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US 12,760,821 B2Granted
Hose rotator
AssigneeGammon Technical Products, Inc.
InventorJames H. Gammon
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Abstract
A hose rotator includes a first coupling component and a second coupling component received in the first coupling component. The first coupling component is selectively rotatable with respect to the second coupling component. A release system is selectively disengaging a stationary rotational position of the first coupling component with respect to the second coupling component.
Claims16
A hose rotator comprising:
- a first coupling component;
- a second coupling component, wherein the first coupling component is selectively rotatably received in the second coupling component;
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- a release system selectively disengaging a stationary rotational position of the first coupling component with respect to the second coupling component, wherein the first coupling component includes a flange and an annular extension and the second coupling component includes a flange and an annular extension, wherein the annular extension of the first coupling component is axially aligned with and received in the second coupling component, wherein a threaded bore is formed through the flanged of the second coupling component to receive a set screw.
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A hose rotator comprising:
- a first coupling component;
- a second coupling component, wherein the first coupling component is selectively rotatably received in the second coupling component;
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- a release system selectively disengaging a stationary rotational position of the first coupling component with respect to the second coupling component, wherein the first coupling component includes a flange and an annular extension and the second coupling component includes a flange and an annular extension, wherein the annular extension of the first coupling component is axially aligned with and received in the second coupling component, wherein the flange of the first coupling component includes a single bore formed therethrough for receiving a portion of the release system, wherein the flange of the second coupling component includes a plurality of apertures radially disposed a radial distance from an axial center of the hose rotator substantially equal to a radial distance from the axial center of hose rotator of the single bore of the flange of the first coupling component, wherein the release system includes a rivet, a biasing member, and a ball.
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A hose rotator coupling a hose to a fluid outlet comprising:
- a first coupling component configured to receive an end of a hose, the first coupling component having an annular extension;
- a second coupling component receiving the annular extension of the first coupling component, the second coupling component configured to be received in a fluid outlet, wherein the first coupling component is rotationally stationary with respect to the second coupling component in each of a plurality of locked positions and rotationally movable with respect to the second coupling component in a freely rotatable position intermediate adjacent ones of the plurality of locked positions;
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- a release system having a button cooperating with the first coupling component and the second coupling component to permit the second coupling component to rotate to the freely rotatable position, wherein the release system includes a rivet, a plurality of biasing members, and a plurality of balls, wherein each of the plurality of biasing members and the rivet cooperate to translate a respective one of the plurality of balls in an axial direction of the hose rotator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.