Patent ID: 8230876

Claim:
An apparatus for handling a hose in a fuel dispensing unit, said apparatus comprising: a hose housing comprising an interior volume, a fuel supply connection, and a first roll and a second roll arranged in the hose housing, said hose housing having an opening for the hose, said hose in successive order being connected to the fuel supply connection, passing by the first roll, passing by the second roll and extending through the opening towards a nozzle end of the hose, wherein said first roll has a predetermined lowermost position in an upper half of the interior volume of the hose housing and is attached to the hose housing by at least one resilient element and a first carrier part having the form of a swing lever, and wherein a projection of the first roll on a horizontal plane is located between a projection of the hose opening on the horizontal plane and a projection of a point of rotation of the swing lever on the horizontal plane, said second roll being attached to the hose housing in a vertically and horizontally fixed position in relation to the hose housing by at least a second carrier part during extraction and retraction of at least a portion of the hose through the opening, wherein the first roll moves through an arcuate path during extraction and retraction of the portion of the hose through the opening.