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US 5,957,400 AGranted
Self winding hose reel
OwnerDavid B. Branneninventor
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Abstract
A self winding reel for an elongated, flexible component such as a hose, a cable or other similar component. The reel is operated to wind the hose thereon when pushed forward and to unwind the hose therefrom when the reel is pulled backward, without any additional handling of the hose.
Claims19
A self winding device comprising,
- a support frame,
- a storage device rotatably mounted in said support frame,
- first roller means mounted in said support frame,
- said first roller means operative to selectively support and transport said frame, and
- second roller means mounted in said support frame,
- said second roller means operative to selectively support and transport said support frame,
- said second roller means engaged in a driving relationship to said storage device and operative to drive said storage device in a first rotational direction when only said second roller means is supporting and transporting said support frame,
- said second roller means and said storage device are free to rotate in a second rotational direction when only said first roller means is supporting and transporting said support frame.
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A winding reel apparatus comprising,
- a support frame,
- a storage reel rotatably mounted in said support frame,
- axle means passing through said storage reel for mounting said storage reel for forward and reverse rotation thereof in said support frame,
- first roller means mounted in said support frame and adapted to roll on a surface,
- second roller means mounted in said support frame and adapted to roll on the surface independent of said first roller means and in driving relationship to said storage reel,
- a drive mechanism mounted on said storage reel to be engaged and rotatably driven in a forward rotatable direction by said second roller means only when said second roller means rolls on the surface, and
- handle means connected to said support frame to determine the position thereof and which of said first and second roller means is in contact with and rolls on the surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.