Patent ID: 8839814
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wall mountable hose reel comprising: a pair of opposing side frame members in a spaced apart arrangement for supporting a rotationally mounted spool assembly, said side frames generally having an A-shape when viewed from the side including a pair of split legs and a strengthening cross member, each of said split legs including a keyhole shaped aperture for securing said side frames to a wall surface, each of said split legs including a contoured pocket positioned on a lower portion thereof for interlocking engagement with a cross brace, each said cross brace extending between said pair of side frame members, an upper portion of each said side frame including a bearing journal for rotationally supporting said spool assembly; each said cross brace including a center portion and a pair of distal ends, each said distal end including a shaped boss, said shaped boss having a substantially conjugate shape to fit into said contoured pocket for said interlocking engagement therebetween, each said shaped boss including a keyhole aperture positioned to align with said keyhole aperture in said side frame; said spool assembly positioned between said bearing journals of each side frame, said spool assembly comprised of two semi-circular core halves forming a core, a drive end plate secured to one end of said core and a driven end plate secured to an opposite end of said core, each of said end plates including a bearing sized to cooperate with said bearing journals to allow rotation of said spool assembly; an inlet/outlet fluid swivel constructed and arranged to extend through a shaped aperture of the driven end plate for attachment of a garden hose to an inlet portion while an outlet portion extends outward through the spool core for attachment to the garden hose to be stored, said inlet portion being rotationally and sealably secured to said outlet portion; and a crank assembly operatively secured to said drive end plate for manual rotation thereof.