Abstract: A vacuum cleaner hose construction having integral electrical conductors and method of making same are provided wherein such hose construction is comprised of a convoluted tube having alternating outwardly convex crests and outwardly concave troughs with a plurality of cutouts being provided in the crests extending completely through the wall thickness thereof and aligned along the length of the tube to define at least one slot construction for receiving the electrical conductors therewithin and a sleeve is disposed around the tube and electrical conductors with the sleeve holding the electrical conductors in position while defining a fluid-tight outer layer for the hose construction.

Abstract: A hose construction and method of making same are provided wherein such hose construction is made primarily of combustible polymeric material and has a tubular inside surface defining a longitudinally extending passage for conveying a fluid therethrough and has an outside surface; and, the hose construction has at least one member which has a fire extinguishing material comprising same disposed adjacent one of the surfaces with the fire extinguishing material being activated upon subjecting the member to combustion temperatures.

Abstract: A wheel wedge 10 is provided which comprises a wheel contacting surface 20, a first ground-contacting surface 11 and a second ground-contacting surface 15. The first surface 11 comprises a plurality of transversely extending ribs 13 and the second surface 15 comprises a plurality of cylindrical members 16, such as tire studs, embedded therein.

Abstract: A construction for absorbing odors caused by perspiration and method of making same are provided wherein such construction comprises a fabric having at least one member comprising an exposed surface thereof with the member comprising an odor-absorbing material and with the member being freely accessible on the exposed surface to the perspiration thereby assuring unimpeded action by the odor-absorbing material thereof.

Abstract: A corrugated metal tube are provided wherein such tube has a central longitudinal axis and comprises a single-thickness member having integral corrugations and opposed edges and the member is in tubular form with the corrugations defining substantially annular alternating radially outwardly facing projections and channels with the opposed edges being disposed immediately adjacent each other and each of the edges extending along a mean path substantially parallel to the axis with a weld fixing the edges together.

Abstract: A combination hay conveying belt and working element is provided which comprises a belt made primarily of elastomeric material and having an inner compression section, a load-carrying section and an outer tension section, the tension section having grooves disposed transverse to the endless path of the belt, and a working element attached exteriorly to the belt within each groove by means substantially conforming to at least a portion of the groove. Also provided is a hay or vegetation gathering apparatus which employs at least one of the above belts in combination with the working elements so that the belts travel parallel to the ground and the working elements extend perpendicular to the ground.