Apparatus for hand winding a hose line

An apparatus for hand winding a hose line of the type used in fire fighting, said hose line having a threaded male end, the apparatus comprising:

• a frame, said frame comprising a first side plate, a second side plate and a plurality of cross blocks disposed between the side plates to position the plates apart from each other;
• said first side plate comprising a circular aperture, an outer crank side and an inner hose side;
• a center assembly comprising a handle crank, a revolving handle, a crank side center disk, a hose side center disk, means for positioning the disks apart from each other and means for allowing rotation of the disks about the circular aperture of the first side plate, the center assembly being rotated about the first side plate aperture by rotation of the handle crank;
• and
• a coupling jaw assembly comprising a flat jaw body, the flat jaw body being slidable within the center assembly and the flat jaw body comprising a fork for alternatively capturing the threaded male end of the hose line within the fork when the flat jaw body is slid inwardly of the outer crank side of the first side plate and to a position between the side plates and then releasing the threaded male end from the fork when the flat jaw body is slid outwardly of the inner hose side of the first side plate;
• the flat jaw body and the fork also being rotated about the first side plate aperture by rotation of the handle crank;
• wherein rotation of the handle crank winds the hose line to form a coiled hose between the side plates;
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• wherein sliding of the flat jaw body outwardly from between the side plates releases the threaded male end of the hose line from the fork and allows the frame to be lifted from the wound hose line.