Fire-hose Supports.
Year: 1890

page_text: e of Application, 8th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 11th Oct., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Fire-hose Supports.
I, CYRUS REED ROBINSON, residing on Penacook Street, East Concord, in the
County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, U.S.A., Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to provide an improved fire-hose support; and the
invention relates particularly to the construction of the supporting rod, its fastenings.
and the manner of attaching a line of hose and its coupling thereto.
The invention is fully set forth in the following Specification and claims and
clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming an inseparable part thereof.
of which:
Fig. 1, represents the figure of a fireman holding my improved apparatus to which
is attached a line of hose and its nozzle from which a stream of water is represented
to be discharging.
Fig. 2, is an enlarged sectional elevation of the upper portion of my device.
Fig. 3, is an enlarged broken section of the lower part of my improved device,
showing the adjacent ends of both sections of the supporting rod in their respective
relative positions.
Similar reference letters indicate corresponding parts.
My invention involves the use of a supporting rod which for convenience in handling
is made in two sections A-A'.
Upon the upper portion A, of said rod is rigidly mounted my improved devices for
attaching and handling a hose, comprising top and bottom brackets respectively B-B³,
and one
or more intermediate brackets, as shown; and rods C, extending from
one to another of said brackets, and bent at c in a manner to form convenient
handles.
The top bracket B, is provided with ears b, having horizontal slots 6', in which
to place an ordinary stud p, which, is provided at opposite sides of a coupling P.
A suitable spring catch 6, is also provided in each of the ears b, which protrudes
part way through the slots 2, for the purpose of holding the coupling in position;
and by bevelling the front, or outside edge of that portion of said catch which enters
said slot, as seen in the drawings, its movement will be effected automatically by
contact with the studs p, of the coupling when they enter said slots; and by pulling
the button 68, the said coupling may be removed.
Various fastenings may be attached to the bottom bracket B₁, (and also any
which may be placed on the rod A, at intermediate points) for securing the hose P,
therein.
In the drawings, straps and buckets D-d are shown for the purpose.
A hook 6, may also be formed upon the bracket B, by means of which the
device may be hung upon the rounds of a ladder whilst a fireman is ascending the
same.
Sockets 6, 6, are formed respectively in the upper and lower brackets for the
reception of either end of the section A', of the supporting rod, when the said
section is not required for a ground rest; and within the socket 6, of the bracket B,
is arranged a spring follower F, as shown in Fig. 2; and to place the section A¹, as
seen by dotted lines Fig. 1, one of its ends is first entered into the socket 6*, and
pressed upward until the lower or opposite end will enter the socket 66, where it will
remain by force of gravity.
That end of said section A', which attaches to the socket 6%, of the bracket B³, is
preferably formed conical and provided with an annular groove a, for engaging a
spring catch G, which is provided upon the said bracket B', entering the socket 6', as

page_text: shown best in Fig. 3; by which means the said section A', of the rod is firmly held
in the position shown in full lines Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:―
First. In a fire-hose support, comprising brackets B B¹, and connecting handle
bars as shown, the combination of a supporting rod formed in two sections, one
section being rigidly attached to said brackets and the other forming a detachable
extension thereof, substantially for the purpose set forth.
Second. In a fire-hose support, comprising brackets B B', and connecting handle
bars as shown, the combination of a supporting rod formed in two sections; one
section being rigidly attached to said brackets and the other forming a detachable
extension thereof, and means for automatically connecting said detachable section
substantially as shown and described.
Third. The combination of the bracket B, having a socket 6 and a spring follower
thereon; the bracket B', having the socket 66, and the detachable supporting rod
section, all substantially for the purpose set forth.
Fourth. The combination of the bracket B, having a hook as shown for engaging
the rounds of a ladder, the bracket B¹, and connecting handle bars, a supporting rod
formed in two sections; one section being rigidly connected to said brackets and the
other forming a detachable extension thereof, and means for automatically connecting
the said detachable section, substantially for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 8th day of April 1890.
HERBERT J. ALLISON,
Agent for the Applicant.