Patent ID: 8662103

Claim:
A hose reel comprising: a housing defined by at least (A) two base members ( 111 - 112 ); (B) a right-side set of four rods ( 131 - 134 ) located on a right side of the housing and interconnected by a first set of one or more rotatable disk ( 181 , 182 ) and forming a right-side X-shape of four rods; and (C) a left-side set of four rods ( 135 - 139 ) located on left side of the housing and interconnected by a second set of one or more rotatable disk ( 183 , 184 ) and forming a left-side X-shape of four rods; wherein the right-side X-shape of four rods ( 131 - 134 ) is parallel to the left-side X-shape of four rods ( 135 - 138 ); a spool rotatably disposed within the housing, wherein the spool is adapted to connect to a flexible hose; wherein a longest dimension of said spool is parallel to each of said two base members ( 111 - 112 ); wherein each rod of the right-side set of four rods ( 131 - 134 ) is perpendicular to said longest dimension of said spool; wherein each rod of the left-side set of four rods ( 135 - 138 ) is perpendicular to sais longest dimension of said spool; a winding mechanism to rotate the spool and to coil the flexible hose around the spool; and a plurality of rollers associated with said housing, each roller connected to a respective rod, wherein each of said rollers is able (a) to rotate during coiling of the flexible hose around the spool, and (b) to push the flexible hose towards a center of the hose reel and away from the respective rod connected to said each roller; wherein at least one of the plurality of rollers is covered with external protrusions forming one or more tread patterns to push the flexible hose away from the respective rod connected to said at least one of the rollers; wherein the plurality of rollers comprise: (i) a right-side set of four rollers ( 141 - 144 ) inter-connected and forming a right-side X-shape of four rollers, and (ii) a left-side set of four rollers ( 145 - 148 ) inter-connected and forming a left-side X-shape of four rollers; wherein the right-side X-shape of four rollers ( 141 - 144 ) is parallel to the left-side X-shape of four rollers ( 145 - 148 ); wherein each roller of the right-side set of four rollers ( 141 - 144 ) is perpendicular to a long dimension of said spool; wherein each roller of the left-side set of four rollers ( 145 - 148 ) is perpendicular to said long dimension of said spool.