Rotatable counterweight assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9234336-B2
Application number	US-201414533152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2014
Priority date	Feb 17, 2014
Publication date	Jan 12, 2016
Grant date	Jan 12, 2016

Abstract

A rotatable counterweight assembly is mounted on a hose and contains a body and a rotary loop. The body includes a first segment, a second segment, an outer fence formed between the first segment and the second segment, and an open channel longitudinally extending along an X axis and between the first segment and the second segment to define a first opening; a horizontal width of the channel along a Z axis allows the hose placing in the channel, and a radial depth of the channel along a Y axis allows the hose accommodating in the channel. The body also includes an installing groove defined around the outer fence and having two ends communicating with the first opening. The rotary loop is rotatably fitted in the installing groove and is rotated toward an opening position and a retaining position, and the rotary loop includes a second opening defined therein.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotatable counterweight assembly being mounted on a hose and comprising:
a body including a first segment, a second segment, an outer fence formed between the first segment and the second segment; an open channel longitudinally extending along an X axis of the body and between the first segment and the second segment to define a first opening; a horizontal width of the channel along a Z axis of the body configured to place the hose in the channel, and a radial depth of the channel along a Y axis of the body configured to accommodate the hose in the channel; and an installing groove defined around the outer fence of the body and having two ends communicating with the first opening;
a rotary loop rotatably fitted in the installing groove of the body and rotated toward an opening position and a retaining position, and the rotary loop including a second opening defined therein; wherein when the rotary loop is rotated toward the opening position, the second opening of the rotary loop faces to the first opening of the body and allows the hose passing through the second opening and the first opening; when the rotary loop is rotated toward the retaining position, it closes the first opening and retains the hose in the channel;
wherein between the outer fence of the body and an inner fence of the rotary loop is defined a limiting structure for limiting a rotation of the rotary loop between the opening position and the retaining position and relative to the body.

2. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotary loop is formed in a C shape.

3. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the limiting structure includes a defining block one-piece extending on the outer fence of the body and includes a confining recess one-piece defined on the inner fence of the rotary loop to accommodate the defining block and to retain with the defining block, thus rotating the rotary loop between the opening position and the retaining position.

4. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an angle between the opening position and the retaining position of the rotary loop is 90 to 150 degrees.

5. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the angle between the opening position and the retaining position of the rotary loop is 120 degrees.

6. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an inner fence of the rotary loop has a forcing structure for retaining the rotary loop with the hose tightly.

7. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the forcing structure is a tilted rib horizontally extending along the inner fence.

8. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the forcing structure is an inversely hooked rib horizontally extending along the inner fence.

9. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotary loop has a contacting section with a thickness increasing from a first side of the second opening toward a second side of the second opening, such that when the rotary loop is rotated from the opening opposition toward the retaining position, it retains with the hose gradually.

10. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 9 , wherein an inner fence of the rotary loop has plural vertical ribs longitudinally extending parallel to the X axis of the body, and the vertical ribs are spaced apart around the inner fence of the rotary loop, such that when the rotary loop is rotated toward the retaining position, it retains with the hose by ways of the plural vertical ribs.

11. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a radial depth of the channel does not reach to a central axis of the body, hence when the counterweight assembly is mounted on the hose, the body is slanted toward one side of the hose.

12. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an outer fence of the rotary loop has a gripping face for grasping the rotary loop stably.

13. The rotatable counterweight assembly as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the gripping face of the outer fence of the rotary loop has a plurality of anti-slip slots longitudinally extending along the X axis relative to the body.

Assignees

• Globe Union Ind Corp

Inventors

• Yang Chaota

Classifications

• E03C1/0404 Primary

  Constructional or functional features of the spout · CPC title

• E03C2001/0415

  having an extendable water outlet · CPC title

• Y10T16/82

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic