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US 4,307,754 AGranted
Flexible pipe
AssigneeMiyako Gomu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaaki Muratsubaki
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Abstract
A flexible pipe includes an elastic pipe body in corrugated form and including alternate large and small radius portions. A ring is mounted within one of the large diameter portions of the interior of the pipe body. An elongated flexible and deformable shaping member is secured to the ring and extends throughout the interior length of the tube body.
Claims7
A flexible pipe comprising:
- an elongated pipe body formed of an elastic material and capable of being bent into a desired configuration;
- a ring mounted within the interior of said pipe body at a position intermediate the ends of said pipe body;
- elongated shaping means, separate from said ring and secured to said ring and extending along the interior of said pipe body throughout substantially the entire length thereof, for maintaining a desired bent configuration of said pipe body;
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- wherein said shaping means comprises a wire formed into an elongated U-shaped member twisted throughout the length thereof except for free end portions thereof, said free end portions being formed as hooks extending through said ring.
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A flexible pipe comprising:
- an elongated pipe body formed of an elastic material and capable of being bent into a desired configuration;
- a ring mounted within the interior of said pipe body;
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- elongated shaping means, secured to said ring and extending along the interior of said pipe body throughout substantially the entire length thereof, for maintaining a desired bent configuration of said pipe body, said shaping means comprising a wire formed into an elongated U-shaped member twisted throughout the length thereof except for free end portions thereof, said free end portions being formed as hooks extending through said ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.