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US 6,658,711 B1Granted
Hose fitting insertion apparatus
OwnerJoel Kent Bensoninventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for rapid insertion of hose fittings into the ends of hoses, having a hand-controlled fitting installation mechanism movable along a travel bar, the mechanism having a vertical paid used to push the hose fitting into the end of the hose; a separate attached hose mounting platform for holding the hose end above and parallel to the bar holding the hand-controlled mechanism; and a hose locking lever attached to the top of the hose mounting platform.
Claims27
An apparatus for installing a hose fitting into an end of a hose, comprising:
- a travel bar;
- a hose mounting platform attached to said travel bar;
- a fitting installation mechanism movably connected to said travel bar, said mechanism in part comprising a pusher for pushing the fitting into said hose, said fitting installation mechanism further comprising a hand-operated compression and release mechanism for moving said fitting installation mechanism along said travel bar towards said hose mounting platform;
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- a hose securing means, for securing the end of the hose to said hose mounting platform.
2 more elements
An apparatus for installing a hose fitting into an end of a hose, comprising:
- a travel bar;
- a fitting installation mechanism movably connected to said travel bar, said mechanism in part comprising a pusher located above said travel bar when said travel bar is oriented horizontally, for pushing said fitting into the hose, said mechanism further comprising a hand-operated compression and release mechanism for moving said mechanism along said travel bar;
- a hose mounting platform, attached to said travel bar and extending above said travel bar when said travel bar is oriented horizontally, comprising a surface portion above said travel bar when said travel bar is oriented horizontally and at least substantially parallel to said travel bar;
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- a hose securing means, for securing the end of the hose to said surface portion of said hose mounting platform.
2 more elements
An apparatus for installing a hose fitting into an end of a hose, comprising:
- a means for securing the end of the hose in a fixed position upon an axis coinciding with and extending from the axis of the end of the hose;
- a pusher located upon said axis;
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- a compression and release pusher movement means, located off of said axis and connected to said pusher means, for moving said pusher means on said axis toward the end of the hose sufficiently to push the fitting into the end of the hose after the fitting is initially placed partially within the end of the hose.
1 more element
An apparatus for installing a hose fitting into an end of a hose, comprising:
- a travel bar;
- a hose mounting platform attached to said travel bar;
- a fitting installation mechanism movably connected to said travel bar, said mechanism in part comprising a pusher for pushing the fitting into said hose, said fitting installation mechanism further comprising a hand-operated compression and release mechanism for moving said fitting installation mechanism along said travel bar towards said hose mounting platform, said fitting installation mechanism further comprising a release trigger for releasing said fitting installation mechanism from the fitting after the fitting is installed at the end of the hose;
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- a hose securing means, for securing the end of the hose to said hose mounting platform.
2 more elements
An apparatus for installing a hose fitting into an end of a hose, comrpising:
- a travel bar;
- a hose mounting platform attached to said travel bar;
- a fitting installation mechanism movably connected to said travel bar, said mechanism in part comprising a pusher for pushing the fitting into said hose, said fitting installation mechanism further comprising a hand-operated compression and release mechanism for moving said fitting installation mechanism along said travel bar towards said hose mounting platform;
- a hose securing means, for securing the end of the hose to said hose mounting platform;
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- a first stop attached to said travel bar between said hose mounting platform and said fitting installation mechanism, for stopping motion of said fitting installation mechanism before said pusher makes contact with said hose mounting platform.
3 more elements
An apparatus for installing a hose fitting into an end of a hose, comrpising:
- a travel bar;
- a hose mounting platform attached to said travel bar;
- a fitting installation mechanism movably connected to said travel bar, said mechanism in part comprising a pusher for pushing the fitting into said hose, said fitting installation mechanism further comprising a hand-operated compression and release mechanism for moving said fitting installation mechanism along said travel bar towards said hose mounting platform;
- a hose securing means, for securing the end of the hose to said hose mounting platform;
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- a stop attached to said travel bar between said fitting installation mechanism and an end of said travel bar opposite said hose mounting platform, for stopping motion of said fitting installation mechanism before said mechanism can come off of said end of said travel bar.
3 more elements
An apparatus for installing a hose fitting into an end of a hose, comprising:
- a travel bar;
- a hose mounting platform attached to said travel bar;
- a fitting installation mechanism movably connected to said travel bar, said mechanism in part comprising a pusher for pushing the fitting into said hose, said fitting installation mechanism further comprising a hand-operated compression and release mechanism for moving said fitting installation mechanism along said travel bar towards said hose mounting platform;
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- a hose securing means, for securing the end of the hose to said hose mounting platform, and
- said hose securing means comprises a hose clamp comprising a hose locking and release lever rotatably attached to said platform and an elliptically-shaped compression member disposed at a bottom of said lever, positionable as to allow the end of the hose to freely pass beneath said compression member in one rotatable configuration of said locking and release lever, and as to cause said compression member to firmly press the hose into a locked configuration for another rotatable position of said hose locking and release lever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.