Fire hose winding apparatus

An apparatus for manually winding fire hose of the type having male and female coupling members at the respective ends thereof, comprising in combination:

• a. a horizontal rectangular base structure mounting wheel means proximate the forward and rearward corners thereof for supporting the apparatus and including wheels pivotal on a vertical axis at each of the corners at the rearward end of said base structure;
• b. vertical support structure means fixedly secured to and extending upwardly from said horizontal base;
• c. hand-operated reel means mounted on the upper portion of said vertical support means and comprising:
• i. a horizontal drive shaft journaled for rotation about a horizontal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus;
• ii. handle means at a first end of said shaft for driving such shaft;
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• iii. enlarged disc means at the second end of said shaft mounting a pair of pin projections oppositely spaced equal distances from the rotational center of said disc;
• d. first idler roller means projecting from said vertical support structure means and being longitudinally aligned with said pin projections substantially along the longitudinal gravitational center of said apparatus, said first idler roller means positioned at a lower forward end of said apparatus immediately above said base structures and immediately behind the wheel means located at such forward end;
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• e. second idler roller means projecting from said vertical support structure means and being longitudinally aligned with said pin projections and first idler roller means and being positioned therebetween at a position higher than and rearwardly of said first idler roller means and lower than said pin projections, said second idler roller means being adjustable to different widths of flattened hose and including a fixed post member mounted on said vertical support structure means, a roller sleeve adapted for rotation about said post and a guide disc adjustably mounted at the outward end of said post member for engaging an edge portion of the flattened hose
• whereby a fire hose length may be wound upon said apparatus with the hose routed under the bottom roller surface of said first idler roller means, over the top roller surface of said second idler roller means and onto the pin projections of said reel means.