Patent ID: 9290357
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a hose reel having a central hub; a base; a pair of opposed arms mounted to the base, each of the arms having a reel support member near a distal end thereof, at least one of the arms being moveable such that the arms are moveable relative to one another between an engaged position wherein the arms are positioned so that the reel support members are supportingly engaged with the central hub of the hose reel, and a non-engaged position wherein the arms are positioned so that the reel support members are disengaged from the central hub of the hose reel; a hose tensioning assembly supported by the base, the hose tensioning assembly comprising: a drive assembly supported by at least one of the opposed arms in a way that activation of the drive assembly causes at least one of the reel support members to rotate and thereby rotate the hose reel when the arms are in the engaged position.