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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8267330 | Mobile hose winding apparatus A mobile hose winding apparatus, including a case, a hose winding mechanism for hose winding, a sprinkler mechanism and a water inlet and outlet mechanism. One end of the water inlet and outlet mechanism is used to connect to the hose on the winding mechanism while ... | 09/18/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7213771 | Soaker hose and ground anchor assembly A garden soaker hose and reel assembly includes a ground anchor on one end of the soaker hose which is rigidly fixed to the soaker hose. The reel has a special configuration to make the soaker hose easier to unwind from the reel and to wind back onto the reel. The s... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182274 | Multi-mode traveling sprinkler Aspects of the invention relate to a sprinkler apparatus providing multiple operational modes. For instance, the apparatus can operate as a conventional traveling sprinkler. In addition, the apparatus can provide one or more additional ports so that a user can attac... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7004405 | Syringe unit The invention comprises a golf course treatment platform having a frame with a spool of garden hose wound onto the spool, control piping on the platform, and a chemical tank whereby water may be introduced into the control piping a valved directly into the garden ho... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6945270 | Reeling device for hoses A reeling device has a base, two reeling wheels, a connector assembly and two handlebars. The base has two chambers and two notches communicate respectively with the chambers. The reeling wheels are rotatably attached respectively inside the chambers for hoses being... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6907939 | Fire hose storage and deployment system and method A system for storing and deploying fire hoses to combat a fire on a selected floor of a high-rise building. The system includes an underground storage area directly beneath the building, a plurality of reel assemblies located inside the storage area, an underground ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6786428 | Hose reel with a sprinkler A hose reel having a casing and a wheel coupled to the casing for winding up a hose, a holder block mounted on the wheel, the holder block having a hose connector for receiving water from a water source through a hose, and a sprinkler carried on the holder block and... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6691930 | Reel adapted to be used with a hose with a connector and a sprinkler detachably connected to the connector A reel is composed of a base having therein a recess, a seat formed on a bottom face defining the recess so as to position a rotation disk thereon, an opening defined in a side face defining the recess to communicate with the recess and for oppositely rec... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6626374 | Dual pump high pressure cleaning apparatus A high pressure cleaning apparatus provides a complete assembly mounted on a unitary base for applying high pressure water to two cleaning wands through two separate flexible hoses. A single engine drives two high pressure pumps through bypass mechanisms.... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6439475 | High-pressure cleaning apparatus In order to so construct a high-pressure cleaning apparatus with a motor pump unit, in which a high-pressure pump is arranged so as to adjoin a motor in the direction of the motor shaft of the motor, and with a hose drum for a high-pressure hose which con... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6216962 | Method and apparatus for distributing fluid to a leach field surface An apparatus for distributing fluid onto a hydrometallurgy leach field consists of individual modules having structure for operatively coupling the modules to one another to form the apparatus. Each module, which alone can form a fluid distribution appara... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6109544 | Hose take-up apparatus A hose take-up apparatus, which includes a flat casing defining a flat receiving chamber having a relatively narrower middle portion and relatively broader upper and lower portions, a twin line welding hose received in the receiving chamber inside the cas... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6009956 | Method and apparatus for distributing fluid to a leach field surface An apparatus for distributing fluid onto a hydrometallurgy leach field consists of individual modules having structure for operatively coupling the modules to one another to form the apparatus. Each module, which alone can form a fluid distribution appara... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5816499 | High-pressure cleaner with a hose-connected cleaning gun In a high-pressure cleaner (1) including a housing (4) running on wheels (6), a motor-pump unit (2,3) in the housing (4) and a high-pressure hose (13) connecting the high-pressure side (9) of the pump (3) with a cleaning gun (12), a hose accumulator (7), ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5782412 | Garden watering tool A garden watering tool comprising a hose reel and integral nozzle is disclosed. The reel is provided with a short length of hose which is connected to the nozzle and a long length of hose which is contained upon a reel and can easily be pulled out and ree... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5622319 | Portable water jetter apparatus Portable water jetting apparatus is disclosed comprising a longitudinally collapsible cart having wheels at one end and a handle at the other, a water jetter unit removably mounted on the cart adjacent the wheeled end thereof, and a jetter hose reel unit ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5607107 | Retractable hose A retractable conduit formed from a sheet of memory-set polyester. To manufacture the memory-set strip, the polyester sheet is wound into a desired coiled position. It is then heated and cooled in a manner to memory-set the sheet in a coiled form. After t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5419497 | Portable pumping station A portable water pumping station is disclosed. A hand-drawn support stand includes wheels, a vertical frame, and a handle that may be used to manually roll the pumping station along the ground. A mounting shelf fixed to the lower portion of the support st... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5397057 | Lance machine with flexible lance The invention relates to a lance device comprising a frame, a drum mounted rotatably on the frame, at least one hose arranged on the drum, containing means provided with a passage for containing the hose while lying on the drum, connecting means for conne... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5303866 | Integrated modular spraying system The integrated modular spraying system is suitable for applying chemicals, including liquids and dry flowables, to various remote locations. The system includes an integrated modular tank which is preferably rotomolded from thermoplastic. A well is formed... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5031838 | Sprinkler base A lawn sprinkler base has a flat base plate with three radial arms extending from a central portion. An elbow conduit is mounted on the central portion and has threads for connection to a garden hose at one end and to a sprinkler at the top. Hooks are the... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4962888 | Portable device for the storage of water under pressure supplied, when drawn, as a broken forced jet A portable device for the storage of water under pressure fitted with a hose ending with a nozzle which may be used either to introduce the water under pressure in the storage tank or to activate the supply of a jet from the same.... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4832263 | Self propelled field irrigator A mobile irrigator with a ribbon of plastic wound on a drum which is frictionally driven by wheels engaged with the ribbon, the wheels being adapted to slide on the plastic to compensate for varying diameters of the drum resulting from more or less windin... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4669145 | Hose reel system A hose reel system for a sewer and catch basin cleaner and the like has a fixed mounted hose reel and a movable hose traction wheel. The hose reel includes a drive motor which rotates the reel in a direction to wind a hose onto the reel and a clutch which... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4586677 | Take-up device for drip irrigation lines A take-up system for drip irrigation lines consisting of a mobile frame supported on wheels or skids. A predetermined number of take-up bays are provided along the frame. Each bay includes a cable spindle which is positively driven across a clutch by a hy... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4582257 | Sprinkler hose with self winding capability The present invention relates to a novel design for a perforated hose sprinkler which enables the hose to automatically rewind itself after use and after being released from a secured position in the ground. The mechanism includes a frame member with a re... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4186881 | Irrigation machine An apparatus for irrigating the earth includes a portable vehicle having a hose reel connected to a supply of water under pressure. An elongated hose is carried by the reel and the end of the hose is connected to a travelling carriage having a water gun a... | 02/05/1980 |
