# US 2014/0151488 A1 · Apparatus and method for storing and dispensing a high pressure hose > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0151488 A1 - Document ID: US20140151488A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/173,581 - Filed: 2014-02-05 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-07 - Assignees: Stoneage, Inc. - Applicants: Stoneage, Inc. - Inventors: Gerald P. Zink - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151488A1 ## CPC - B65H 75/34: specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables (retractors for storing flexible hoses as accessories of dental work stands A61G15/18; vehicle safety belt retractors B60R22/34; hose-storing devices in apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or portable containers B67D7/40; clothes-line supports D06F53/00; spring drums for liftable blinds with horizontal lamellae E06B9/322; spring drums or tape drums for roll-type closures or roller blinds E06B9/56; hauling- or hoisting-chains with arrangements for holding electric cables, hoses or the like F16G13/16; devices for guiding pipes, cables or protective tubing, between relatively movable points, e.g. movable channels, F16L3/01; flexible rulers or tapes with scales G01B3/10; electrical features of stored material, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. H02G) - B65H 75/38: involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material - B65H 75/4402: {Guiding arrangements to control paying-out and re-storing of the material (guides per se B65H57/00)} - B65H 75/4407: {positively driven, e.g. by a transmission between the drum and the traversing device} - B65H 75/4415: {Guiding ribs on the drum} - B65H 75/4478: {relating to handling of fluids} - B65H 75/4486: {Electric motors} - B65H 2701/33: Hollow or hose-like material - Y10T 137/0318: Processes - Y10T 137/6932: With retrieval means - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract An apparatus for storing, rotating and feeding a high pressure hose, including: a first rotatable drum with a helical groove; a second rotatable drum; and at least one actuator for rotating the first and second drums. For rotation of the first and second drums in first and second opposite directions, respectively, a hose and a cable are coilable into the helical groove such that the hose is in compressive engagement with the cable and the first drum. For rotation of the first and second drums in the second and first directions, respectively, the hose is uncoilable from the first drum and displaceable beyond the apparatus and the cable is coilable about the second drum. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for storing and dispensing a high pressure hose, comprising: a first rotatable drum with a helical groove; a hose having one end of the hose fixed to the first drum and a portion of the hose disposed in the groove; a second rotatable drum having a cable wrapping at least partially around the second drum, the cable having one end fixed to the second rotatable drum and an opposite end fixed to the first rotatable drum; and, at least one actuator for rotating the first and second drums configured to maintain the portion of the hose disposed in the groove in contact with the cable and the first drum during rotation of the drums. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: during rotation of the first and second drums in first and second opposite directions, respectively, the hose and the cable coil into the helical groove such that the hose is in compressive engagement with the cable and the first drum, wherein the cable applies a radially inward pressure on the hose to retain the hose within the helical groove; and, during rotation of the first and second drums in the second and first directions, respectively, the hose uncoils from the first drum and is displaceable beyond the apparatus while the cable coils about the second drum. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a housing and an outlet element, wherein: the first and second rotatable drums are disposed within the housing; for rotation of the first and second drums in the first and second directions, respectively: a first portion of the cable uncoils from the second drum; and, the cable urges the hose into a compressive engagement with a radially disposed portion of the helical groove; and, for rotation of the first and second drums in the second and first directions, respectively: a second portion of the cable uncoils from the first drum; and, the hose is displaceable through the outlet element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein: the first drum is displaceable with respect to the outlet element; and, the first drum is displaceable along an axis of rotation for the first drum such that a portion of the helical groove, from which the hose is being uncoiled or into which the hose is being coiled, is aligned with the outlet element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein: the outlet element is displaceable with respect to the first drum; and, the outlet element is displaceable along an axis of rotation for the first drum such that the outlet element is aligned with a portion of the helical groove from which the hose is being uncoiled or into which the hose is being coiled. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a displacement component: engaged with the outlet element; and, rotatable by the at least one actuator such that: the outlet element displaces along an axis of rotation for the displacement component in response to rotation of the displacement component; or, the displacement component displaces with respect to the outlet element in response to rotation of the displacement component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein: the displacement component includes a threaded rod; for rotation of the threaded rod in a third rotational direction: the first drum rotates in the first rotational direction and displaces in a first axial direction; or, the first drum rotates in the first rotational direction and the outlet element displaces in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction; and, for rotation of the threaded rod in a fourth rotational direction, opposite the third rotational direction: the first drum rotates in the second rotational direction and displaces in the second axial direction; or, the first drum rotates in the second rotational direction and the outlet element displaces in the first axial direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein as the cable is coiled into the helical groove with the hose, the cable exerts a pressure on the hose in a radially inward direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a rotating high pressure connection in the first drum to which the hose is connected. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the actuator maintains tension on the cable during rotation of the drums in both the first and second directions. ### Claim 11 An apparatus for storing and feeding a high pressure hose, comprising: at least one high pressure hose; a housing; a first rotatable drum disposed within the housing and including a helical groove into which at least a portion of the hose is disposed; a second rotatable drum disposed within the housing; a cable with a first end fixed to the first drum and a second end fixed to the second drum, wherein respective portions of the cable are disposed about the first and second drums; at least one actuator for rotating the first and second drums; and, an outlet assembly including an outlet element and a threaded rod engaged with the output element and rotatable by the at least one actuator, wherein: during rotation of the first and second drums in first and second opposite directions, respectively, the hose and the cable pass into the helical groove such that the hose is held in compressive engagement with the first drum by contact with the cable, the cable applying a radially inward pressure on the hose to maintain the hose in the helical groove; during rotation of the first and second drums in the second and first directions, respectively, the hose uncoils from the first drum and displaces through the outlet element and the cable wraps about the second drum; and, the threaded rod rotates to align the outlet element with a portion of the helical groove from which the hose is uncoiling or into which the hose is coiling. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the actuator maintains tension on the cable during rotation of the drums in both the first and second directions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11 wherein the actuator synchronously drives rotation of the first and second drums. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11 wherein the actuator includes a torsion spring assembly operable to maintain a tension on the cable during first and second drum rotation in the first and second directions. ### Claim 15 An apparatus for storing and feeding a high pressure hose, comprising: a first rotatable drum having a peripheral helical groove; a hose having a portion disposed in the groove and one end of the hose fixed to the first drum; a second rotatable drum having a cable wrapping at least partially around the second drum, the cable having one end fastened to the second rotatable drum and an opposite end fixed to the first rotatable drum adjacent one end of the helical groove receiving the portion of the hose in the groove; and, at least one actuator for rotating the first and second drums and maintaining a tension on the cable during such rotation of the first and second drums to maintain contact between the cable and the at least one hose in the groove during rotation of the first and second drums. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein: during rotation of the first and second drums in first and second opposite directions, respectively, the hose and the cable coil into the helical groove such that the hose is in compressive engagement with the cable and the first drum, wherein the cable applies a radially inward pressure on the hose to retain the hose within the helical groove; and, during rotation of the first and second drums in the second and first directions, respectively, the hose uncoils from the first drum and is displaceable beyond the apparatus while the cable coils about the second drum. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15 wherein the cable portion on the first drum overlies the portion of the hose in the helical groove. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a housing and an outlet element, wherein: the first and second rotatable drums are disposed within the housing; for rotation of the first and second drums in the first and second directions, respectively: a first portion of the cable uncoils from the second drum; and, the cable urges the hose into a compressive engagement with a radially disposed portion of the helical groove; and, for rotation of the first and second drums in the second and first directions, respectively: a second portion of the cable uncoils from the first drum; and, the hose is displaceable through the outlet element. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein: the first drum is displaceable with respect to the outlet element; and, the first drum is displaceable along an axis of rotation for the first drum such that a portion of the helical groove, from which the hose is being uncoiled or into which the hose is being coiled, is aligned with the outlet element. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the outlet element is displaceable along an axis of rotation for the first drum such that the outlet element is aligned with a portion of the helical groove from which the hose is being uncoiled or into which the hose is being coiled. ### Claim 21 An apparatus for storing and dispensing a high pressure hose, comprising: a first rotatable drum with a helical groove; at least one hose having one end of the at least one hose fixed to the first drum and a portion of the hose disposed in the groove; a second rotatable drum having a cable wrapping at least partially around the second drum, the cable having one end fixed to the second rotatable drum and an opposite end fixed to the first rotatable drum; and, at least one actuator for rotating the first and second drums configured to maintain the portion of the hose disposed in the groove in contact with the cable and the first drum during rotation of the drums. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein: during rotation of the first and second drums in first and second opposite directions, respectively, the at least one hose and the cable coil into the helical groove such that the hose is in compressive engagement with the cable and the first drum, wherein the cable applies a radially inward pressure on the hose to retain the hose within the helical groove; and, during rotation of the first and second drums in the second and first directions, respectively, the at least one hose uncoils from the first drum and is displaceable beyond the apparatus while the cable coils about the second drum.