Hose-Reeling Apparatus
AssigneeAiFa Hangzhou Lawn & Garden Acc. Co. Ltd
InventorHong-Bin Liu
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Abstract
A hose-reeling apparatus includes a base unit, a support unit, a joint unit and a reel unit. The base unit includes two casters provided thereon. The support unit includes a hollow post supported on the base unit and a sleeve provided on the hollow post. The joint unit includes a lower joint connected to the hollow post, a tubular plug inserted in an upper end of the hollow post, and an upper joint comprising a lower portion inserted in the tubular plug and an upper portion inserted in the shell. The reel unit includes a shell, a hollow reel, a crank, an outlet joint, a track, a driving rod, a sliding element, a transmission unit, a lower tube, and an upper tube.
Claims18
A hose-reeling apparatus comprising:
- a base unit (10);
- a support unit (30) comprising:
- a hollow post (31) supported on the base unit (10);
- a sleeve (32) rotationally provided on the hollow post (31);
- a joint unit (40) comprising:
- a lower joint (42) connected to the hollow post (31);
- a tubular plug (41) inserted in an upper end of the hollow post (31);
- an upper joint (43) comprising a lower portion inserted in the tubular plug (41) and an upper portion;
- a reel unit (50) comprising:
- a shell (51) supported on the sleeve (32) and made with a slot (58) for receiving a portion of an outlet hose (63), wherein the upper portion of the upper joint (43) is inserted in the shell (51);
- a hollow reel (53) inserted in the shell (51) and used to reel the outlet hose (63);
- a crank (54) comprising an internal end connected to the hollow reel (53) and an external end located out of the shell (51);
- an outlet joint (55) comprising a first end connected to the hollow reel (53) and a second end connected to the outlet hose (63);
- a driving rod (56) inserted in the shell (51);
- a sliding element (57) movable by the driving rod (56) and formed with an aperture (571) for receiving a portion of the outlet hose (63), wherein the slot (58) is made of a length determined according to a stroke of movement of the sliding element (57);
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- a transmission unit (64) for connecting the driving rod (56) to the hollow reel (53) so that the sliding element (57) moves the outlet hose (63) while the hollow reel (53) winds the outlet hose, thereby neatly winding the outlet hose (63);
- a lower tube (61) for connecting the lower joint (42) to the tubular plug (41);
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- an upper tube (62) for connecting the upper joint (43) to the outlet joint (55).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.