Hose with improved flow
AssigneeNieder Inc.
InventorsDavid LORD, Joël HERAUD, Yannick HARVEY
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Abstract
A hose with an improved flow includes a method of manufacture of the same. The hose with an improved flow includes an extruded inner tube and a non-woven material layer disposed over the extruded inner tube. The layer of non-woven material is in direct contact with the extruded inner tube and is fused thereto. The hose with an improved flow further includes at least one woven jacket disposed over and fused to the layer of non-woven material. The presence of the layer of non-woven material results in a smoother inner surface of the inner tube, which helps improve the flow of water in the hose, as well as in other favorable characteristics.
Claims6
A hose with an improved flow comprising:
- an extruded inner tube;
- a non-woven material layer disposed over the extruded inner tube in direct contact therewith, the non-woven material layer being fused to the extruded inner tube;
- at least one woven jacket disposed over the non-woven material layer, one of the at least one woven jacket being fused to the non-woven material layer.
A method for manufacturing a hose with an improved flow, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) extruding an inner tube having a fusion layer on an outer surface of the inner tube;
- b) inserting the inner tube into a non-woven material layer, the non-woven material layer also comprising an outer fusion layer;
- c) inserting the combined inner tube and non-woven material layer into at least one woven jacket;
- d) heating the combined inner tube, non-woven material layer and at least one woven jacket for thermosetting of the fusion layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.