Patent ID: 8459296

Claim:
A system, comprising: an aircraft hose retrieval system, comprising: a frame comprising a longitudinal axis; a first hose gripper assembly, comprising: a first gripper coupled to a first notched rack, the first gripper comprising a first base and a first primary protrusion; a second gripper coupled to a second notched rack, the second gripper comprising a second base and a second primary protrusion, wherein the first and second grippers and the first and second notched racks are configured to move in opposite crosswise directions relative to the longitudinal axis, the first primary protrusion extends from the first base toward the second base, the second primary protrusion extends from the second base toward the first base, the first and second primary protrusions are offset from one another along the longitudinal axis, and the first and second primary protrusions are configured to overlap one another to bend and capture a first portion of an aircraft hose.