the mounting base (40);
- (e) a pair of side structures each side having a pair of lead flanges 50 secured to the mounting base (40);
- (f) a spacer bar (51) interposed between the pair of side structures (50);
- (g) a means for fixedly securing (52) spacer bar (51) to the pair of side structures (50);
- (h) a means (61) for removably securing the rotatable shaft (60) to the rotating component (41);
- (i) a pair of pull handles (70);
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- (j) a means (71) for connecting each of the pair pull handles (70) to each of the pair of the side structures (50) wherein an end of a fire hose after use and the fire hose being partially full of an amount of water can be placed at the end of the fire hose and over the rotatable shaft whereby the device can be pulled along the fire hose to an opposite end of the fire hose by the person thereby forcing the amount of water out the beginning end of the fire hose thereby providing an emptied fire hose which is lighter and is ready for storage on a truck or at a fire house.
A portable fire hose dewatering device made of a specific material and used by one person comprised of:
- (a) a pair of blocks;
- (b) a rotatable shaft;
- (c) a rotating component interplaced between each end of the pair of blocks and the rotatable shaft;
- (d) a means for removably fastening the rotating component to the pair of blocks;
- (e) a pair of side structures each side having a pair of lead flanges 50 secured to the pair of blocks;
- (f) a spacer bar interposed between the pair of side structures;
- (g) a means for fixedly securing the spacer bar to the side structure;
- (h) a means for removably securing the rotatable shaft to rotating component;
- (i) a pair of pull handles;
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- (j) a means for connecting the pull handles to each of the pair of the side structures
- wherein an end of a fire hose after use and the fire hose being partially full of an amount of water can be placed at the end of the fire hose and over the rotatable shaft whereby the device can be pulled along the fire hose to an opposite end of the fire hose by the person thereby forcing the amount of water out the beginning end of the fire hose thereby providing an emptied fire hose which is lighter and is ready for storage on a truck or at a fire house.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.