Collapsible and Expandable Corrugated Hose with Directional Hand-Pump for Colon Hydrotherapy
OwnerDelmar Vogelinventor
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A corrugated collapsible and expandable hose specifically for use in colon hydrotherapy which is collapsed for shipping and storage purposes and can be expanded to its full length or part of its full length for use during a colon hydrotherapy treatment and in order to accommodate specific treatment room set-ups. The invention includes a non-corrugated directional hand-pump section which allows the practitioner to apply pumping action to the hose to increase treatment efficacy. This directional hand-pump section is similar to a primer bulb but without valves to restrict direction of flow. Rather, the practitioner may fold the tubing at a crimpable indentation while squeezing the hand pump section to simultaneously stop water flow and control the direction of the pumping action.
A hose, intended for use in colon hydrotherapy, comprising a continuous length of thermoplastic material, most of the length of which is corrugated (FIGS. 1, 2, 3, & 4). The corrugations are annular in the preferred embodiment but may also be helical. The corrugations extending outward from the tube have side walls of unequal length (FIGS. 1 & 3) and in close-packed condition the side walls are inclined to the axis at an acute angle, producing a contour called cross-cut saw-toothing or oil-canning which will permit one corrugation to fold in under an adjoining corrugation in order to collapse the tube (FIGS. 2 & 4) and thereby decrease the total length of said tube and packaging size, which in turn reduces storage space and shipping costs.
A corrugated hose, including a non-corrugated section:
A hand pump that can be with or without structural raised ribbing of various sizes and location (FIGS. 1, 2, 3, & 4, section 4) to increase the strength of the pump walls thus providing increased bounce-back capabilities to its original shape after the bulb is squeezed.
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