Patent ID: 7975724

Claim:
A hose bend bleeder in combination with first and second hoses, comprising: the hose bend bleeder being located at the bottom of a bend in a flow path established by the hoses; the hose bend bleeder including a main passageway to establish a flow path from ends of the hoses through the hose bend bleeder; the hose bend bleeder including a bleed passageway communicating with the main passageway and extending to an exit passageway, the exit passageway extending to an opening located at a lower elevation than the main passageway; a bleed valve interposed between the bleed and exit passageways to selectively open and close communication between the bleed and exit passageways; with the bleed and exit passageways being in a bleed block offset in a downwards direction from the main passageway; wherein the bleed passageway is a radial bleed passageway communicating with the main passageway and extending radially from the main passageway in a downwards direction, and the exit passageway is a vertical exit passageway having an exit opening at the bottom of the bleed block: and with the bleed block further including a horizontal bleed passageway communicating with the radial bleed passageway and extending horizontally from the radial bleed passageway to the vertical exit passageway, the horizontal bleed passageway in communication with the vertical exit passageway.