Hose rolling device
OwnerPatrick D. Yatesinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device for rolling up collapsible fire hose. It has a rotatably mounted drum with one open face and a slot in the periphery. The drum is mounted on the lower end of an elongated handle. The handle has hand grips on its upper end so a user can roll the drum along a flat surface by holding the handle. The coupling on one end of a fire hose is inserted in the drum through the open drum face with the adjacent portion of the hose flattened and inserted in the peripheral slot. The hose is spread out on a ground surface and the drum is then pushed along the path of the hose, so the hose is flattened and rolled around the drum periphery.
Claims7
A hose rolling device comprising:
- an elongated rigid handle disposable in a generally vertical position;
- hand grip means at the upper end of said handle;
- a drum rotatably mounted at the lower end of said handle, said drum having means for releasably anchoring one end of a linearly disposed section of hose for rotation with said drum with the surface of said drum aligned to rotatably pass over the balance of said hose, and being rotatably movable by said handle to roll along the balance of said hose and coil the same about said surface.
A hose rolling device comprising:
- a roller having a substantially cylindrical outer surface disposed to roll along a linearly extended length of hose and coil said hose thereon, and releasable anchor means disposed to engage an end portion of said hose and rotate said end portion with said roller;
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- handle means rotatably mounting said roller and manually operable to roll said roller along a generally horizontal surface, said handle means including a mounting shaft rotatably mounting said roller, and one way clutch means disposed to prevent rotation of said roller about said shaft in one direction and permit rotation in the opposite direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.