Abstract: A float for loading hoses composed of a pair of semi-annular hard floating bodies hinged at one end portion thereof and provided at the other end portions with opposed rectangular notches, a female screw threaded member and hook-shaped member snugly fitted in said notches, respectively, and engaged with pins, respectively, extending through the members, and a bolt having oppositely inclined screw threads at its front and rear end portions and threadedly engaged with said female screw threaded member and hook-shaped member, respectively, whereby when the bolt is fastened so as to fit the float around the loading hose the front and rear end portions of the bolt make contact with the pins extending through the female screw threaded member and hook-shaped member, respectively.

Abstract: A hose end construction comprising a hose main body and a connection metal fitting secured to the end portion of said hose main body by means of a clamping ring and a ferrule circumferentially tightening the end portion of said hose main body to said connection metal fitting.

Abstract: A flexible pipe joint according to which a pair of spaced apart and opposed hard tubular bodies are interconnected with each other by means of a cylindrical rubber body with a reinforcing layer embedded therein and having an end wound around a core ring, each hard tubular body being provided between its inner end and the core ring with a circumferential rib and reinforcing member.

Abstract: A reinforced rubber hose mainly consisting of a hose body composed of inner and outer rubber layers and a reinforcing layer interposed therebetween and adapted to be secured or fastened at its two ends to a pair of cylindrical mouth pieces to be connected to the associated pipe ends. At least free end of the reinforcing layer is composed of inner and outer reinforcing layers. The inner reinforcing layer is wound around a clamping ring arranged at each end of the hose body from its inside toward the outside thereof to form a turn-back portion and the outer reinforcing layer is superimposed about and covering the turn-back portion of the inner reinforcing layer.

Abstract: A multi-cell gas-filled bag adapted for a dock fender, a connector for lighters and a float for supporting sand-flash pipe in reclaiming can be produced in a simple manner by uniting an inner sleeve made of an elastic rubber, and an outer sleeve made of an elastic rubber, each including a reinforcing material embedded therein, at a plurality of adhering circumferentially spaced longitudinal contact portions of the inner and outer sleeves, and introducing gas into non-adhering portions formed between adjacent adhering portions of the inner and outer sleeves to form cavities filled with the gas by the deformation of the inner sleeve.