Abstract: A process for producing cork lines which comprises holding a leader or leaders with a pair of metal molds having at the junctional surfaces thereof one or more cavities for forming a float or floats and one or more furrows formed so as to pass through said cavity or cavities for holding said leader or leaders, injecting a molten synthetic resin mixed with a foaming agent into said cavity or cavities to effect molding and foaming of said resin, cooling said metal molds and taking out a float or floats integrally fixed to said leader or leaders from said metal molds.

Abstract: In the manufacture of hose, a tubular textile is passed through one or more coating liquids, such as rubber or synthetic resin. An expander means, having a plurality of panels disposed radially about a shaft element so as to form a generally annular surface, and adapted to be centrifugally or centripetally movable by means of a spring mechanism mounted on said shaft, is disposed seriatim with the coating baths and are located within the tubular textile whereby to expand the coated tube during passage through drier means. Annular doctor means are disposed in operative association with said expander means and externally of said coated tube.

Abstract: A process for producing cork lines which comprises holding a leader or lers with a pair of metal molds having at the junctional surfaces thereof one or more cavities for forming a float or floats and one or more furrows formed so as to pass through said cavity or cavities for holding said leader or leaders, injecting a molten synthetic resin mixed witha foaming agent into said cavity or cavities to effect molding and foaming of said resin, cooling said metal molds and taking out a flat or floats integrally fixed to said leader or leaders from said metal molds.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of forming a coating of a rubber or a synthetic resin having an even thickness on the external surface of a tubular textile jacket made of fibers woven or knitted in a tubular form, which comprises passing the tubular textile jacket through a bath of a coating liquid such as a latex solution or rubber paste or a synthetic resin, and then curing the liquid coating attached to the external surface of the jacket. The present method is characterized in that an expanding member capable of inflating the tubular jacket to almost a circular shape in its cross-section is packed into the interior space of the tubular textile jacket and maintained in a definite position with respect to the coating liquid, thereby keeping the jacket almost circular in its cross-section at least for a distance from the point where the tubular textile jacket departs from the bath of coating liquid to a point where the coating liquid attached to the external surface of the tubular jacket no longer is fluid.

Abstract: A method for forming a coating of rubber or a synthetic resin having an even thickness on the external surface of a tubular textile jacket made of fibers woven or knitted in a tubular form, which comprises continuously passing the tubular textile jacket through one or more baths of a coating liquid and then solidifying the coating liquid attached to the external surface of the jacket, characterized in that an expanding assembly provided with plural expanding members which are capable of inflating the tubular textile jacket to almost circular or elliptical form in its cross section and are arranged at appropriate intervals in the longitudinal direction of the assembly is put in the interior space of the jacket and maintained in a definite position to the coating liquid in the baths, thereby keeping the jacket almost circular or elliptic in its cross section at least for a distance from the position where the tubular textile jacket departs from the bath of coating liquid to the position where fluidity of the co