Pivoting hose storage reel and mounting thereof

Apparatus for supporting a discharge hose storage reel for a water spray system on the nose of a ground traveling sewer cleaning vehicle, comprising:

• a frame support bracket attached to said vehicle nose and extending away from said vehicle nose, including two linear bearings below the frame of said vehicle having axes substantially parallel to the ground and to each other;
• a hose reel support base, including members slidably engaged in said linear bearings below said vehicle frame, having freedom of movement toward and away from said vehicle nose;
• a lateral positioner, mounted below said vehicle frame, for positioning said hose reel support base relative to said vehicle nose;
• a hose reel alignment bracket attached to said hose reel support base, including a rotational bearing for permitting rotational movement of said alignment bracket on said support base along a pivotal axis transverse to the ground;
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• a hose reel, rotatably mounted on said alignment bracket, including rotational bearings on each end of said hose reel along a rotational axis of said hose reel substantially transverse to said pivotal axis, with said pivotal axis substantially intersecting said rotational axis between said hose reel ends.

A vehicle for removing debris from a catch basin while simultaneously cleaning sewer laterals leading from the catch basin which comprises a truck having a water tank, a debris collecting container, a positionable conduit leading from the front end of the said container over said vehicle, a tailgate on the rear end of said container adapted to be opened to discharge debris from said container and adapted to be closed to seal said container, a hose reel adjacent said vehicle having a hose wound thereon with a nozzle on the leading end thereof for receiving water from said water tank, a motor driven fan continuously pulling air from said container and said conduit for conveying debris from said catch basin through said conduit into the container, a water pump for discharging water from said water tank through said hose to propel said hose and said nozzle into a sewer pipe and to wash debris from said sewer pipe into said catch basin for said removal through said conduit into said container, and comprising:

• a frame support bracket attached to said vehicle and extending away from said vehicle, including two linear bearings below the frame of said vehicle having axes substantially parallel to the ground and to each other;
• a hose reel support base, including members slidably engaged in said linear bearings below said vehicle frame, having freedom of movement toward and away from said vehicle;
• a lateral positioner, mounted below said vehicle frame, for positioning said hose reel support base relative to said vehicle;
• a hose reel alignment bracket attached to said hose reel support base, including a rotational bearing for permitting rotational movement of said alignment bracket on said support base along a pivotal axis transverse to the ground;
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• supporting means, for rotatably supporting said hose reel on said alignment bracket along a rotational axis of said hose reel substantially transverse to said pivotal axis, with said pivotal axis substantially intersecting said rotational axis between the ends of said hose reel.

A vehicle for cleaning sewer laterals leading from a catch basin which comprises a truck having a water tank, a debris collecting container, a positionable conduit leading from said container, a tailgate on the rear end of said container adapted to be opened to discharge debris from said container and adapted to be closed to seal said container, a hose reel adjacent said vehicle having a hose wound thereon with a nozzle on the leading end thereof for receiving water from said water tank, a motor driven fan continuously pulling air from said container and said conduit for conveying debris from said catch basin through said conduit into the container, a water pump for discharging water from said water tank through said hose to propel said hose and said nozzle into a sewer pipe and to wash debris from said sewer pipe into said catch basin for said removal through said conduit into said container, and comprising;

• a frame support bracket attached to said vehicle and extending away from said vehicle, including two linear bearings below the frame of said vehicle having axes substantially parallel to the ground and to each other;
• a hose reel support base, including members slidably engaged in said linear bearings below said vehicle frame, having freedom of movement toward and away from said vehicle;
• a lateral positioner, mounted below said vehicle frame, for positioning said hose reel support base relative to said vehicle;
• a hose reel alignment bracket attached to said hose reel support base, including a rotational bearing for permitting rotational movement of said alignment bracket on said support base along a pivotal axis transverse to the ground;
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• supporting means, for rotatably supporting said hose reel on said alignment bracket along a rotational axis of said hose reel substantially transverse to said pivotal axis, with said pivotal axis substantially intersecting said rotational axis between the ends of said hose reel.