Abstract: The motorized hose reel is a storage device. The motorized hose reel is configured for use with a hose. The motorized hose reel stores the hose. The motorized hose reel deploys the hose for use. The motorized hose reel retracts the hose for storage. The motorized hose reel comprises a hose structure, a spool structure, a control circuit, and a personal data device. The spool structure stores the hose structure. The control circuit is an electrically powered device. The control circuit deploys the hose structure from the spool structure for use. The control circuit retracts onto the spool structure for storage. The personal data device controls the operation of the control circuit.

Abstract: A transportable modular system for enhanced minerals recovery from tailings lines and deposits, features two transportable mineral recovery modules (TMRM), each TMRM for transporting as a truck mounted module to a remote site as an independently-operable mineral recovery module, each TMRM to couple to another TMRM on-site at the remote site and used together to provide enhanced minerals recovery. One TMRM having a central engineered polymer mineral recovery module that receives tailings fluid having a mineral particle of interest, processes the tailings fluid using an engineered polymer configuration, and provides recovered mineral processing fluids having the mineral particle of interest and a tailings disposal fluid. One other TMRM is selected from a group of TMRMs that includes another central engineered polymer mineral recovery module, a tailings fluid management module, an additive/chemical treatment polymer management module, a tailings disposal module and a recovery mineral processing module.

Abstract: An irrigation pipe with holes is provided. The pipe is, at least in the area of each hole, multilayered. At least top and bottom layers of the pipe are made of a water-repellant material, and an inner layer of the pipe is made of a porous material. The hole is defined by a cut surface of the pipe wall. The cut surface comprises a seal, which covers at least the inner layer. Each layer may be bonded to adjacent layers.

Abstract: A mobile hose winding apparatus, including a case, a hose winding mechanism for hose winding, a sprinkler mechanism and a water inlet and outlet mechanism. One end of the water inlet and outlet mechanism is used to connect to the hose on the winding mechanism while the other end is connected to the water inlet of the sprinkler mechanism; the hose winding mechanism and the water inlet and outlet mechanism are fitted in the case, with the sprinkler mechanism in the front of the case. The mobile hose winding apparatus abandons the wall-mounted connecting mode of the conventional hose winding apparatus, and thus the apparatus according to the present disclosure can be moved as a whole for operation.

Abstract: A hose heater for use in outdoor or unheated interior spaces of a home, construction office or farm. The hose heater includes an enclosure having a hose reel for storing the hose also having an electrical heating unit to warm the stored hose between uses. A heating core located in the center of the reel provides heat, keeping the hose from freezing. The enclosure which itself may be heated or unheated, blankets the hose to provide heat to the outer hose coils to ensure that the extremities are maintained at a freeze-free temperature. This can be used in small scale farming, outside use, and other areas where animals and ice rinks need watering in winter with a hose.

Abstract: A mobile hose winding apparatus, including a case, a hose winding mechanism for hose winding, a sprinkler mechanism and a water inlet and outlet mechanism. One end of the water inlet and outlet mechanism is used to connect to the hose on the winding mechanism while the other end is connected to the water inlet of the sprinkler mechanism; the hose winding mechanism and the water inlet and outlet mechanism are fitted in the case, with the sprinkler mechanism in the front of the case. The mobile hose winding apparatus abandons the wall-mounted connecting mode of the conventional hose winding apparatus, and thus the apparatus according to the present disclosure can be moved as a whole for operation.

Abstract: The present invention is a portable fire suppression apparatus. The fire suppression apparatus comprises a conduit with an open end and a closed end. In some embodiments of this invention the conduit may be a combination of several similar conduits connected with couplings with the last conduit having a closed end. The conduit has a plurality of apertures disposed upon its length at periodic intervals. When a fire suppression medium is forced throughout the conduit, the medium streams from each apertures and drenches the surrounding area and provides a fire break and air borne spark suppression capability. In the preferred embodiment, this apparatus also includes a means for stabilizing the conduit against rotation when high pressure medium is forced through.

Abstract: A storage rack for an irrigation system, comprising at least a first pair of parallel rails arranged on a first substantially horizontal plane, operatively arranged to hold at least one spool, at least a second pair of parallel rails arranged on a second substantially horizontal plane, the plane located beneath the first plane, and the second pair of parallel rails located directly beneath the at least first pair of parallel rails, the second pair of parallel rails operatively arranged to hold at least one spool, cranking means operatively arranged to selectively engage and simultaneously drive two spools, where one of the two spools is located on one of the at least first pair of parallel rails, and a second of the two spools is located on one of the at least second pair of parallel rails.

Abstract: A garden soaker hose and reel assembly includes a ground anchor on one end of the soaker hose which is rigidly fixed to the soaker hose. The reel has a special configuration to make the soaker hose easier to unwind from the reel and to wind back onto the reel. The soaker hose can be provided with a stripe on the upper wall of the soaker hose to make it easily apparent if the hose is twisted.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to a sprinkler apparatus providing multiple operational modes. For instance, the apparatus can operate as a conventional traveling sprinkler. In addition, the apparatus can provide one or more additional ports so that a user can attach additional hoses or other watering or irrigation equipment. The apparatus can include a switch so that a user can selectively switch a valve so that a fluid flows substantially exclusively to one of these additional ports. In one embodiment, a hose or other fluid dispensing device can be attached to one of the additional ports so that an operator can wash a car, water hanging pots, or perform other watering functions that cannot be accomplished by a traveling sprinkler.

Abstract: The invention comprises a golf course treatment platform having a frame with a spool of garden hose wound onto the spool, control piping on the platform, and a chemical tank whereby water may be introduced into the control piping a valved directly into the garden hose whereupon the water may be directed by the hose onto the golf course for treating the course with water or the water in the control piping may be valved through a mixing chamber to mix the water with a chemical from the tank and then directed into the garden hose on the spool where the mixture may be directed by the hose onto the golf course for treating the course with a water and chemical mixture, said platform having adjustable engaging means for adjustably mounting the platform to a trailer for transporting the platform on the golf grounds.

Abstract: A system for storing and deploying fire hoses to combat a fire on a selected floor of a high-rise building. The system includes an underground storage area directly beneath the building, a plurality of reel assemblies located inside the storage area, an underground pump, an integrated piping network, a plurality of mechanical tracks and a station located on the roof that has a pair of roof standpipes extending therefrom. Each reel assembly has a reel, a fire hose and an underground standpipe. Each track extends vertically along side walls of the building. In use, an operator uses an electronic control panel in communication with the reels and the rollers to specify the floor of the fire. The hoses unravel from their reels and are propelled up the tracks by rotating rollers. The pump turns on and transports water from an independent source, through the piping network and to the hoses.

Abstract: A hose reel having a casing and a wheel coupled to the casing for winding up a hose, a holder block mounted on the wheel, the holder block having a hose connector for receiving water from a water source through a hose, and a sprinkler carried on the holder block and adapted to sprinkle water received from the hose connector of the holder block on flowers, lawns, etc.

Abstract: A reel is composed of a base having therein a recess, a seat formed on a bottom face defining the recess so as to position a rotation disk thereon, an opening defined in a side face defining the recess to communicate with the recess and for oppositely receiving two rollers, and a gap defined to communicate with the opening. The rotation disk has a first disk and a second disk securely connected to the first disk by means of a connection shaft. The second disk has an indent defined in a mediate portion thereof and a channel defined to communicate with both the indent and the opening of the base. The connector of the hose is able to be received in the indent and the hose is able to be wound around the connection shaft.

Abstract: A high pressure cleaning apparatus provides a complete assembly mounted on a unitary base for applying high pressure water to two cleaning wands through two separate flexible hoses. A single engine drives two high pressure pumps through bypass mechanisms. A large water tank feeds the pumps. Each hose is mounted on its own reel. The water may be heated by water heaters also mounted on the base. Tanks for holding various cleaning agents are also provided, as well as receptacles for holding dispensing cans of the cleaning agents. The base is provided with features for lifting the entire assembly onto conveyances or work areas.

Abstract: In order to so construct a high-pressure cleaning apparatus with a motor pump unit, in which a high-pressure pump is arranged so as to adjoin a motor in the direction of the motor shaft of the motor, and with a hose drum for a high-pressure hose which connects the pressure outlet of the high-pressure pump to a liquid dispensing device, that a favorable arrangement of the hose drum is possible with a particularly simple structure, it is proposed that the axis of rotation of the hose drum extend transversely to the direction of the motor shaft and be arranged in the area of the high-pressure pump, and that the hose drum be arranged at the side of and next to the motor pump unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for distributing fluid onto a hydrometallurgy leach field consists of individual modules having structure for operatively coupling the modules to one another to form the apparatus. Each module, which alone can form a fluid distribution apparatus, includes a frame and an elongated reel assembly on which a plurality of individual distributors, such as perforated hoses, are carried at axially spaced positions along the elongated reel assembly. A fluid supply conduit carries fluid from a fixed fluid supply line through the elongate reel assembly to each of the hoses carried on the elongated reel assembly and to an adjacent module. The frame is supported at its ends by frame translating mechanisms, preferably endless track crawler units, which serve to selectively move the apparatus forward and rearward. Adjacent modules are coupled at respective ends thereof to a common frame translating mechanism, thus coupling the adjacent modules to one another.

Abstract: A hose take-up apparatus, which includes a flat casing defining a flat receiving chamber having a relatively narrower middle portion and relatively broader upper and lower portions, a twin line welding hose received in the receiving chamber inside the casing, the twin line welding hose having a fixed input end fixedly secured to the back side wall of the casing and connected to the gas supply tubes of the gas cylinders of a welding apparatus outside the casing and a free output end extended out of an outlet at the front side wall of the casing and connected to a welding torch, two guide members mounted in the outlet inside the casing for guiding the twin line welding hose in and out of the casing, and a winding mechanism mounted inside the casing to automatically take up the twin line welding hose.

Abstract: An apparatus for distributing fluid onto a hydrometallurgy leach field consists of individual modules having structure for operatively coupling the modules to one another to form the apparatus. Each module, which alone can form a fluid distribution apparatus, includes a frame and an elongated reel assembly on which a plurality of individual distributors, such as perforated hoses, are carried at axially spaced positions along the elongated reel assembly. A fluid supply conduit carries fluid from a fixed fluid supply line through the elongate reel assembly to each of the hoses carried on the elongated reel assembly and to an adjacent module. The frame is supported at its ends by frame translating mechanisms, preferably endless track crawler units, which serve to selectively move the apparatus forward and rearward. Adjacent modules are coupled at respective ends thereof to a common frame translating mechanism, thus coupling the adjacent modules to one another.

Abstract: In a high-pressure cleaner (1) including a housing (4) running on wheels (6), a motor-pump unit (2,3) in the housing (4) and a high-pressure hose (13) connecting the high-pressure side (9) of the pump (3) with a cleaning gun (12), a hose accumulator (7), capable of storing the hose (13), is placed within the housing (4), the latter having a slot. (14) for the hose (13). Preferably, the hose accumulator (7) comprises a drum (not shown), on which the hose (13) may be wound by means of a hand crank (8).

Abstract: A garden watering tool comprising a hose reel and integral nozzle is disclosed. The reel is provided with a short length of hose which is connected to the nozzle and a long length of hose which is contained upon a reel and can easily be pulled out and reeled in. The long length of hose is to be connected to a faucet and the tool carried to the location of use.

Abstract: Portable water jetting apparatus is disclosed comprising a longitudinally collapsible cart having wheels at one end and a handle at the other, a water jetter unit removably mounted on the cart adjacent the wheeled end thereof, and a jetter hose reel unit mounted on the cart adjacent the handle end thereof. Both the water jetter unit and hose reel unit are adapted to be quickly and selectively disconnected from the cart to facilitate use, transportation, and/or storage of the apparatus, and the hose reel unit is pivotally mounted on the cart for selective orientation of the reel axis relative to the cart and thus the direction of winding or unwinding of the jetter hose therefrom during use of the apparatus.

Abstract: A retractable conduit formed from a sheet of memory-set polyester. To manufacture the memory-set strip, the polyester sheet is wound into a desired coiled position. It is then heated and cooled in a manner to memory-set the sheet in a coiled form. After this process the sheet of polyester will automatically return to the coiled position after it has been uncoiled. In one form, suitable as a splashblock, the distal end of the polyester sheet is wider than the end attachable to a downspout. In another form the polyester sheet is sheathed in an elongated polyethylene tube, to form a retractable hose. In a preferred form, the distal end of the hose is supported on a spool which will roll along the ground as the hose is wound and unwound to further ensure that the hose retracts properly. The tube can also be provided with holes to act as a sprinkler if desired.

Abstract: A portable water pumping station is disclosed. A hand-drawn support stand includes wheels, a vertical frame, and a handle that may be used to manually roll the pumping station along the ground. A mounting shelf fixed to the lower portion of the support stand holds a motor-driven water pump. The inlet side of the pump is connected to a suction hose that is either placed into a nearby body of water or connected to a municipal water source. The outlet side of the water pump is connected to one end of a pressure hose. The pressure hose is normally coiled on a storage take-up reel mounted to the frame, and has a nozzle at one end. Additional hose storage frame may be included on the frame for extending the pressure hose if necessary.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lance device comprising a frame, a drum mounted rotatably on the frame, at least one hose arranged on the drum, containing means provided with a passage for containing the hose while lying on the drum, connecting means for connecting a source of liquid under high pressure to an end of the hose joined to the drum and drive means for driving the drum in rotation. The containing means comprise an endless flexible member and guide means therefor which guide the flexible member in a path from one side of the passage round the drum and lying thereagainst to the other side of the passage and therefrom at a distance from the drum in opposite direction back to the one side of the passage.

Abstract: The integrated modular spraying system is suitable for applying chemicals, including liquids and dry flowables, to various remote locations. The system includes an integrated modular tank which is preferably rotomolded from thermoplastic. A well is formed in the side of the tank and is further defined by two opposing buttresses which receive and support a freely rotating hose spool. A pump is located in a recess in the tank for pumping chemicals from the tank through the flexible hose. The hose can be peeled off from the hose spool for a substantial length to enable an operator to spray a chemical at locations remote from the integrated modular spray apparatus. After application of the chemical is complete, the hose spool can be rotated to rewind the flexible hose about the spool. In an alternative embodiment, the apparatus is suitable for applying dry flowables, including various insecticidal dusts and powders, using an air pump instead of a liquid pump.

Abstract: A lawn sprinkler base has a flat base plate with three radial arms extending from a central portion. An elbow conduit is mounted on the central portion and has threads for connection to a garden hose at one end and to a sprinkler at the top. Hooks are the distal ends of the arms point inwardly toward the center so that a garden hose can be connected to a conduit and then coiled around on the base plate, inserting the hose under each hook as it is reached. The base stabilizes the sprinkler and base against the reaction effects of water pressure and the like.

Abstract: A portable device for the storage of water under pressure fitted with a hose ending with a nozzle which may be used either to introduce the water under pressure in the storage tank or to activate the supply of a jet from the same.

Abstract: A mobile irrigator with a ribbon of plastic wound on a drum which is frictionally driven by wheels engaged with the ribbon, the wheels being adapted to slide on the plastic to compensate for varying diameters of the drum resulting from more or less windings of the ribbon, the drive for the drum being designed to hold the ribbon taught for passing through guides which shape the ribbon from flat to tube and vice versa. A control is provided for the pump to prevent loss of prime by limited feeding of air into the pump. A supply source of water has an electronic monitoring receiver operating a supply pump discharging into the tube to provide sufficient pressure and attendant fluid level to hold the prime in the irrigator or discharge pump. A pressure sensitive sending command unit is provided at the inlet of the irrigator pump for actuating the supply pump at the water source.

Abstract: A hose reel system for a sewer and catch basin cleaner and the like has a fixed mounted hose reel and a movable hose traction wheel. The hose reel includes a drive motor which rotates the reel in a direction to wind a hose onto the reel and a clutch which permits the reel to freely rotate when the hose is payed out. The hose traction wheel may be attached to a boom movable horizontally and vertically with respect to the reel and is driven by a motor to pay out the hose and a clutch which permits the traction wheel to turn freely during rewind of the hose. A first fairlead assembly mounted to the fixed reel and a second fairlead assembly mounted to the hose traction wheel guides the hose to permit pay out and rewind when the traction wheel is not in the plane of the reel.

Abstract: A take-up system for drip irrigation lines consisting of a mobile frame supported on wheels or skids. A predetermined number of take-up bays are provided along the frame. Each bay includes a cable spindle which is positively driven across a clutch by a hydraulic or pneumatic motor. A disk brake is hydraulically actuated to allow the operator to control the speed of the reel. A bearing support assembly is detachably secured to the reels. Each reel bay further includes a leveler which consists of a mechanically oscillatable carriage having a guide at the bottom through which one tubing line passes. The leveler applies the line on the reel evenly as the reel rotates. Cable reels may be removed and replaced with empty reels as required. The device is also operable to control pay-out of lines when the lines are being placed in the field at the beginning of the growing season.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel design for a perforated hose sprinkler which enables the hose to automatically rewind itself after use and after being released from a secured position in the ground. The mechanism includes a frame member with a reel contained within the frame and rotatably supported thereon on a fixed shaft. The reel further comprises a central core section. A spring is fixedly secured at one end to the fixed shaft and fixedly secured at its other end to the core of the reel, and is wound between the fixed shaft and the core. A sprinkler hose which is generally rectangular in cross-section and contains a multiplicity of pin holes along its length is wound onto the reel. The frame further comprises a slotted member through which the sprinkler hose can pass and which serves to provide tension to prevent the hose from retracting and further provides an effective seal to prevent water from running into any portion of hose that remains unwound on the reel.

Abstract: Low-pressure irrigation of fields is carried out simultaneously through a plurality of flexible hoses of equal length, one end of which is connected to a water supply, while the other end is open. The hoses are stretched out in parallel alignment across the field to be irrigated, preferably one hose each between two rows of plants, and all hoses are simultaneously gathered so that their open ends travel over the ground at slow uniform speed while water pours out of the open ends and irrigates the soil. When the open ends of the hoses have reached a point near the water supply, water is turned off and the hoses are transported to another field portion and stretched out in similar fashion. An apparatus for carrying out this irrigation method comprises a slowly rotated shaft which carries grooved pulleys distanced according to the hose distances, one pulley per hose.

Abstract: An apparatus for irrigating the earth includes a portable vehicle having a hose reel connected to a supply of water under pressure. An elongated hose is carried by the reel and the end of the hose is connected to a travelling carriage having a water gun and such carriage initially is moved away from the vehicle by an external force after which water passing through the apparatus drives a turbine which rotates the reel and coils the hose thereon while pulling the carriage toward the vehicle at a selected speed so that a large area of the earth is watered automatically.