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Hose winding apparatus comprises a first portion having a body and a first handle extending therefrom, and a second portion having a reel portion and a second handle cooperating with the reel portion. Each portion has reel journalling structure for journalling the first and second portions for relat

Hose winding apparatus comprises a first portion having a body and a first handle extending therefrom, and a second portion having a reel portion and a second handle cooperating with the reel portion. Each portion has reel journalling structure for journalling the first and second portions for relative rotation about a reel axis. A latching structure releasably latches together the first and second portions to permit the said relative rotation without unintentional separation of the first and second portions. A wound-up hose coil is retained tightly wound-up after the removal from the reel portion by fitting a resilient band to extend across opposite locations of the reel portion, and winding the hose onto the reel portion with a first face of the wound-up hose being adjacent a first length of the band. This is followed by drawing and stretching a second length of the band from the reel, and positioning the second length closely adjacent a second face of the coil. This permits the wound-up coil to be drawn from the reel portion along an axis of rotation thereof, without unwinding, for ease of storage and transportation, and to permit re-use of the apparatus.

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A portable hose winding apparatus comprising: (a) a first portion having a body, a first handle for holding the body, and first reel journalling means, (b) a second portion having a reel portion, a second handle cooperating with the reel portion, and a second reel journalling means complementary to

A portable hose winding apparatus comprising: (a) a first portion having a body, a first handle for holding the body, and first reel journalling means, (b) a second portion having a reel portion, a second handle cooperating with the reel portion, and a second reel journalling means complementary to the first reel journalling means for journalling the reel portion for rotation about a reel axis to wind a hose thereon, (c) latching means for releasably latching together the first and second reel journalling means, the latching means having a movable portion which is movable generally perpendicularly to the reel axis in a first direction to disengage the latching means, so that when the latching means is disengaged, the latching means and the first and second reel journalling means permit axial separation between the reel portion and the body, and the movable portion is moveable in an opposite second direction to engage the latching means, so that when the latching means is engaged, the latching means and the first and second reel journalling means permit relative rotation between the reel portion and the body without inadvertent separation of the first and second portions, (d) coil removal means for permitting a wound-up coil of hose to be removed from the reel portion without unwinding the coil, by sliding the wound-up coil axially from the reel portion when the reel portion is separated from the body.