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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363679 | Vacuum system A vacuum system has a cabinet that can be mounted to a wall. The cabinet includes a hose storage compartment with a hose drive assembly for automatically extending and retracting a vacuum hose. A portable vacuum unit can be removably docked to the cabinet and connec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7216666 | Device for reeling-in a hose There is provided an hydraulic reeling-in device for a water-transmitting, flexible hose, having mounting elements, a hose reel, an hydraulic driver kinematically connected to the hose reel, a water inlet connectable to a water-supplying pipe line and a water outlet... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7017603 | Hose reel cart with tray constructed from plastic and metal structural components The present invention relates to portable hose reel carts for handling and storage of large lengths of flexible hoses, such as garden or air hoses. The cart is constructed of plastic and steel components having a centrally rotatable spool for winding of the flexible... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6915816 | Faucet spray head hose guide and retraction mechanism A faucet assembly includes a faucet hub, a hose, a hose retraction mechanism and a storage bag for storing any slack in the hose. The faucet hub includes at least one hose guide that is used to reduce the amount of wear on the hose. The retraction mechanism allows t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6591858 | Gas tubing reel A gas tubing reel includes a housing having a tubing-reel rotatably positioned therein for unwinding and retracting tubing. The tubing-reel is biased in a retracting direction and includes ratcheting and releasing means for selectably paying out or retrac... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6382241 | Vacuum hose assembly for a permanently installed building vacuum cleaner system A vacuum hose assembly for built-in or permanently installed vacuum cleaner systems that includes a motor powered reel assembly for allowing a user to extend and/or retract the flexible vacuum hose as needed and preventing the vacuum hose from becoming en... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6338360 | Hose reel carrier assembly A hose reel carrier includes a wheeled structure having spaced apart side walls and a top wall covering a receptacle; a hose reel is rotatably mounted between the side walls and is rotated by a hand crank operated outside one of the side walls; a reciproc... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6199579 | Hose handling system and method A system and method for handling a hose, according to which the hose is clamped to a clamp and the clamp is moved between a first position in which the hose is retracted and a second position in which the hose is extended. Manual movement of the hose from... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6178992 | Hose reel An improved reeling device including a reel driven by an electric motor. The device further includes a hose having first and second ends and two electric conductors running along the entire length of the hose between the first and second ends of the hose.... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5794648 | Hose winding apparatus A winding-up attachment for a long, flexible element, in particular a hose, comprises a rotatable drum for winding-up and for unwinding the element. A return device rotates the drum in the winding-up direction or in the unwinding direction, respectively. ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 4878517 | High pressure hose pulsation attachment A method and apparatus provide for selective generation of pulses at water jets of a jet nozzle terminating a high pressure cleaning hose of a sewer cleaning machine. A ball valve is connected as a pressure bleeder to the high pressure side of the sewer c... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4838302 | Sewer cleaning equipment Protection apparatus in a mobile sewer cleaning machine having a compartment enclosing a reel and a hose wound thereon. The compartment has an opening through which the hose can be unwound into a sewer through a sewer opening, which leaves a portion of ho... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4690181 | Apparatus to transfer fluid between a fixed structure and a rotatable structure by using at least one flexible conduit An apparatus provides a swivelless connection of first and second fixed positions on respective first and second structures. The structures are relatively rotatable about a common axis, through a length of flexible conduit defined by first and second spac... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4513772 | Automatic hose reel An automatic hose winding apparatus includes a reel rotatably coupled between first and second side members of a frame. A clutch is coupled between a motor and the reel for selectively imparting rotary motion thereto. A guide assembly including a traversi... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4276900 | Irrigation device There is disclosed an irrigation device of the type comprising a hose which is adapted to be connected at one end to a water supply point and at the other end to a spraying device, a drum which is rotatable to coil the hose during an irrigation process an... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4187962 | Fuel service tank with self-retracting hose reel A mobile liquid-dispensing apparatus usable for refueling airplanes and the like is provided which includes a reel-mounted, extensiblle and retractable, fluid delivery conduit connected to an adjacent liquid supply. Releasable one-way brake mechanism is a... | 02/12/1980 |
