Abstract: A coiled hose and system for storing the coiled hose are disclosed. The coiled hose has a memory for maintaining a consistent coiled configuration about a central axis. The coiled hose includes a kink resistor. The system for storing the coiled hose may be wall mountable or ground mountable.

Abstract: A tube retainer is provided for use with a corrugated tube to permit movement of the corrugated tube through the tube retainer in only one direction. The tube retainer includes a cylindrical housing with an outer surface and a concentric opening through it. A groove is circumferentially located about the cylindrical housing. An O-ring is located in the groove. Pins are located under the O-ring in the holes which extend from the groove into the opening. Each pin has a transitional end which extends into the opening and the transitional end rides up and down on the corrugations which permits movement of the corrugated tube in only one direction. The transitional end may be beveled or contoured or have other possible configurations.

Abstract: A storage organizer includes a U-shaped bent-wire storage member pivotally mounted on a plate-like base to a wall or stud. The base has a pair of arcuately-shaped bands that define a pocket against the wall, and the bent-wire storage member has a pair of aligned straight sections that rotatably engage the pocket, permitting movement of prongs of the storage member between an upright storage position and an outward use position. The bent-wire storage member further includes an offset bent section between the straight sections that abuts forwardly-bent material between the bands to form a stop to hold the bent-wire storage member in the use position.

Abstract: A line management system for supporting patient care lines that extend between a patient and patient care equipment is provided. The system has an elongated support member that can be manipulated into a plurality of positions by a caregiver. A line holder is coupled to the support member and is configured to selectively retain lines (tubes).

Abstract: A device for attaching a hose to a housing. The device comprises first and second arms that are attached to the hose. The first arm extends outward from the hose toward the second arm and the second arm extends outward from the hose toward the first arm.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus for sprinklers which has a simple but firm mounting structure in which a fixing bracket couples a sprinkler reducer to a reducer support beam, and a pair of vertical brackets mount the reducer support beam to a pair of ceiling support rails. The mounting apparatus for sprinklers includes the pair of vertical brackets respectively mounted at lower ends thereof to upper ends of the pair of ceiling support rails, and the fixing bracket mounted to a predetermined portion of the reducer support beam between the pair of ceiling support rails, so as to vertically hold a sprinkler reducer which has a sprinkler head at an end thereof. In the mounting apparatus, the fixing bracket includes a rear part, first and second side parts, first and second curved parts, first and second tightening parts, first and second notches, first and second bolt holes, and a wing bolt.

Abstract: In accordance with a disclosed embodiment of the present invention, a sewer line assembly for a vehicle, such as a recreational vehicle or the like, having a sewer line outlet, includes a housing mounted on the vehicle, and a sewer discharge line mounted in axial alignment with the housing in-fluid communication with the vehicle sewer outlet. The sewer line contracts axially to a short storage configuration to be supported at least partially within the housing. The line expands axially to a long sewage-conveying use configuration. A discharge nozzle connected in fluid communication with the discharge end of the sewer line couples to a remotely located sewer inlet.

Abstract: An electrostatic spray gun apparatus includes a spray gun housing and a nozzle attached to a spray end of the housing, and a powder path that extends in a substantially straight line along an axis of the housing from the powder inlet to the powder outlet. The powder path is in the form of an enclosed smooth powder passage that is substantially continuous and uninterrupted from the powder inlet to the powder outlet to eliminate substantially all recesses or gaps that could capture or trap powder. The powder passage is formed by a plurality of tubular segments that are aligned along the housing axis and abut end to end, that when assembled in the housing axially compress the segments together to substantially eliminate dead spots or recesses to form the continuous smooth powder path. A gun purge function is provided that allows a purge line to be installed on the gun assembly. A cartridge valve and conductor assembly is provided between the gun electrode in the nozzle and the output of the voltage multiplier.

Abstract: The RV sewage line stabilizing device is used to secure an elbow fitting, affixed to the end of an RV sewer hose, in place in a sewer receptacle. A bottom plate has a U-shaped collar formed in one end, and an open, three-sided box formed on the other end. The RV sewage line stabilizing device lays generally flat in close proximity to the ground, with the U-shaped collar fitting around the vertically extending portion of the elbow fitting. The U-shaped collar may rest on top of a flange formed around the elbow fitting, or a retaining strap may be secured over the horizontally extending portion of the elbow fitting to hold the elbow fitting down and in place. The open, three-sided box holds a brick, or other weights, in place to provide weight to secure and stabilize the elbow fitting, keeping the sewer hose in place.

Abstract: A multi-channel fluid dispenser includes a reservoir with multiple internal chambers, a multi-channel liquid dispensing head, a plurality of fluid-delivery conduits, and support and positioning elements. The fluid-delivery conduits receive liquid from the chambers in the reservoir and deliver it to the dispensing head. The support and positioning elements are operable to support and position the dispensing head so that it can deliver the liquid from the reservoir to an underlying receiver. The fluid-delivery conduits include one or more optional flow control features that improve the accuracy of the dispensing operation. The multi-channel liquid dispensing head, which includes a valve-support member, a plurality of valves and a plurality of nozzles, is advantageously movable in three directions to facilitate alignment with an underlying receiver.

Abstract: A fire sprinkler mount including a base, a bracket and a screw mounting the bracket to the base. The base includes a support attachable to a beam with two arms extending therefrom. Support holes extend through the arms. The bracket includes two parallel plates spaced to receive a standard sprinkler fitting. A cradle is provided at one of the plates while a retaining hole is provided on the other. The screw is able to rotate within the support holes and is threaded to a mounting hole in the bracket for vertical adjustment of the bracket retaining the sprinkler fitting.

Abstract: A wheeled line irrigation system has a water main supported on a plurality of towers and has a truss built of truss rods attached to the water main to support a plurality of drop hoses connected to the water main over the trusses for distribution of irrigation water from an irrigation system to the crops below. A truss rod hose sling is attached to a truss rod and to a hose for holding the hose to the truss rod to guide the hose over the truss rod.

Abstract: A wheeled line irrigation system has a water main supported on a plurality of towers and has a truss built of truss rods attached to the water main to support a plurality of drop hoses connected to the water main over the trusses for distribution of irrigation water from an irrigation system to the crops below. The improvement includes a truss rod hose sling having a body having a hose supporting clamp portion for clamping onto a hose. The hose supporting clamp portion has an axial opening for holding a hose in an expandable side opening for sliding a hose into the axial opening. The truss rod hose sling body has a pair of truss rod clamps for clamping the truss rod hose sling to a truss rod. Each truss rod clamp is generally perpendicular to the axial opening in the hose supporting clamp portion and is on an opposite side of the hose supporting clamp portion expandable side opening to prevent the side opening from expanding when the truss rod clamps are clamped to a truss rod.

Abstract: A fire sprinkler mount including a base, a bracket and a screw mounting the bracket to the base. The base includes a support attachable to a beam with two arms extending therefrom. Support holes extend through the arms. The bracket includes two parallel plates spaced to receive a standard sprinkler fitting. A cradle is provided at one of the plates while a retaining hole is provided on the other. The screw is able to rotate within the support holes and is threaded to a mounting hole in the bracket for vertical adjustment of the bracket retaining the sprinkler fitting.

Abstract: A structure for supporting a flexible hose, including: a curved, essentially rectangular bearing surface; an attachment tab projecting upwardly from a longer side of the bearing surface, for attachment to a support structure; a pair of restraining tabs projecting upward at the opposite side of the bearing surface; and reinforcement dimples imposed into the junction of each restraining tab and the bearing surface, at the lower portion thereof. An embodiment of this structure has rib stiffeners running along the longitudinal axis of the bearing surface. In each case, the hose support is a unitary article, i.e., a single structure, without any weld or other attachment to interconnect its various elements.

Abstract: A fire sprinkler mount including a base, a bracket and a screw mounting the bracket to the base. The base includes a support attachable to a beam with two arms extending therefrom. Support holes extend through the arms. The bracket includes two parallel plates spaced to receive a standard sprinkler fitting. A cradle is provided at one of the plates while a retaining hole is provided on the other. The screw is able to rotate within the support holes and is threaded to a mounting hole in the bracket for vertical adjustment of the bracket retaining the sprinkler fitting.

Abstract: Hose support with footings. A footing may add stability to a hose support that bears a hose that connects a vehicle to a sewer. The footing may include a cavity having dimensions sufficient to accommodate a bottom portion of a leg of a hose support arch. The footing is removably attached to the leg of the hose support arch and extends perpendicularly from the hose support to stabilize the hose support. The hose support may include a plurality of interconnected arches such that the hose support is extendable from a closed alignment to an open alignment. At least one footing is removably attached to a bottom portion of the legs of the interconnected arches to increase the lateral stability of the hose support.

Abstract: In a shower-head holder having a bracket (1) fixed on a wall or on a wall rod and a holder body (2) pivotal on a pin (10), the holder body (2) having at lest one friction face that bears under an adjustable spring force on at least one surface fixed rotationally on the bracket (1), it is proposed that the pin (10) be angularly fixed to the bracket (1), the holder body (2) engaging around the pin (10) with a sleeve (20) and being connected via a plate-type brake with the bracket.

Abstract: Apparatus for supporting cable, hose and the like between a tractor and trailer of a tractor-trailer rig. The apparatus includes a base member attached to the frame of the tractor and a tubular sleeve member extending vertically therefrom. A support member has a portion insertable into the sleeve member for rotation therein and from an upper end of which extends, at an angle therewith, an arm portion. An attachment member is connected to the distal end of the arm member for attachment to cable, hose and the like.

Abstract: A portable hose bridge for use in spanning a flexible wall of a portable spillage container so as to prevent the hose or other equipment extending from the container from distorting the flexible wall of the container and impairing the environmental integrity of the container. The hose bridge includes a pair of perpendicularly disposed archways, a pair of perpendicularly disposed and differently sized saddles disposed above and extending parallel to the archways and four support legs bordering the archways for securely supporting and positioning the bridge such that one of the archways extends along and over a portion of the spillage container wall and one of the saddles extends perpendicular to and above the wall for carrying a hose or other equipment over the wall.

Abstract: The present invention provides a containment apparatus for cables, wires, and other cylindrical objects. The containment apparatus includes a channel member adapted to be attached to a clip member, the clip member is adapted to receive the channel member and is adapted to be mounted to a surface such as an exterior wall or a pole. The channel member is made of a rigid to semi-rigid material which can flex and can resile or can be urged back into its original position whereby the channel member is fixedly attached to the clip member. Multiple channel members can be adapted to be connected, one to another.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device and method for preventing hoses, cords and cables from becoming jammed under wheels without impairing productivity nor leading to back strain. The device is comprised of a “U” shaped wedge body with a thin end and a thick end connected by equal top and bottom surfaces and a flat edge that wraps around the “U” shape to be wedged between the supporting surface and the tire tread. The outer expanding edge provides a contact surface for a hose or cable to be guided around the corner of the wheel. The top and bottom surfaces being equal making the device symmetrical and allowing the device to be equally effective when inserted either side up. The body provides a device that can be traversed, not removed, while the wheeled vehicle is being removed from the service area.

Abstract: A case drain coupler mounting plate is mounted to the frame of the seeding machine. The case drain hydraulic coupler is secured to the case drain coupler mounting plate when it is not coupled to a tractor. The mounting plate is provided with a keyhole-shaped mounting aperture having an enlarged upper opening and a narrow channel projecting downwardly from the enlarged opening. The case drain hydraulic coupler is provided with a circumferential groove that engages the narrow channel in the keyhole shaped slot. A backing plate is mounted to the mounting plate at a fixed distance from the mounting plate. The backing plate engages the case drain hydraulic coupler and overcomes the biasing force to open the check valve. With the check valve open the case drain line provides a drain path for hydraulic fluid from the case drain.

Abstract: A piping structure of a working machine, which prevents damage to the hoses that are so arranged as can be flexibly bent on the working machine. The piping structure of a working machine comprises a guide cylinder in which is slidably inserted an intermediate portion of hose to define the bending position of the hose.

Abstract: A vacuum cord and hose holder has a base with a vacuum cord and hose support, which includes a pair of oppositely disposed wings protruding upwardly therefrom to support the vacuum hose and cord; on one wing is the cord hook; a standard hose extension to facilitate storage of the extra-long shop vacuum hose and a mount which provides for a means of attaching the vacuum cord and hose support to the vacuum.

Abstract: A device for supporting ducts includes a strap that may be adjustably connected to a support. A cradle is carried by the strap. The cradle is adapted to rest against a flexible duct to prevent the duct from buckling over the strap. The cradle is slidably adjusted on the strap. A buckle may be provided to allow the strap to be looped over a support. Two cradles may be slidably mounted on a single strap when a larger diameter duct is supported by the device.

Abstract: A drop weight and connector assembly for use with an irrigation component mounted at a lower end of a flexible hose includes a tubular connector component having a first end adapted for insertion into the lower end of the flexible hose and a second end that is threaded and adapted for receiving a corresponding threaded end of the irrigation component. A drop weight component includes a relatively heavy tubular sleeve having one end that cooperates with the barbed end of the connector component to thereby clamp the lower end of the hose between the connector and drop weight components, the sleeve being sufficiently heavy to provide stability to the flexible hose and irrigation component.

Abstract: A mounting member (A) is carried beneath a closure member at the top of a liquid container positioning a receiving member (B) in opposed cantilevered relation thereby providing a lateral passageway (C) for accommodating a liquid dispensing tube so that a sprayer may be carried in upright position in the receiving member.

Abstract: A hose reel is mount on a post so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis.

Abstract: An intravenous administration lines fastening and identification device includes a hollow cylindrical fastening member of resilient, flexible material. The cylindrical member has a full length longitudinal slit aperture. A plurality of tube holding members of resilient, flexible material, each with a cylindrical bore, are secured to the outer surface of the hollow cylindrical fastening member opposite the fastening member longitudinal slit aperture. Each tube holding member bore axis is oriented perpendicular to the fastening member longitudinal cylindrical axis. The tube holding members each have a full length slit aperture opposite the fastening member, with the slit aperture accessing the holding member cylindrical bore. An identification marking surface is present on the cylindrical member outer surface in register with and adjacent each tube holding member for identification of the IV tubing contents.

Abstract: An agricultural clip is provided that holds a first agricultural element, such as an irrigation pipe or wire, in a predetermined relationship with a second agricultural element, such as a wire. For example, the agricultural clip is used to keep the irrigation holes in an irrigation pipe pointed down to deposit water where needed.

Abstract: A hose support system for a rail car having a support which includes a flat strap having first and second ends and a tongue connected to the first end of the strap and extending along the strap towards the second end of the strap. A connector at one end of the strap is positioned in a car aperture and a connector at the other end of the strap is positioned in a hose aperture. A resilient element connects the loop at one end of the strap to its connector. A clasp is adjustably positioned on the strap between the ends of the strap and adjusts the length of the strap between the ends. The tongue extends through the clasp. At least one of the connectors may include a loop and a throat extending substantially tangential to the loop. Alternatively, one or more of the connectors may include a spiral. A bearing ring separates the connector and the strap.

Abstract: The present invention is a garden hose hanger and storage device, which includes a main housing having a top, sides and a bottom, and a front and a back. The top has an arcuate shape adapted to receive a garden hose for hanging thereon. The top further includes at least one upwardly projecting member to prevent slippage of a garden hose therefrom. The main housing further has a cabinet-like structure located under the top. The front of the main housing includes at least one door, which has a solid area to establish a back of the cabinet-like structure and is adapted to be opened and closed. The cabinet-like structure has at least one shelf. There are at least two upwardly projecting members located on the top, in which at least one of the members is a front member and one of the members is a back member. The main housing also includes attachment means for attaching the device to a support.

Abstract: A water nozzle rack includes a plurality of upright support rods, a top shelf fixed horizontally to top ends of the upright support rods, and a plurality of support shelves located under the top shelf and fixed horizontally to the upright support rods. The top shelf is provided with a plurality of nozzle-locating loops for holding the barrels of the nozzles.

Abstract: A hose reel is mount on a post so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner hose clip is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner hose clip includes a first curvilinear arm adapted to wrap partially around a portion of a vacuum cleaner hose, and a second curvilinear arm adapted to wrap completely around a second portion of a vacuum cleaner hose to hold the vacuum cleaner hose portions together. The clip further includes a locking mechanism to secure the second curvilinear arm in position around the vacuum hose.

Abstract: A hose clamp includes a clamping body formed by bending a band-shaped spring plate into a generally circular shape flexibly deformed into a contracted state and a spread state. The clamping body is attached to a hose before the hose is connected to a pipe. A holder is mounted on the clamping body to hold the clamping body in the spread state in which the clamping body is loosely fitted with an end of the hose. The holder releases the clamping body from the spread state so that the clamping body is deformed into the contracted state in which the clamping body clamps a junction of the hose and the pipe. A positioner positions the clamping body at the end of the hose, the positioner including a clamp retainer attached to an outer circumference of the clamping body and a locking element which engages the hose to prevent the clamping body from displacing axially and circumferentially with respect to the hose.

Abstract: A drip hose hanger comprises a body including a saddle portion and a hook portion. The saddle portion is configured to support a portion of a drip hose. The hook portion is configured to be secured to a horizontal support. The saddle portion includes an inner surface that engages the hose and includes lateral grooves.

Abstract: A hose retainer is provided to maintain a hose in a gooseneck shape. The retainer includes opposite rings which retentively engage portions of the hose adjacent the gooseneck. The retainer is molded or stamped from plastic so as to have a flat one-piece construction. A tab is provided on the retainer and is adapted to be received in a slot on the back of a washing machine to hold the hose close to the machine during shipping and storage.

Abstract: A hose guide having a polygonal frame defining an opening through which the hose extends. All of the sides of the opening carry rollers to enable the hose to be pulled through it. Preferably, the frame also includes a stake which rotatably supports the frame about the stake axis.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided formed of a pair of opposed, spring urged comb members that is intended to slip over the area subject to kinking and keeps it in a straight position to allow water to flow.

Abstract: A mobile support device for supporting a concrete spreading hose includes a truncated V-shaped support having a horizontal web position and upwardly diverging legs. Castor wheel assemblies support the V-shaped support for travel over a surface. A hold down mechanism is pivoted to one of the legs and is engaged by a keeper element releasibly locked by a locking element on the other leg. The hold down mechanism clamps and confines a concrete spreading hose seated in the truncated V-shaped support. The concrete spreading hose is secured against movement relative to the support even when subjected to pumping surges.

Abstract: The invention relates to a kit having a plurality of kit components for a chain link (54) which can be adapted to a plurality of situations of use and which has two chain side plates (54, 55), with the following kit components: Separating bodies (46) with edge portions (3) and partitions (47) which can be secured to two adjacent separating bodies (46) by securing elements which at least partially embrace a holding portion (14) of the separating bodies (46). The kit may also have transverse portions (56, 57) provided with a holding region, to which the separating bodies (46) are releasably securable.

Abstract: An energy guiding chain is disclosed for accommodating cables and hoses. The chain has laterally spaced parallel side-plates (1) with upper and lower cross-members (2,3). A cross-sectional space for said cables and hoses is defined by the side-plates and the upper and lower edges of the side-plates. The cross-sectional space is expanded by at least one of the cross-members being detachably mounted on the side-plates by connector parts (7). The cross-member is a bracket including bracket body (2) and a mounting member (6) at each free end of the body with a mounting member connector-part (8) for engagement by connector parts (7) which are engageable by movement of the mounting member connector-part in the lateral direction toward a plate connector part.

Abstract: A chain link used in fabricating a flexible energy guide chain for supporting energy conduits from a fixed attachment point to a moveable consuming load. The chain link is composed of two parallel side plates and a base plate interconnecting the side plates so as to form a U-shaped passage for the conduits. A cover is pivotally mounted to one of the side plates by a hinge connection which permits pivotal movement between a first stable position wherein the passage is open and a second stable position wherein the passage is closed. The hinge exerts a spring force which resists movement of the cover from either of its stable positions toward the other stable position.

Abstract: A harness assembly for assisting a user in transporting a fire hose includes an adjustable strap assembly secured to a chest plate. The device is secured to a wearer with the chest plate positioned on the chest and abdomen. Attached to the chest plate is a nozzle assembly including a manifold portion that is disposed adjacent the wearer's side which may be coupled with the outlet of a fire hose. The nozzle assembly further includes an intermediate section perpendicularly extending from the manifold portion and a dispensing portion perpendicularly extending from the intermediate section and away from the user. The dispensing portion includes a water control valve, a clip for attaching the nozzle assembly to the chest plate and a pair of diametrically opposed handles which may be grasped by a user. The unique design of the nozzle assembly allows a user to maintain the hose at his or her side while being able to dispense water therefrom at a point directly in front of the user for enhanced control.

Abstract: A pneumatic boom system for suspending a pneumatic air hose above a ground surface so that the air hose is not in the way when not in use. The system includes an inner drum has top and bottom ends. A top disk is coupled to the top end of the inner drum and a bottom disk is coupled to the bottom end of the inner drum. The top disk defines an annular top flange extending radially outwards around the top end of the inner drum and the bottom disk defines an annular bottom flange extending radially outwards around the bottom end of the inner drum. An outer drum is disposed around the inner drum to permit free rotation of the outer drum about the inner drum. The inner drum has an exposed region defined between the top end of the inner drum and an upper end of the outer drum. The exposed region of the inner drum has an input conduit into the inner drum designed for fluidly connecting the inner drum to a supply of pressurized air.

Abstract: A system is provided for maintaining a sprinkler head in a position to allow continued operation during a fire in the event that the support structure for the sprinkler head fails or is otherwise removed. The support system includes a central hub adapted to receive a sprinkler head, a first leg attached to the central hub and having first and second ends. The support system also includes first and second ends having fastening devices adapted to attach the ends to the support structure. The fastening devices are configured to break away from the support structure in the event of support structure failure.

Abstract: A support system for positioning a sprinkler head relative to a support structure in a ceiling, floor, or wall includes a central hub adapted to receive the sprinkler head, a first leg attached to the central hub and having a first end configured to be attached to the support structure, a second leg attached to the central hub and having a second end configured to be attached to the support structure, the second leg being spaced-apart from and substantially parallel to the first leg. The support system combines increased flexibility in installation with increased support for the sprinkler head during operation.

Abstract: A suspension device for effecting a connection between a support structure and a flexible elongated element. Element has an annular collar that is configured to securely retain a segment of the flexible elongated element. A housing having upper and lower ends, includes a cylindrical interior portion that captively encircles the collar and its associated element in a manner permitting radial movement of the collar. The uppermost end of the housing is pivotally attached via a cable to the support structure. The lower portion of the housing includes a pulley-like configuration for limiting longitudinal bending of the flexible elongated element to a radius of curvature greater than the crimp radius of the element, and a pair of opposing radially directed lip-like wall members extending from the sides of a groove of the pulley for restricting lateral bending of the flexible elongated element against side of the collar.