Formable and curve shape retentive hose
AssigneeThe Gates Rubber Company
InventorLarry E. Neaves
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Abstract
A reformable, shape retentive hose having a precured tube located in a hose sidewall, and a reformable rod inserted in the precured tube. A method for making hose by placing at least one precured tube in the sidewall of a hose during the time that the hose sidewall is formed, curing the hose assembly with the precured tube in the sidewall, and inserting a reformable rod in a portion of the precured tube.
Claims19
In a formable hose of the cured elastomeric type having a tube, a cover and a reinforcement that together characterize a sidewall of the hose, the improvement comprising:
- at least one precured elastomeric tube located in the sidewall and longitudinally oriented with the hose;
- and
- a reformable rod disposed in the precured elastomeric tube.
In a formable, shape retentive hose of the cured elastomeric type with a tube having a bore, a reinforcement and a cover, which together characterize a sidewall of a hose that is corrugated between cuff ends, the improvement comprising:
- at least one precured tube located in the sidewall and longitudinally oriented and extending an entire length of the hose;
- a reformable rod disposed and free to slide in the precured elastomeric tube intermediate the cuff ends;
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- a helical wire means for inhibiting kinking when the hose is bent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.