Braided hose reinforcement and method of manufacture
AssigneeNV Bekaert SA
InventorsLuc Bourgois, Paul Dambre, Dirk Meersschaut, Luc Ravelingien
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Abstract
A braided hose reinforcement (14) comprises left and right turning strips (20, 22). Each of said strips comprises a number of steel wires. The steel wires (24) located at the side regions of the strips have a tensile strength which is substantially lower than the tensile strength of the steel wires of the central region.
Claims11
A braided hose reinforcement comprising left and right turning strips, said left turning strips being bent so that they subsequently run above and under said right turning strips and vice versa, each of said strips having a longitudinal central region and two longitudinal side regions, the side regions forming a boundary between the longitudinal central region and an outside of the strips;
- each of said central and side regions comprising one or more steel wires, wherein said one or more steel wires of said side regions have a tensile strength which is substantially lower than the tensile strength of said one or more steel wires of said central region.
A braided hose reinforcement comprising left and right turning strips, said left turning strips being bent so that they subseciuently run above and under said right turning strips and vice versa, each of said strips having a longitudinal central region and two longitudinal side regions;
- each of said central and side regions comprising one or more steel wires, wherein said one or more steel wires of said side regions have a tensile strength which is substantially lower than the tensile strength of said one or more steel wires of said central region, wherein said one or more steel wires of said side regions and said one or more steel wires of said central region all have the same diameter.
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