Patent ID: 8783597

Claim:
A device for evenly winding a hose on a reel, the device comprising: said reel having a first reel end and a second reel end along a first axis and rotating about said first axis to wind said hose about said reel between said first reel end and said second reel end; a threaded static axis parallel to said first axis and having a first static axis end and a second static axis end, and a pulley threadably located on said static axis for rotary motion and an oscillatory motion back and forth along said static axis between said first static axis end and said second static axis end, an open pulley housing being mounted on said pulley, said pulley being rotatable with respect to said open pulley housing, and the open pulley housing configured to partially enclose said hose; said hose wound about said reel and extending towards said pulley to thread through said open housing, the open pulley housing comprising a hose engagement mechanism mounted therein, the open pulley housing and the hose engagement mechanism moving with said pulley in said oscillatory motion but prevented from rotating with respect to said static axis, said hose engagement mechanism being configured to push said hose against said pulley to cause a frictional force preventing slippage between said hose and said pulley, said frictional force thereby causing a motion of said hose between said first static axis end and said second static axis end to drive said pulley along said threaded static axis in said oscillatory motion to wind said hose evenly over said reel between said first reel end and said second reel end.