Patent ID: 6889701
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An air hose reel for storing an air hose and connecting the air hose with a pressurized air supply, comprising: a hollow reel housing having an aperture formed therein; a flange mounted on an exterior of said reel housing, said flange including a first tubular portion extending outwardly from said reel housing and adapted to be connected to a source of pressured air, and a second tubular portion extending inside said reel housing and in fluid communication with said first tubular portion, said second tubular portion having an annular groove formed in an exterior surface and an O-ring retained in said groove; a pulley rotatably mounted inside said reel housing on an axis of rotation, said pulley including a pair of complementary reel halves each having a radially extending flange extending about a periphery of an outer edge of a winding drum half, said flanges forming a reel hose retaining space therebetween; a nozzle mounted on said pulley, said nozzle having a tubular nozzle inlet receiving said second tubular portion, said O-ring sealing between said exterior surface of said second tubular portion and an interior surface of said nozzle inlet, said nozzle having a nozzle outlet in fluid communication with said nozzle inlet, said nozzle outlet extending transverse to said axis of rotation; and a reel hose being wound on said pulley about said winding drum halves and between said flanges, said reel hose having one end attached to said nozzle outlet and an opposite end extending through said housing aperture.