Plastic corrugation corrugated pipe with monolithic container
AssigneeFrankische Rohrwerke Gebr. Kirchner GmbH & Co.
InventorsMatthias Büttner, Manfred Krauss, Rainer Käb
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Abstract
The invention relates to a plastic corrugation corrugated pipe with corrugation peaks and corrugation valleys for household apparatus or motor vehicles, which pipe has at least one connecting portion and, in accordance with the invention, a container monolithically or integrally molded with the corrugated pipe and having a shape different from the shape of the plastic corrugation corrugated pipe.
Claims21
A plastic pipe configured to allow fluids to pass therethrough, the plastic pipe comprising a corrugated pipe section and a container section, the container section having first and second openings wherein the first opening is in fluid communication with the corrugated pipe section and wherein the first and second openings allow fluids to pass through the container section, the container section being monolithically or integrally formed with the corrugated pipe section such that the corrugated pipe and container sections are configured as a one-piece plastic pipe without abutment or sealing surfaces between the container section and the corrugated pipe section, the corrugated pipe section having corrugation peaks and corrugation valleys, the container section having a shape different from the shape of the corrugated pipe section wherein the container section has an outer diameter that is larger than the outer diameter of the corrugated pipe section and a wall thickness that is greater than or equal to the wall thickness of the corrugated pipe section.
Corrugated plastic pipe with corrugation peaks and corrugation valleys, comprising a container monolithically formed and provided with the corrugation pipe in one piece, with no abutment or sealing surfaces between the container and the corrugated plastic pipe, and having a shape deviating from the shape of the corrugated plastic pipe, whereby a corrugated pipe section is respectively formed on each side of the container, and wherein the container has a wall thickness that is greater than or equal to the wall thickness of the corrugated plastic pipe.
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