No-freeze water hose
OwnerRobert K. Harbour, Damon Dennisinventors
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Abstract
A heatable hose assembly for keeping a liquid above freezing in below freezing ambient temperatures is provided. The heatable hose assembly comprises a flexible liquid transport hose, a thimble apparatus, and an electrical heating apparatus. The electrical heating apparatus is located partially within the flexible liquid transport hose. The heatable hose assembly provides a means for slideably adjusting the electrical heating apparatus within the flexible liquid transport hose.
Claims20
A heatable hose assembly for keeping a liquid above freezing in below freezing ambient temperatures, the heatable hose assembly comprising:
- a flexible liquid transport hose, said flexible liquid transport hose comprising an elongated, tubular hose body having a receiving end, an output end, an outer surface and an inner surface extending between said receiving end and said output end of said elongated, tubular hose body, and a single inner hose cavity located within said inner surface of said elongated, tubular hose body;
- a thimble apparatus in operational relationship to said receiving end of said elongated, tubular hose body of said flexible liquid transport hose;
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- an electrical heating apparatus located partially within said single inner hose cavity of said elongated, tubular hose body of said flexible liquid transport hose.
A heatable hose adapter kit for converting a flexible liquid transport hose to a heatable hose assembly for keeping a liquid above freezing in below freezing ambient temperatures, the heatable hose adapter kit comprising:
- an electrical heating apparatus comprising an electrical power supply cord in electrical relationship to an electrical resistance heating cable and an ambient temperature control switch;
- a thimble apparatus comprising a thimble body having a fixture end, a hose end opposite of said fixture end, an adapter end receivable to said electrical heating apparatus, a cable adapter apparatus with a cable opening and in operational relationship to said adapter end of said thimble body, and an inner thimble cavity extending between said fixture end, said hose end, and said adapter end of said thimble body;
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- a means for slideably adjusting said electrical heating apparatus within said thimble apparatus.
A heatable hose assembly for keeping a liquid above freezing in below freezing ambient temperatures, the heatable hose assembly comprising:
- a flexible liquid transport hose, said flexible liquid transport hose comprising an elongated, tubular hose body having a receiving end, an output end, an outer surface and an inner surface extending between said receiving end and said output end of said elongated, tubular hose body, and a single inner hose cavity located within said inner surface of said elongated, tubular hose body;
- a thimble apparatus in operational relationship to said receiving end of said elongated, tubular hose body of said flexible liquid transport hose, wherein said thimble apparatus comprises a thimble body having a fixture end, a hose end opposite of said fixture end, an adapter end receivable to said electrical heating apparatus, a cable adapter apparatus with a cable opening and in operational relationship to said adapter end of said thimble body, an inner thimble cavity extending between said fixture end, said hose end, and said adapter end of said thimble body;
- an electrical heating apparatus located partially within said single inner hose cavity of said elongated, tubular hose body of said flexible liquid transport hose, wherein said electrical heating apparatus comprises an electrical power supply cord in electrical relationship to an electrical resistance heating cable and an ambient temperature control switch;
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- a means for slideably adjusting said electrical heating apparatus within said single inner hose cavity of said elongated, tubular hose body of said flexible liquid transport hose;
- wherein said hose end of said thimble body of said thimble apparatus is connected to said receiving end of said elongated, tubular hose body of said flexible liquid transport hose;
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- wherein said electrical resistance heating cable is located within said cable opening of said cable adapter apparatus, within said inner thimble cavity of said thimble body of said thimble apparatus, and within said inner hose cavity of said elongated, tubular hose body of said flexible liquid transport hose.
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