Patent ID: 11879577
Assignee: AUTO CRANE COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A hose guide comprising:
a base having a back side, a front panel-engaging side and a hose-receiving orifice;
a receiver extending from the front panel-engaging side of the base, the receiver being frusto-conical in shape and having an interior surface tapering toward the back side and defining an orifice, the orifice in communication with the hose receiving orifice of the base;
a roller assembly affixed to the back side the base, the roller assembly supporting a plurality of rollers for engaging an external surface of a hose, two rollers of the plurality each including a groove, spaced opposite one another, and having a first length, another two rollers of the plurality not including the groove, spaced opposite one another, and having a second length, the second length being greater than the first length.