Hose-carrier.

Application filed December 7,1905. Serial No. 290,684,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Thomas J. Sullivan, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne 5 and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved implement for handling fire hose and supporting the same, and its object is to provide a device which is particularly adapted to be quickly attached to a line of hose while in 15 use and lying upon the ground or other support, and is provided with handles to facilitate the lifting and moving of the line.

It is also an object of the invention to so construct the device that the handles may be 20 folded longitudinally of the hose to permit the line to be passed through a ladder, window, or other small opening, and to.provide means for locking the handles in their folded and extended positions.

A further object of the invention is to provide the device with means for engaging the rungs of a ladder to support the hose and also to provide the same with a detachable and adjustable support or rest which may be quickly and easily manipulated, the device being further provided with certain, other new and useful features, all as hereinafter more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention; Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the same with parts broken away to show the construction; and Fig. 3, is a plan view of the same, partially in section 4Q and with the adjustable support or rest at tached. . . ........

As shown in the drawing, 1 is a cylindrical clamp adapted to embrace a fire hose or hose fine and consisting of two semi-circular lalves or members 2 and 3 (lined with rubber) hinged together at 4 at one edge, and each provided with parallel ears 5 extending longitudinally of the members and outward from their outer sides. Handles 6 having circular heads 7 are pivoted between the ears by pivot pins 8 passing through the ears and axes of the heads, to turn in the longitudinal plane of the clamp and each head is formed with two transverse grooves or notches 9 and 10 adapted to be engaged by a locking dog 11 pivoted between the ears and normally held in contact with said head by a spring 12, the notches 9 being so positioned that the dogs will engage them when the handles . are turned to extend laterally outward at right 60 angles to the longitudinal axis of the clamp, and the notches 10 so placed that they will be engaged by the dogs when the handles are turned to extend parallel with said axis.

The handles are thus locked in either of 65 these two positions until the dogs are raised by means of a finger piece extending outward from each dog. The head of each handle is also formed with a shoulder 13 on its periphery to engage a ledge or stop 14 formed on 70 each clamping member between the ears and limit, the turning of the handles. The shoulders engage the stops when the handles are in their extended positions with the dogs engaging the’notches 9 and thus serve to take 75 the strain from the dogs when a lifting strain is put upon the handles.

Pivotally attached at 15 to the edge of the clamp member 2 is a latch or hook 16 consisting of a broad curved blade 17 extending 80 in one direction fro’m its pivot and provided with teeth or lugs 18 on its lower side to en- . gage in a series of openings 19 in the member 3 near the adjacent edge thereof, and of a curved handle portion 20 extending m the -85 opposite direction. A spring 21, preferably a block of rubber is interposed between the end of the handle and the clamping member 2, to hold the latch in a position to engage its lugs with the openings when the two 90 halves of the clamp are brought together, the end of the blade being turned up slightly and the edge of the member 3 beveled at 22 so that the latch will readily slide over .said edge to engage its lugs with the openings. 95 A notch 23 is cut in the edge 22 and a tongue 24 projects from the opposing edge of the clamp member 2 to engage said notch, thus preventing the parts of the clamp from moving relatively in a longitudinal direction 100 when the clamp is locked by the latch, and said tongue also -by projecting outward beneath the blade of the latch forms, a stop therefor against which it is held by its spring 21. . . ¹⁰⁵

To ’prevent the clamp from being accidentally unlocked a cam disk 25 is pivotally secured to the clamping member 2 to turn beneath the free end of the arm of the latch, and this disk is formed with a high side 110 which when the disk is turned to bring the sa.™ beneath the arm, prevents its depres877,012 sion and the consequent lifting of the teeth 18 from the openings.

The pintle of the hinge 4 is extended at one end and turned back longitudinally over the 5 clamptoformalargehook26, and the opposite extended end 27 is screw-threaded to receive a cylindrical cap 28 having a circumferential groove 29 intermediate its ends. This cap or sleeve serves to hold the pintle in 10 place and also as a means for attaching a ' supporting rod or rest 30 which consists of a tube 31 and a rod 32 telescoping therein. The tube is of a size to receive the cap or sleeve 28 .and is provided with a spring actu15 ated locking pin 33 to engage the groove 29 and detachably hold the support or rest attached to the clamp. The rod is adjustably held in the tube by a second locking pin 34 on the tube to engage a series of grooves 35 20 in the rod, and laterally extending curved arms 36 are secured to the tube near its lower end to embrace the line of hose, openings 37- being provided in the ends of said arms to receive a strap for securing the hose 25 between the arms.

• By making the locking latch of the clamp with a wide thin blade and curving the latch so that it will lie adjacent to the 'clamp, the device may be clamped to a line of hose lying 30 on the ground by opening the clamp and closing the same around the hose by means of the handles without handling the hose or otherwise manipulating the clamp, thus especially adapting the device for use in 35 “butting up” on the line when there is a heavy water pressure therein. The device is also especially adapted for handling a line of hose on a ladder as the handles may be folded back out . of the way parallel with the 40 line so that it may be passed through the ladder or through a window or other opening, and the hook 26 may be engaged with the rungs of the ladder to support the line, and also serves as a handle. The circular 45 form of the handle heads and the manner in which they are pivotally attached, obviate the danger of their becoming clogged by ice etc., and thus prevented from turning, and the locking dogs securely hold the handles 50 extended or folded but may be quickly and easily operated -to release the same.

. The carrier may be. attached to the hose pipe or to the hose adjacent thereto and the firemen in handling the same, and to assist in 55 supporting and holding the pipe when the carrier is so attached, the detachable rest or supporting rod 30 is provided. This rod is adapted to engage the pavement or floor at its lower end to bear the weight of the 60 hose and pipe, and this rod may be quickly adjusted to vary its length and may be as quickly attached or detached. To steady | the hose it may be attached to the rod by means of the arms 36 as described.