Hose reel
AssigneeFiskars Finland Oy Ab
InventorVesa Poutiainen
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Abstract
A hose reel includes a frame, a reel, a rewind mechanism with a spring and a guide mechanism with a guide. The guide mechanism moves the guide back and forth on a path while the reel is rotated for distributing the hose evenly onto the reel by the guide. To obtain a freestanding hose reel with a rewind mechanism the hose reel includes a ground support with contact areas supporting the hose reel from a base. The frame is attached to the ground support in a position where the rotation axis of the reel is perpendicular relatively to the base, and the reel is provided with a hose joint in a lowermost part of the reel and the guide mechanism is configured to move the guide to a lowermost point of the path when the hose is completely pulled out from the reel.
Claims9
A hose reel, comprising:
- a frame,
- a reel rotatably arranged within the frame,
- a rewind mechanism with a spring which is tensioned when the reel is rotated within the frame in a first direction around a rotation axis while a hose is pulled out from the reel, and which provides the reel with a spring force rotating the reel in a second direction within the frame to rewind the hose to the reel,
- a guide mechanism with a guide via which the hose is guided to an outside of the hose reel, the guide mechanism moving the guide back and forth on a path while the reel is rotated in the second direction for distributing the hose evenly onto the reel by means of the guide, and
- a ground support with contact areas supporting the hose reel from a base, and wherein
- the frame is attached to the ground support in a position where the rotation axis of the reel is perpendicular relatively to the base, wherein
- the reel is provided with a hose joint in a lowermost part of the reel to guide out the hose from the reel at a location as low as possible, and
- the guide mechanism is configured to move the guide to a lowermost point of the path when the hose is completely pulled out from the reel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.