Direct drive hose reel assembly

Abstract

A hose reel assembly includes a reel spool having a pair of inner and outer halves. The spool is supported on a hub of a support member or mounting frame having a single stub axle, bearing and multiple stud hub assembly. By this arrangement, simplicity of servicing is provided and ease of assembly and disassembly of the reel is accomplished, because access for servicing involves simply removing the outer spool half. Full access to a riser assembly is accomplished without any disassembly as the riser assembly sits exposed in use in the hollow of the outer core. If removal of the riser assembly is required for servicing, access is immediate and easy for the operator.

1 . A hose reel assembly, comprising:
 a spool comprising an outer core from which a riser extends, and a pair of opposed side disc walls combining to form the spool;   a support frame having an upright support member including a hub assembly housable within a cavity defined by an inner spool core;   the spool mounted to the hub assembly on an inner side of the spool only; and   an outer side of the spool housing fluid path components of the riser,   wherein the support member supports the static load of the spool.   
     
     
         2 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a gear assembly that comprises one or more ring gears surrounding a hub shaft that is contiguous with the hub and cooperates with a drive unit to multiply torque from the drive unit to the hub. 
     
     
         3 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a drum-shaped gearbox within a core cavity defined by an inner spool core surrounding a hub shaft that is contiguous with the hub and cooperates with a drive unit to multiply torque from the drive unit to the hub. 
     
     
         4 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the drive unit is a manual crank rotatably mounted to a static upper part of the support member. 
     
     
         5 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the drive unit is a sprung or motorised unit. 
     
     
         6 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 5 , wherein the drive unit directly drives the gear assembly and is partially housed in the inner spool core. 
     
     
         7 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the support frame comprises a base extending underneath the spool for mounting the support member to a sub-structure and the upright support member comprises a lower upright section, an intermediate section angled towards the spool and an upper static disc section to which is mounted the drive unit. 
     
     
         8 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the hub is part of the gearbox assembly. 
     
     
         9 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 2 , wherein an interior portion of the hub bears a ring gear to engage with other gears in a drive train operatively connected to the drive unit. 
     
     
         10 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the hub comprises spigot bolts extending from a hub stub axle that are adapted to cooperate with corresponding apertures in the spool core inner faces of the inner and outer cores to mount the spool and the riser to the hub stub axle. 
     
     
         11 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 3 , wherein the gearbox comprises a rewind speed controller and torque multiplier which houses a gear reduction set which is located within the inner spool core. 
     
     
         12 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the spool is formed from two opposing inner and outer spool disc components which abut one and other face to face at inner walls substantially lying in a plane transverse to the stub axle axis. 
     
     
         13 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the core of the spool has an exterior surface concentric with the stub axle axis about which a hose can be wound, the exterior surface tapering concentrically towards the centre of the spool. 
     
     
         14 . The hose reel assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the riser has fluid pathway components into and out of the spool which components can be readily attached and detached from the spool without first removing the spool from the hub.