Firehose winding apparatus
AssigneeRich Moore Design LLC
InventorsRichard Elliot Moore, Richard Gerald Moore
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Abstract
A portable mechanical firehose winder is described. The firehose winder comprises a foldable structure which can be stored and readily transported in a compact, stowed configuration, but can be unfolded in the field to place the firehose winder into a deployed configuration. The firehose winder has a winder mechanism having two pins for securing a firehose connector is mounted on a plate that can be rotated by hand with a crank arm. The firehose winder also has a firehose hold-down mechanism for holding down a firehose as it traverses the winder as well as an adjustable width mechanism for laterally guiding the firehose into the firehose winder mechanism.
Claims20
A firehose winder comprising:
- an assembly comprising
- a tongue for connecting to a hitch of a vehicle;
- a riser hingeably connected to the tongue;
- a horizontal main stay tube hingeably connected to the riser;
- and
- a firehose winder mechanism attached to the horizontal main stay tube and configured to receive and wind a firehose;
- wherein the tongue, the riser, and the horizontal main stay tube of the assembly are movable between a closed configuration for stowing the firehose winder and an open configuration where the horizontal main stay tube is reversibly locked and displaced substantially vertically with respect to the tongue.
A firehose winder comprising:
- an assembly comprising:
- a tongue for connecting to a hitch of a vehicle;
- a riser hingeably connected to the tongue;
- a horizontal main stay tube hingeably connected to the riser;
- and,
- a firehose winder mechanism attached to the horizontal main stay tube configured to receive and wind a firehose, the firehose winder mechanism having an adjustable crank arm with a handle where the handle may be moved relative to an axis of the shaft.
A firehose winder comprising:
- an assembly comprising:
- a tongue for connecting to a hitch of a vehicle;
- a riser hingeably connected to the tongue;
- a horizontal main stay tube hingeably connected to the riser;
- a firehose winder mechanism attached to the horizontal main stay tube and configured to receive and wind a firehose;
- and,
- a hold-down mechanism mounted on the horizontal main stay tube for applying a downward force on the firehose as the firehose is wound onto the firehose winder mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.