US 4,054,149 A · Apparatus for cleaning and storing a recreational vehicle sewer hose assembly

Abstract

Apparatus for storing a recreational vehicle sewer hose assembly comprising spaced cone members affixed to a central apertured mandrel with one cone element being slidably received respective to the mandrel and to the remaining fixed cone element. The mandrel is apertured and has an inlet end which can be connected to a water supply so that the slidable cone can be removed from the mandrel, a sewer hose assembly telescopingly received in a collapsed manner about the mandrel, and the slidable cone member replaced upon the mandrel with the collapsed sewer hose being captured so that it is in stored relationship therebetween. During the above manipulation, water flows into the mandrel and through the apertures to wash any accumulation of sewage from the interior of the hose assembly. This expedient enables the entire apparatus to be subsequently drained so that the entire combination can be conveniently handled and stored in a sanitary and compact manner.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for storing a recreational vehicle sewer hose assembly of a collapsible type comprising:

an elongated mandrel having opposed marginal end portions, a lower enlarged cone assembly concentrically arranged in fixed relationship about a lower marginal end portion of said mandrel;
an upper enlarged cone assembly slidably and concentrically arranged about an upper marginal end portion of said mandrel;
said lower and upper cone assemblies having an external conical surface which reduces in diameter towards one another when both cone assemblies are positioned on said mandrel;
lock means connected to said upper cone assembly by which said upper cone assembly can be selectively locked into fixed relationship respective to said mandrel and thereby selectively positioned along said upper marginal length of said mandrel;
said upper and lower cone assemblies each having a major and a minor diameter of a value to receive the sewer hose of a recreational vehicle therebetween with a marginal length of each cone assembly being received within opposed marginal lengths of the sewer hose assembly such that the sewer hose assembly is held in captured relationship between the cone assemblies.

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In a sewer hose assembly having a flexible accordion-type hose affixed to a flow connector, the combination with said sewer hose assembly of a sewer hose storage apparatus;

said sewer hose storage apparatus comprising an elongated mandrel;
a fixed lower cone assembly;
and a movable upper cone assembly;
said lower cone assembly being affixed to one end of said mandrel;
said upper cone assembly being slidably received in a removable manner by the remaining marginal end of said mandrel;
lock means by which said upper cone assembly can be selectively positioned along said remaining marginal end of said mandrel and locked into fixed relationship thereto;
said upper cone assembly havng a major diameter which is greater than the outside diameter of a marginal end of said sewer hose and a minor diameter smaller than the inside diameter of the last said marginal end of said sewer hose;
said lower cone assembly having a major diameter greater than the inside diameter of said flow connector and a minor diameter smaller than the marginal end of said flow connector;
said upper and lower cone assemblies being arranged respectively to one another and to said mandrel such that they mutually taper towards one another;
whereby said upper cone assembly can be removed from said mandrel, said sewer hose assembly positioned with said lower cone in engagement with said flow connector, said hose collapsed about said mandrel, and said upper cone affixed to a marginal length of mandrel, with said sewer hose assembly being captured between said upper cone assembly and said lower cone assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for cleaning and storing a recreational vehicle sewer hose assembly

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Apparatus for cleaning and storing a recreational vehicle sewer hose assembly

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