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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Reel-tech Pty Ltd, Mentone, AU;
Sean Morgan, Carlton, AU;
Stuart Morgan, Carlton, AU;
REEL-TECH PTY LTD, Mentone, Victoria, AU;
Abstract
A level winder () for use on a hose reel (), the level winder including: a carriage () operatively connected to a hose guide (-), the carriage adapted to control the winding of the hose onto the hose reel and to allow the hose to be paid out through the hose guide; and a drive mechanismcarrying at least one drive dog () that is adapted to travel in a substantially vertical drive mechanism plane and to engage a carriage guide () on which the carriage is mounted to move the carriage reciprocally along a track. The carriage guide is aligned in the same plane that the drive dog travels and the carriage guide comprises at least one curved surface () adapted to define a recess () and to engage a curved surface of the drive dog (), such that at least a portion of the drive dog curved surface (I) is always facing or engaged with the carriage guide curved surface () and remains trapped in the recess ().