61 results about "Support hose" patented technology

Athletic and sports wear, and medical or therapeutic garments (G1-G8), all made from a “smart” fabric. The fabric is woven from, or incorporates, one or more components that allows the fabric to change size or shape, project heat or cooling to a part of the wearer's body, to monitor body vital signs such as temperature and pulse rate, etc. The fabric can be used in a garment covering only part of a patient's body, or substantially all of the body. Besides targeting specific areas of a body for treatment, garments made from the fabric facilitate zonal treatments; that is, areas of the body that require therapy but in which certain portions of the area require different levels or intensity of treatment than others. A variety of materials and their various capabilities are disclosed.

A blowout preventer transportation and installation system. The system includes a transportation skid assembly having a transport carriage to raise the blowout preventer between a horizontal transport position and a vertical position. The transport carriage on the skid assembly moves the blowout preventer with respect to the skid assembly. A boomer assembly having a crane mounted on a carriage frame on a boomer assembly frame raises and lowers the blowout preventer. The carriage frame moves with respect to the boomer assembly frame to move the blowout preventer over a wellhead. A control line support assembly supports hose lines extending between the blowout preventer and a hydraulic power unit.

A device for supporting a flexible hose extending between an individual and a stationary base unit nearby, is disclosed. The support device flexibly supports the hose generally above the individual yet readily accommodates movement by the individual while maintaining communication between the individual and the base unit through the hose. The device is particularly adapted for use by individuals suffering from sleep apnea and who use units to assist in breathing while sleeping or resting. The device can be easily placed into one or more configurations so that it is hidden from view or transportable.

A hose clamp tool for engaging and supporting a hose clamp has a handle a shaft operable connected to the handle. A support member is positioned in spaced relation to the shaft and supported there on by a biasing member that biases the support member toward the tool handle. The support member includes a first shoulder disposed toward the handle and a second shoulder spaced from the first shoulder toward a second end of the shaft. When support member is biased away from the handle, a gap is formed between the second end of the shaft and the second should of the support for receiving a bolt on the hose clamp. The second end of the shaft engages the bolt and the support member is released and biased toward the handle so the second shoulder engages the hose clamp at an end of the bolt opposite the bolt head.

A trainline support bracket for connection to a railcar having a yoke and a coupler attached to the railcar and a coupler-uncoupling mechanism housing attached to the coupler having first and second side walls with first and second contoured recess members thereon, and having upper and lower compartments for attaching the trainline support bracket thereto. The trainline support bracket includes a main body connector having an upper connector section and a lower connector section. The upper connector section of the main body connector is for connecting to the coupler-uncoupling mechanism housing of the coupler. The trainline support bracket also includes a lower connecting bracket having a first end and a second end. The lower connector section of the main body connector is for detachably connecting to the first end of the lower connecting bracket; and the second end of the lower connecting bracket is for detachably connecting to a trainline fitting in order to support hose fittings, hoses and a gladhand coupling having a hose connected to the coupling.

The invention discloses a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat comprises a seat guide rail, a backrest bearing cushion, a head pillow and a seat cushion bearing cushion which is arranged above the seat guide rail; the seat cushion bearing cushion is connected with the backrest bearing cushion, and the upper portion of the backrest bearing cushion is connected with the head pillow; the inside of the seat cushion bearing cushion is provided with a metal support body, a first sponge foaming body, a plastic support hose, a spring a, a breathable layer and an eccentric fan. According to the vehicle seat, the eccentric fan is installed at the lower end of the metal support body, an air hole is formed above the metal support body, so that air enters the seat through the air hole, airflow is provided for the seat, and hot flow generated by the hip of the human body can be timely discharged; a mounting plate is provided with multiple ultrasonic transducers and infrared emitters, frequencies of the ultrasonic transducers are adjusted, the vibration frequency of a massage body is controlled, the massage with the frequencies is conducted on the human body, and the infrared emitters emit infrared rays to relieve human body fatigue.

The invention discloses a through-and-through-wound hemostatic balloon device, which comprises a wrinkled balloon main body which can get expanded when inflated, a balloon internal supporting soft hose, a hemostatic device fast-plug connector, a venting valve and an inflating device. The wrinkled balloon is fixed to a central soft hose, and grooves in the surface of the balloon are filled by hemostatic medicine powder. An air vent is arranged in the central soft hose, and a check valve is embedded into the air vent. The wrinkled balloon main body that initial diameter is relatively large can contract towards the centrals of hose under an internal negative-pressure circumstance, so that the size of the hemostatic device can be diminished; the device is applicable to compression hemostasis in a through-and-through wound which is 20-100mm in diameter, and through the balloon structure which gets expanded, an effect of compression hemostasis can be achieved on a bleeding point of the wound, so that geometrical shape self-adaption and contact pressure self-adaption can be achieved; and through a hemostatic material on the surface of the outer side of the balloon, an effect of drug hemostasis can be achieved on the wound, so that conformity to closed structures and wound fit can be achieved.

This invention relates to a therapeutic shower device, having hand-held means for convenient control of water temperature, for an acupunctural water treatment by delivering sharp pointy jet water streams on a person's acupuncture points and repeatedly alternating hot and cold water of pre-set temperatures. The therapeutic shower device comprises a main flow line connected to water systems; an adjustable water dispenser comprising a distribution line, a plurality of self-supporting hoses, and nozzle assemblies; a diverter valve; and a supporter to support and fix the distribution line. The advantages of the present invention are: (1) the therapeutic shower device provides an acupunctural treatment; (2) the therapeutic shower device can be conveniently installed to an existing water system; and (3) water temperature can be repeatedly altered between hot and cold at pre-set temperatures every ten to thirty seconds while using the therapeutic shower device by manipulating a hand switch.

A hose support for supporting hoses which extend between the tractor and the trailer of a tractor-trailer rig with the tractor having a headache rack, with forward and rearward sides, positioned rearwardly of the cab of the tractor. A substantially vertically disposed mounting plate is secured to the rearward side of the headache rack and has an elongated hose support arm, having forward and rearward ends, with the rearward end of the hose support arm being pivotally secured, about a vertical axis to the mounting plate. The hose support arm may extend rearwardly and upwardly from the mounting plate or extend rearwardly and downwardly from the mounting plate. The rearward end of the hose support arm is adapted to have the hoses secured thereto.

A lifting device for an industrial vehicle, comprising: a hydraulic cylinder disposed approximately vertically between uprights and having a piston rod; a pulley disposed on the lateral side of the upper end of the piston rod; chain connection around, and, by means of telescoping of the piston rod, the lifting frame can be moved up and down by the chain; a hose, provided for supplying hydraulic fluid to accessories mounted on the lifting frame; and, a guide mechanism, provided on the piston rod on the top end of the hose for guiding the hose. The guide mechanism includes: a plurality of rollers; a support member rotatably supporting the plurality of rollers; and an endless belt fitted around the plurality of rollers to form an arc-shaped guide surface for supporting the hose. As the hose moves, the endless belt travels around the plurality of rollers.

The well head valve insulator provides insulation to a gas or oil well head. The insulator is formed with a two-piece outer shell that has a height and diameter custom-fitted to the well head, which is filled with foam insulation, preferably polyurethane foam that is molded to the configuration of the particular well head. The insulator includes heating element supports for supporting a hose or heating coil that is used to periodically heat the valve through the flow of warm fluid. The two halves of the insulator can be opened and reclosed around the well head in order to provide access for routine maintenance. Optionally, the insulator may be furnished with a temperature sensor for monitoring the temperature of the well head, or with a thermostatic control for regulating heat delivered by the heating coil.

A holder for a concrete slurry hose connectable to support a hose for dispensing a slurry at an elevated location such as at the top of a wall. The holder comprises an elongated body which is to be supported at the top of the wall. The body includes a pair of straps which would be secured to the hose some spaced distance from the dispensing end of the hose. The lower end of the body includes a pair of handles. These handles are to be grasped and used by a human to facilitate movement of the body to various locations along the wall.

The wall-mountable device for convenient and compact storage of an automatic pool cleaner and related hose sections. The wall-mountable device includes a body which has a shelf portion with a substantially-vertical upper surface sized to receive the pool cleaner, a back-edge portion having a substantially-vertical surface securable to a wall, and hose-mounting portion(s) which has substantially-horizontal ledges defining open-sided notches. Each ledge is size to receive and support a hose section for uncoiled vertical storage.

A device and method of use of a hose support device for supporting hoses that extend from an animal attached milking machine to a central milk collection system is disclosed. Adaptation to animal size and position in the stall is provided with a coarse adjustment of the hose support tree. Finer adjustment for optimizing milk flow and preserving animal health is accomplished by providing a selection of hose positions that also hold the hose in position. Further adaptations include attachment to milking stalls of differing configurations including rotary milking parlors.

The invention comprises a hose support for supporting a hose extending from a CPAP or oxygen machine to a mask on a user. The hose support comprises a housing, a reel mounted within said housing and having a tape wound thereon, a tensioning mechanism operatively connected to said tape for maintaining a pre-determined tension in said tape, such that the tape extends when under a tension greater than said pre-determined tension and retracts when slack is provided, and a connector attached to a free end of said tape, said connector sized and dimensioned to be secured to a fixed position on the hose. The fixed position defining a tensioned segment of the hose, extending from said connector to the mask. The pre-determined tension is selected to support the tensioned segment of the hose away from the user, and wherein said tape extends and retracts in response to movement of the user, thereby maintaining the tensioned segment away from the user. Preferably, the pre-determined tensioned is adjustable such that the hose support is adaptable to different CPAP machines and mounting arrangements.

A deployment system is utilized to deploy an overboard pump over the side of an offshore rig or vessel. A reel of hose with an overboard pump is securable to an end of the reel of hose. A bend restrictor supports the hose as the hose bends downwardly for deployment in water. The bend restrictor is mounted for movement with respect to the reel whereby the bend restrictor is movable away from the reel, preferably along a fixed and predetermined path, to a deployment position to permit the overboard pump and the hose to be deployed into the water over the side of the offshore rig. The bend restrictor is also movable to a non-deployed position such that the hose guide is above the rig floor where the pump may be serviced.

hose holder for a boat, or for another object upon which contact with a hose is undesirable, is a shaped rigid rod provided with a means for suspending the rod close to its midpoint, the shape created by bending each end of the rod into a helix. The rod is smaller in diameter than a common garden hose. The helices have a common, horizontal axis with an inner diameter larger than such a hose. The means for suspending the rod is above the outer diameter of the helices. Other embodiments utilize non-helical rod shapes to support the hose.

A water stream ground sweeping assembly includes a generally S-shaped tubular wand provided with an outlet nozzle at one end and connected at the other en across a control valve to a flexible water conveying hose with the length and the convolutions of the wand being selected to align the control valve with the suspended palm of an erect person. The arcs of the S-convolutions are further selected so that the nozzle raised above ground by a proximately located support post is pointing generally horizontally when the valve is grasped by the suspended palm. When, however, the palm of the person is raised the resulting increased weight of the unsupported hose increment unloads the post contact to create the perception of an impending loss of control in the palm, thus limiting the incidents of ground eroding nozzle alignments.

The invention discloses a dust collection and automatic weighing device. The dust collection and automatic weighing device comprises an air inlet transition connector, an upper fastening fixture, a cyclone separator, an exhaust pipe, an unsupported hose, a lower fastening fixture, a dust collection container, an air exhauster and a precision electronic scale. The dust collection and automatic weighing device has the beneficial effects that the structure is simple, processing is convenient, cost is low, and the dust collection and automatic weighing devices of different sizes can be designed through adjusting the size of the cyclone separator to be matched with air inflow of the air exhauster.

A hose wagon wherein the hose wagon frame assembly is structured to rotatably support a hose reel so that the hose reel may rotate freely about a generally vertical axis and a generally horizontal axis. This is accomplished by providing a water supply assembly having two rotational interfaces; one allowing rotation about a vertical axis, the other allowing rotation about a horizontal axis. Further, the hose wagon is free of frame members that extend vertically into the possible path of travel of a hose disposed on the hose reel. The frame assembly includes a handle member that is structured to move between an upper, first position, wherein the handle is disposed on the upper side of the hose wagon, and a second position, wherein the handle is disposed at a location lower than the path of travel of the hose coming off the hose reel.

A pressurized fluid nozzle having a system carrier with a hose connection for supplying a pressurized medium and an outlet valve having at least one outlet nozzle. The system carrier is designed to accommodate an integrated, adjustable pressure-reducing valve. Furthermore, the system carrier has a system sleeve and a hose socket, which is connected to it, whereby a compressed air shield and / or a connection for a pressure gauge and / or a protection against accidental contact is / are integrated into the hose socket. In a preferred embodiment, components of the blow-out gun also serve at the same time to connect and support the hose and / or the finger guard and / or the extension tube for supplying the pressurized medium, and these components together with the hose can be removed from the system carrier.

A system for supporting a hose configured to deliver preconditioned air from a source to an aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a base support and a stationary bearing assembly connected to the base support proximate a first end of the stationary bearing assembly. The stationary bearing assembly is configured to engage the hose to support the hose. The system also includes a frame assembly connected to the stationary bearing assembly proximate a second end of the stationary bearing assembly. The frame assembly has a support extending away from the frame assembly that is configured to engage the hose.

The invention relates to a mud-sucking device provided with a dredging mechanism. According to the technical proposal provided by the invention, the mud-sucking device provided with the dredging mechanism comprises a working bridge and a mud-collecting trough positioned below the working bridge, wherein the inner end of the mud-collecting trough which is arranged transversely is provided with a central mud tank, a plurality of mud-sucking pipes are vertically arranged below the mud-collecting trough, and a header mud pipe is arranged below the central mud tank. The mud-sucking device is characterized in that the working bridge is provided with a main pipe, the main pipe is provided with branch pipes which are in one-to-one correspondence with the mud-sucking pipes, and the outlet end of each branch pipe is connected with the bottom of a corresponding mud-sucking pipe by using respective air support hose. The mud-sucking device has the advantages of needing no operation in water, being simple and practical, dredging a single mud-sucking pipe or a plurality of the mud-sucking pipes at the same time, and being intuitive and easy to see whether the mud-sucking pipes are dredged.

A hose reel for coiling a hose includes a frame and a reel assembly rotatably connected to the frame about an axis of rotation. The reel assembly includes a drum assembly having a drum surface configured to receive and support the hose as the drum assembly is rotated about the axis of rotation to coil the hose around the drum surface. The drum assembly includes a hose fitting defining a fluid outlet. The hose fitting is configured to be connected to one end of the hose to fluidly connect the hose to the fluid outlet. The drum assembly defines a recess in the drum surface in which the fluid outlet of the hose fitting is disposed such that at least a portion of the fluid outlet is disposed between the axis of rotation and the drum surface.

The invention provides a water cleaning and outputting structure of a kitchen faucet, which comprises a water outputting faucet and a water cleaning faucet which are connected to a water outputting device, wherein, the water outputting faucet and the water cleaning faucet can rotate axially along the water outputting device and are provided with locking mechanisms which are matched to relatively fix the water cleaning faucet and the water outputting faucet. The water cleaning and outputting faucet is simple in structure, the fixing between the support of a supporting hose of the kitchen faucet and the water cleaning faucet is conveniently realized, and the combination and separation of the water cleaning faucet and the water outputting faucet can be conveniently realized, such that the locking mechanism can meet the synchronous movement of the water outputting faucet and the water cleaning faucet, the use of the support is also saved and the whole is more compact.