Modified portable wet standpipe for fire protection aboard ship

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A PORTABLE WET STANDPIPE SYSTEM FOR HOLDING DRY HOSE READY FOR FIRE PROTECTION USE ABOARD SHIP COMPRISING: A RIGID VERTICAL STANDPIPE CURED AT THE TOP AND PROVIDED WITH A HORIZONTAL LIVE HOSE INLET AT ITS UPPER END, SAID VERTICAL SUPPORT SECTION MOUNTED ON A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CIRCULAR BASE SO THAT SAID STAND MAY BE ROLLED TO ANY SELECTED TEMPORARY OPERATING POSITION, A PAIR OF SEMI-CIRCULAR HOSE BASKETS MOUNTED RESPECTIVELY ON EACH SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL SUPPORT SECTION IN BALANCED RELATIONSHIP, VALVED OUTLET CONNECTIONS ON SAID STANDPIPE FOR EACH BASKET OUTLET HOSE, SAID VALVED OUTLET CONNECTIONS BEING OF THE Y TYPE AND TAKEN OFF THE HORIZONTAL INLET PORTION OF THE CURVED STANDPIPE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM SAID INLET SO THAT THE STANDPIPE SYSTEM INLET AND OUTLET OPERATING FORCES SHALL BE BALANCED TENDING TO STEADY THE STAND IN ITS NORMALLY VERTICAL POSITION, SAID SEMI-CIRCULAR BASKETS HAVING THEIR OPEN FACES DIRECTED OPPOSITE FROM SAID HORIZONTAL LIVE HOSE INLET SO THAT THE FORCE EXERTED IN REMOVING HOSE MANUALLY FROM SAID BASKETS WILL BE OFFSET BY THE TENSIONAL FORCE FROM THE HORIZONTAL LIVE HOSE INLET, SAID BASKETS BEING EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST ONE ROLL OF HOSE AND ADAPTED TO HOLD SAID HOSE ROLL SO THAT ITS CENTER OF GRAVITY WILL FALL WITHIN THE BASKET AND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CIRCULAR BASE, THEREBY TENDING TO RETAIN SAID STANDPIPE IN ITS NORMALLY VERTICAL POSITION, AND THE OPEN FACE OF SAID SEMI-CIRCULAR BASKET BEING DESIGNED AND SLOPED SO THAT BY MERELY PULLING THE FREE NOZZLE END OF THE HOSE IT WILL BE READILY ROLLED FROM THE BASKET AND THE ENTIRE LENGTH UNROLLED LEAVING THE STANDPIPE END OF THE HOSE STILL CONNECTED IN THE BASKET TO SAID STANDPIPE.