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US 4,228,553 AGranted
Storage and dispensing apparatus for swimming pool vacuum hose
OwnerLuther L. Genuitinventor
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Abstract
A portable or stationary apparatus incorporating a reel for storage of the swimming pool vacuum hose and a means for submerging the hose as it is unwound into the pool, assuring thereby the filling of the hose with water coincident with its being dispensed into the pool. The evacuation of air from the hose permits the immediate connection of the hose to the vacuum pump without causing the pump to lose its prime.
Claims14
A swimming pool vacuum hose storage and dispensing device comprising:
- a frame,
- a reel rotatably mounted on said frame for storage and dispensing of a vacuum hose coiled therearound,
- a hose submerging means mounted on said frame,
- said submerging means being movable to a hose dispensing position where a part of said submerging means is positioned below said frame and in the water of a pool when said device is positioned poolside, and
- hose guiding means positioned on said part for guiding and submerging the hose in the water of the pool when dispensed from said reel,
- said submerging means comprising at least one arm member pivotally mounted at one end on said frame with its free end being rotatably movable to said hose dispensing position, and
- said guiding means comprising a roller mounted on said free end for guiding and submerging the hose when it is passed under said roller during a hose dispensing operation of the device.
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A swimming pool vacuum hose storage and dispensing device comprising:
- a frame,
- a reel rotatably mounted on said frame for storage and dispensing of a vacuum hose coiled therearound,
- a hose submerging means mounted on said frame,
- said submerging means being movable to a hose dispensing position where a part of said submerging means is positioned below said frame and in the water of a pool when said device is positioned poolside, and
- hose guiding means positioned on said part for guiding and submeging the hose in the water of the pool when dispensed from said reel.
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A swimming pool vacuum hose storage and dispensing device comprising:
- a frame,
- a reel rotatably mounted on said frame for storage and dispensing of a vacuum hose coiled therearound,
- a hose submerging means mounted on said frame,
- said submerging means being movable to a hose dispensing position where a part of said submerging means is positioned below said frame and in the water of a pool when said device is positioned poolside, and
- hose guiding means positioned on said part for guiding and submerging the hose in the water of the pool when dispensed from said reel,
- said submerging means comprising at least one arm member pivotally mounted at one end on said frame with its free end being rotatably movable to said hose dispensing position, and
- said guiding means comprising a concave guiding plate mounted on said free end for guiding the hose when it is passed around said guiding means to submerge the hose and hold it submerged when the hose is being dispensed from the device.
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A swimming pool vacuum hose storage and dispensing device comprising:
- a frame,
- a reel rotatably mounted on said frame for storage and dispensing of a vacuum hose coiled therearound,
- a hose submerging means mounted on said frame,
- said submerging means being movable to a hose dispensing position where a part of said submerging means is positioned below said frame and in the water of a pool when said device is positioned poolside, and
- hose guiding means positioned on said part for guiding and submerging the hose in the water of the pool when dispensed from said reel,
- said submerging means comprising at least one arm rigidly mounted at one end of said frame with its free end extending therefrom in a direction which permits it to reach said hose dispensing position when said device is positioned poolside,
- said guiding means comprising a roller mounted on said free end for guiding and submerging the hose when it is passed under said roller during a hose dispensing operation of the device, and
- said guiding means serving also as a wheel for facilitating the moving of said device from one place to another.
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A swimming pool vacuum hose storage and dispensing device comprising:
- a frame,
- a reel rotatably mounted on said frame for storage and dispensing of a vacuum hose coiled therearound,
- a hose submerging means mounted on said frame,
- said submerging means being movable to a hose dispensing position where a part of said submerging means is positioned below said frame and in the water of a pool when said device is positioned poolside,
- hose guiding means positioned on said part for guiding and submerging the hose in the water of the pool when dispensed from said reel, and
- a braking member mounted on said submerging means for inhibiting the rotation of said reel and the loosening of said hose on said reel while said device is being moved from one place to another,
- said braking member being moved to a braking position when said submerging means is moved to a storage position, and said braking means being moved to a free or non-braking position when said submerging means is moved to a dispensing position.
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