US765485A - Hose-rack. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED JULY 19, 1904,

H. J. M. HOWARD.

HOSE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1901.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

No. 765,485. PATE'NTED JULY 19, 1904.

' -H. J. M. HOWARD.

HOSE RACK.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 9,1901.

N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-511E121 2.

UNITED STATES Patented. July 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HOSE-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,485, dated July 19, 1904.

- Application filed November 9, 1901. Serial No. 81,701. (No model.)

To alfl whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. M. HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at I/Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The purpose of the invention is to improve the construction of hose-racks covered in my patent of April 5, 1898, No. 601,653, with the particular objects in View of enabling the bracket to fold close against the wall and to more effectually provide against the weight of the nozzle, causing the hose to unwrap itself from the pins on which it is looped.

A further object is to dispense with the breakable pins employed in the former construction to hold the hose-carrying pins in position and to substitute therefor an automatic gate or closure for the outer end of the grooves in the bracket. I pivot or hinge this gate to the arms of the bracket and arrange it so that the act of pulling the hose off the rack will open it and uncover the end of the pin-holding grooves, thereby permitting the quick and easy release of the pins.

My present improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is a side view showing the bracket connected to a short section of pipe attached directly to the valve, thestand-pipe being behind or within the wall. Fig. 2 is a similar view from the opposite side showing the bracket connected to a stand-pipe that pro' jects out into the apartment. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of my present preferred form ofbracket. Fig. a is a top plan view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 with the bracket folded back against the wall. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail of the inner end of the bracket, showing a modification of the means for securing it to the pipe. Fig. 6 is a similar View of the outer end of the bracket, showing the construction and operation of the gate for holding the pins in their grooves in the arms.

Referring to the views, (t denotes the service-pipe, to which the bracket Z2 is attached.

directly, instead of through the intermediacy of a clamp, as in my former patent, In Fig. 2 this service-pipe is the stand-pipe itself and is shown projecting out into the room or other apartment. In Fig." l the stand-pipe is behind or within the wall f, and the servicepipe is a small section of piping screwed directly into the valve (Z on the under side, so as to stand vertically at an angle to the operating-stem of the valve. The construction of bracket now to be described is adapted for attachment to the pipe in either of these arrangements, so that the pipe itself constitutes the axis upon which the bracket swings.

The bracket proper is of the same construction as in my former patent; but at its rear end it is provided with one or more eyes 6 e, that encircle the pipe (0, so as to permit the bracket to swing freely in a horizontal plane.

The particular form of closed eye shown in this figure is best adapted for the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, where the short section of service-pipe is employed, the pipe being simply passed through the eyes from the under side before it is screwed into the valvecasing.

In order to attach the bracket to a servicepipe that is also the stand-pipe and projects out into the room, it is desirable that the eye or eyes should have a hinged section a, which is clamped around the pipe by any suitable fastening, a simple bolt and nut being shown in the drawings.

. In either arrangement above described the service-pipe is provided with a flange or collar c, on which the bracket 5 rests and by which it is supported. The inner end of the bracket is preferably widened out, so as to separate the eyes and give the bracket a wide terposing sufiicient resistance between the hose and last few pins to efitectually prevent the weight of the nozzle end from pulling down the outer loops and causing the hose to unwrap itself. This means consists in a belaying or brake pin 6, which I interpose between the last two pins in the end of the bracket-arms, and in putting the hose in place I pass the outer portion near the nozzle down and around the under side of this pin, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. As will be understood from these figures, the loops Z of the hose are supported entirely on the upper sides of the pins p; but, as above explained,

I pass the hose around the under side of the bracket-pin t, and when all the pins are pushed up together the frictional resistance to the endwise movement of the hose that is consequent upon this arrangement forms a simple and efiicient brake, preventing the weight of the nozzle from pulling the hose out.

In the construction of my former patent above referred to the pins are prevented from sliding out of the grooves g in the bracket-arms by means of small wooden pins passing vertically across the grooves near their outer ends, said pins being adapted to break on a slight jerk being given to the hose end of the nozzle. In the present improvement these breakable pins are dispensed with, and an automatically-closing gate 6 is employed. This gate is best illustrated in Figs. 3 and 6. It is composed of a cross-piece which extends over the open end of the grooves g and besides forming a convenient name-plate gives a better finish to the whole device. It is pivoted by means of short side arms to the outer sides of the bracket-arms and has a small cross-piece or ledges t", that rest upon the top of the arms 6 and prevent the gate from falling down past the grooves. As will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2, the lower ledge of the plate extends down even with or slightly below the lower edge of the bracket-arms just in front of the last ply of the hose, and the device is made entirely automatic by reason of the fact that an outward or upward jerk on the hose, such as would naturally be given in pulling it off the rack, throws the gate a upward on its hinges and over backward upon the bracket-arms, thereby leaving the ends of the grooves entirely open and free to allow the pins to free themselves as the hose is drawn out.

Such being the construction of my latest improvement, it is to be noted in respect to the manner of pivoting the bracket that it permits the device to fold flat against the wall and in any event entirely within the lines of the valve without in any way interfering with the operation of the valve-stem from the interior of the room, thereby greatly economizing space, dispensing with the clamp heretofore used for fastening on the pipe, and simplifying and cheapening the construction. In respect to the gate, it is to be noted that it closes and is held closed entirely by gravity and that it opens automatically without requiring any attention whatever from the person desiring to use the hose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a hose-rack, the combination of a bracket having open-ended slots or grooves in its side arms, a series of pins loosely supported at their ends in said grooves and adapted to support the hose in pendent loops, and a hinged or pivoted gate closing the outer ends of the slots and adapted to be opened by the act of pulling the hose from the bracket.

2. In a hose-rack, the combination of the bracket 5, having the open-ended slots or grooves g, the pins p loosely supported at their ends in said grooves and free to slide out the open end thereof, and the gate 2' hinged to and extending across the space between the arms and closing the ends ofthe slots.

3. In a hose-rack, the combination of a bracket having open-ended slots or grooves in the side arms, a series of sliding pins loosely supported at their ends in said grooves and adapted to support the hose in pendent loops, and a belaying or brake pin between the last two of the series ofsupporting-pins and around the under side of which the end of the hose near the nozzle is passed.

4. In a hose-rack, the combination of an exposed vertically-extending water-supply pipe, a valve and casing connected to the pipe, a flange or collar on the pipe, a hose-carrying bracket having eyes or bands at its inner end encircling the pipe above the collar so as to. permit the bracket to swing on the pipe, and a flexible hose carried by the bracket and receiving water from the pipe through the valvecasing.

5. In a hose rack, the combination of a valve and casing, a supply-pipe extending vertically therefrom,a valve-stem projecting horizontally from the casing, a flange or collar on the pipe, a hose-carrying bracket having eyes or bands at its inner end and circling the pipe above the collar so as to permit the bracket to swing on and be supported by the pipe, and a flexible hose carried by the bracket and having one end connected to the pipe below the collar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY J. M. HOWARD.

Witnesses:

M. L. ADAMS, J. A. GoLnsBoRoUGn.

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