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US 4,887,647 AGranted
Hose
AssigneeTokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorsIchiro Igarashi, Hiroaki Ito, Kazuhiko Nishimura
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AssigneeTokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorsIchiro Igarashi, Hiroaki Ito, Kazuhiko Nishimura
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In rubber hoses for conveying fuels, the inner tube rubber layer coming into contact with fuels generally comprises two sublayers, namely the inside fluororubber layer coming into direct contact with fuels and the outside layer of an NBR and the like. The fluororubber layer is undesirably subject to degradation due to amine type additives contained in fuels and is poor in adhesion to the outside layer. In accordance with the invention, the contents of vinylidene fluoride, one of the fluororubber constituents, is reduced to 10-50 mole percent and at the same time a monomer capable of causing crosslinking of the fluororubber in the presence of a peroxide is newly added as a component of the fluororubber composition in a specified amount. The results are prevention of the degradation due to amine type additives and improved adhesion to the outside layer.
A hose comprising an inner rubber tube, said inner rubber tube comprising an innermost rubber layer, wherein said innermost rubber layer is made from a fluororubber composition consisting essentially of a fluororubber and a compound capable of causing crosslinking of the fluororubber in the presence of a peroxide, wherein said fluororubber is a copolymer of three comonomers which are tetrafluorethylene, vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, wherein the amount of vinylidene fluoride in said fluororubber is in the range of 10-50 mole % based on the total amount of said comonomers, and the amount of said compound capable of causing crosslinking of the fluororubber is not more than 2.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of said comonomers.
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