Patent ID: 7810751

Claim:
A hose reel assembly comprising: a rotatable member configured to rotate about a first axis to wind a hose onto the rotatable member or unwind the hose from the rotatable member, the rotatable member also configured to rotate about a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis; a hollow conduit assembly having an end positioned substantially along the second axis and being configured to be coupled with a fluid source so that fluid may flow from the fluid source into the conduit assembly, the conduit assembly extending to a location substantially along the first axis, the conduit assembly extending from said location to an interior of the rotatable member; a housing substantially enclosing the rotatable member, a portion of the housing defining a first aperture configured to receive the hose therethrough; a reciprocating mechanism comprising: a slot member coupled to the rotatable member and defining an elongated. slot; and an elongate member having a first end portion rotatably coupled to the housing portion, and a second end portion extending completely or partially through the elongated slot of the slot member; and a hose fitting on the rotatable member, the hose fitting configured to be coupled with the hose that may be wound upon the rotatable member, the conduit assembly being connected to the hose fitting at an interior of the rotatable member so that fluid may flow from the conduit assembly through the hose fitting into the hose coupled to the hose fitting; wherein the rotation of the rotatable member about the first axis rotates the slot member, which in turn moves the second end portion of the elongate member back and forth along the elongated slot so as to generate relative reciprocating rotation between the rotatable member and the first aperture about the second axis; wherein the conduit assembly and the rotatable member are configured to rotate together about the second axis.