Abstract: A multiple layer hose which incorporates a gas barrier film and an elastomeric fill layer which is interposed between the gas barrier and a fiber mesh reinforcing layer. The fill layer isolates the gas barrier from the reinforcing fibers and fills the grid openings in the mesh to avoid pockets of trapped air in the hose wall.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite flexible hose excellent in pliability without any adhesive layer between an innermost layer and an intermediate rubber layer. The hose consists of the innermost layer, the intermediate rubber layer, a fibrous reinforcement layer and an external rubber layer, each of which is formed in this order from the inside. The innermost layer is formed of a modified polyamide obtainable by blending of a polyamide and a carboxyl-containing modified polyolefin, and the intermediate rubber layer is formed of a rubber composition obtainable by a blend of 10 to 50 parts by weight of silicic acid or a salt thereof and 5 to 15 parts by weight of a brominated alkylphenol formaldehyde resin per 100 parts of the rubber material obtainable by blending butyl rubber and a halogenated butyl rubber at a weight ratio of 50/50 to 0/100. The composite flexible hose is completed by vulcanization after laminating each layer.

Abstract: In order to obtain optimum absorption and compensation of relative movements in an exhaust gas system while at the same time avoiding a transmission of movement and the occurrence of a resonance phenomena, a conduit element is proposed having a bellows and a metallic braided or knit jacket. The bellows is fashioned as a highly flexible bellows with an all around absorption of movement. The jacket is applied to the bellows so that the jacket solely follows substantially the wave crests of the bellows.

Abstract: An hydraulic brake hose such as for automotive applications is formed of an EPDM elastomer core tube and one or more additional tube layers, each formed of such terpolymer compounded without processing oils and one or more interlying reinforcing layers of nonwater-base adhesive coated polyvinyl alcohol fibers. The absence of water from the reinforcing fibers provides thennal stability to the reinforcing layers, and the absence of compounding oil from the EPDM terpolymers also provides high temperature properties for the hose.

Abstract: A structural member of fiber reinforced composite material suitable for secondary processing and a method of processing is described. The structural member before secondary processing is typically a multi-ply tube, rod, or sheet formed with an outer sheath of fiber reinforced thermoplastic material having a melting temperature t.sub.m1 and an inner core material, also fiber reinforced thermoplastic, having a melting temperature, t.sub.m2 lower than t.sub.m1. The member, prior to secondary processing, is thermoplastic.In a secondary process the member is heated to a temperature between t.sub.m1 and t.sub.m2, but sufficient to render the outer sheath malleable. The member is deformed to a desired geometry, such as a helix, and cooled to a hardened state.

Abstract: A floatable twin carcass hose has a main carcass surrounded by a secondary carcass adapted to expand radially if pressurized fluid leaks through the main carcass to between the two carcasses. There is buoyancy material around the secondary carcass, an outermost cover layer, and inextensible hoop reinforcement between the secondary carcass and outer cover at one or more localized positions along the length of the hose thereby locally to inhibit expansion of the cover if fluid leaks to between the carcasses.

Abstract: A bendable portion which is provided at the distal end of an insert part of an endoscope and bent by remote control. The bendable portion includes an elastic and flexible double walled tube comprising a pair of inner and outer tubes for covering the bendable portion. A device for preventing enlargement of the diameter of the inner tube is sandwiched between the inner and outer tubes.

Abstract: A hose including at least an inner tube, a reinforcing layer and an outer cover, wherein the inner tube and the outer cover are individually composed of a thermoplastic elastomer comprising a vulcanized rubber dispersed in a thermoplastic resin, M.sub.p defined by the following formula (I) is not greater than 70 kgf/cm.sup.2, and flexural rigidity of the hose at a bending radius four times the outer diameter of the hose is 1 kgf or less: ##EQU1## wherein t.sub.1 and t.sub.2 are the thickness of the inner tube and the outer tube (mm), respectively, and M.sub.1 and M.sub.2 are stress (kgf/cm.sup.2) at 25% elongation of the inner tube and the outer cover, respectively.

Abstract: A hose assembly is provided having an elongated tubular member having a nipple portion, a hose having an internal diameter corresponding essentially with the outer diameter of said nipple portion and a metallic shell which coaxially surrounds said nipple portion with the hose located therebetween. The shell has a radially inward flange at one end thereof which extends radially into an annular groove located in the tubular portion to prevent axial movement of the shell relative to the nipple portion. The nipple portion has a reduced diameter annular channel having a plurality of axially spaced circumferential barbs which extend radially outward from the channel with the outer diameter of the barbs being less than the outer diameter of the nipple portion.

Abstract: A composite plastic duct structure comprised of an outer layer of fabric material impregnated with a fire-resistant resin material and an inner liner layer of chemically corrosion resistant resin material impregnated with a fabric material. The invention includes a method wherein multiple wrappings of resin impregnated material are wound on a mandrel to form the inner and outer layers.

Abstract: A flexible hose construction and method of making the same are provided, the flexible hose construction comprising an inner corrugated hose made of polymeric material and having a plurality of outwardly convex projections with recesses therebetween and extending from one end thereof to the other end thereof, an outer sleeve of reinforcing material disposed in telescoping relation on the inner hose, and stiff polymeric material disposed between the sleeve of reinforcing material and the inner corrugated hose and having an outer peripheral surface arrangement that is substantially straight-line smooth and continuous between each pair of adjacent projections and substantially coplanar with the apexes of the projections and having an inner peripheral surface arrangement that substantially mates with and is disposed in engagement with the projections and the recesses from the one end to the other end of the inner corrugated hose.

Abstract: A tubular multilayer woven fabric composed of at least two layers of a plurality of axial yarns, a circumferential yarn arranged between each layer without being interlaced with the axial yarns, and an interlacing yarn interlacing the axial yarns in different layers of the axial yarn. This woven fabric can be manufactured by inserting a yarn into shedding spaces by moving a shuttle along a straight line, traversing in a lateral direction, moving back along another straight line, and further traversing in a lateral direction back to the original position.

Abstract: A hose for lining pressure pipe lines is described comprising a web being made up of warp and woof threads, which are made of plastic, as well as a coating of thermoplastic material, which coating is impermeable to the medium to be transported in the pipe lines and is applied onto one side of the web. Due to the pressure of a fluid, the hose is introduced into a pipe line and turned up therewith, in which case a cement in the interior of the hose prior to turning-up will come between the outside of the hose and the inside wall of the pipe line. In order to, on the one hand, obtain high strength in the longitudinal direction and to, on the other hand, facilitate introduction of the hose into the pipe line, the stretching ability of the web, in the transverse direction of the hose, is greater by at least one third as compared to that in its longitudinal direction and, preferably, is at least twice as great.

Abstract: A hose (1) includes a main pressure cord layer (5) for holding a fluid, and an auxiliary pressure cord layer (7) formed so as to sheathe the main pressure cord layer (5) and to form a buffering space (9) for retaining the fluid leaking through the main pressure cord layer (5) between the main pressure cord layer (5) and the auxiliary pressure cord layer (7). The auxiliary cord layer (7) includes first and second cord plies in an asymmetrical structural relation capable of being twisted by the pressure of the fluid leaking through the main pressure cord layer (5). Thus, even if its main pressure cord layer and its rubber tube are damaged leakage of the fluid can be prevented.

Abstract: A refrigerant-transport hose having an inner tube, an outer tube located radially outwardly of the inner tube, and a reinforcing fiber layer interposed between the inner and outer tubes, the reinforcing fiber layer and the inner and outer tubes providing an integral tubular body, and inner tube including a gas-impermeable resinous layer formed of a composition containing a polyamide resin produced by reaction of hexamethylene diamine and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having eight to sixteen carbon atoms.

Abstract: A cellulose fiber mat sized with cellulose aminomethanate. The fiber mat is desirably an abaca fiber mat and the mat may be used as a reinforcement in products such as food casings, e.g., a sausage casing. Such a food casing comprises such a sized mat impregnated with additional cured resinous material. Such additional resinous material is desirably a cured viscose such as xanthate or cellulose aminomethanate viscose.

Abstract: A fire-proofing protective covering for an elongate structure such as a hose, an electrical or optical cable, or pneumatic or hydraulic ducting, comprises: a first plurality of layers made of an inorganic material having a structure which is suitable for imprisoning air while still allowing the operation of the elongate structure to be maintained at relatively high temperatures, of the order of at least 850.degree. C., and for a given length of time, of the order of at least several minutes, and a second plurality of layers, with each of the layers being disposed alternately relative to each of the layers of the first plurality so that the layers of the first plurality are on the inside while the layers of the second plurality are made of a material which substantially constitutes a barrier for the air imprisoned in the corresponding layer of the first plurality. The invention is applicable to the opto-electrical industry, to the hydraulic industry, etc. . . . for protecting ducting from fire.

Abstract: A composite hose comprising an inner helical core (1) made of metal, a plurality of layers of plastics material fibres and films (2, 2a, 2b, 2c) wound on the helical core (1), at least one layer of glass cloth (3) and at least one layer (4) of aluminium foil disposed adjacent one another and wound onto the layers of plastics material fibres and films (2) and an outer helical former (7) made of metallic material.In an alternative embodiment, at least one layer of ceramic fibres (5) is wound around the plastics material, which layer (5) is covered by at least one winding of a protective layer (6a; 6b).Such hoses are made by winding the layers successively one upon another on a rotating mandrel.

Abstract: A towed array streamer including a buoyant core, a data bearer layer, longitudinally positioned strain members and at least an outer jacket in which a strain member support has provided in it a series of longitudinally running grooves accommodating strain members to confine the position of the strain members in the streamer.

Abstract: A composite material tube, substantially insensitive to the variations of elongation under the effect of the internal pressure, comprising a number n of stable layers of reinforcement fibers, the fibers of each layer (i) being placed at the same winding angle in absolute value, referenced theta, with respect to the axis of the tube with an equal proportion of fibers wound at said angle in one direction (.vertline.theta.vertline.) as fibers wound in the opposite direction (-.vertline.theta.vertline.), the fibers of each layer being buried in a matrix which adheres to these fibers. The fibers of the same layer and the associated matrix have a volume referenced Y, the parallel fibers of the same layer and the associated matrix having overall a modulus of elasticity in the natural direction of the fibers, referenced E, wherein said n layers of fibers comply as a whole with the following relationship:0.35.ltoreq.A.ltoreq.0.

Abstract: Provided is a flexible reinforced hose (50) having an inner core tube (2) for conveying fluids surrounded by two layers of tensioned fibrous reinforcement layer (4, 8) between which is disposed a spirally wound flexible polymeric tape (6) which is unbonded to either of the reinforcement layers and free to move relative thereto under flexing and pressure pulsing conditions and which is adapted to prevent moisture from pentrating core tube (2) from outside of hose (50). Other preferred embodiments include hose (60) in which a flexible polymeric tape (12) is applied longitudinally and hose (70) where the tape is a flexible polymeric metal composite tape (20) as well as hose (32) in which the reinforcement layers (32, 36) are oppositely helically wound.

Abstract: Insulation sleeving, such as for providing thermal and/or electrical insulation for cables and cable connections, of the type comprising an inner sleeve of woven synthetic organic or inorganic fiber, such as fiberglass, and an outer coating of silicone elastomer. The woven fiber of the inner sleeve has a substantially open weave, i.e., the number of picks per centimeter is in the range of between about 2 and 9, andthe silicone elastomer of the outer coating has a reduced modulus of elasticity, such as between about 0.5 and 3.5 MPa at 100 percent elongation, and an increased tear strength, such as between about 5 and 45 KN/m. Insulation sleeving is elastically expandable to an extent such that its diameter can be increased up to twice its original unexpanded dimension without materially affecting the thermal, electrical and mechanical insulation properties of the sleeving thereby enabling a standard sized sleeving, i.e.

Abstract: Rubber compositions are disclosed which are capable of exhibiting superior adhesion and high water resistance in bonding rubbers to brass and to organic fiber cords and also to different rubbers. Such bonding characteristics can be obtained by the use of specified amounts of a selected class of organic sulfur-containing compounds combined with sulfur-curable rubbers, silica, resorcin donors and methylene donors. Hoses are also disclosed which have these compositions applied as adhesive layers.

Abstract: A high performance composite hose having enhanced durability, reliability and longevity for use in high pressure, high temperature and/or vibrational environments such as turbocharged truck, bus, automobile, marine and generating engines. The composite hose comprises one or more plies of balanced fabric having a high performance elastomer adhered to the inner and outer surfaces of each fabric ply. The balanced fabric is formed as woven sheets from filament yarns resistant to high temperatures. Balanced fabric sheets are sectioned at a predetermined angle to the filament yarns to form balanced fabric plies. The yarns of the balanced fabric plies are orientated at the predetermined angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the composite hose such that the composite hose has a predetermined longitudinal flexibility to compensate for stress effects resulting from high temperatures, high pressures and/or vibrations.

Abstract: A pipe liner for insertion into a pipe to be relined which includes an elastomeric tube encompassed by a lattice of fibre material which radially contracts upon elongation and which is impregnated with a resin that is partially polymerized when the lattice is in its elongated and radially contracted condition to maintain the combination in that condition until has been inserted into a pipe at which the time the liner is softened upon additional polymerization to permit expansion of the liner into contact with the damaged pipe to be lined.

Abstract: Composite articles comprising a matrix material and reinforcing fibres coated individually or in tows with a support layer and methods of making the same are disclosed. The support layer is capable of supporting the fibres and preventing kinking thereof when the article is deformed while the matrix material is relatively soft. Polymeric matrix and support layer materials, either thermoplastic or thermosetting, are disclosed. When the support layer comprises a thermoplastic material, it should be selected to have a softening temperature which is higher than any temperature to which the article is heated for deformation. If matrix material and support layer are thermoplastic, the materials should be selected so that the softening point of the support layer is at least 10.degree. C. higher than that of the matrix, especially at least 30.degree. C. higher. According to the disclosure, the fibres are arranged so as to deform in a trellis deformation when the article is deformed.

Abstract: A rubber hose having an outer rubber tube and an inner rubber tube located radially inwardly of the outer rubber tube, the inner rubber tube including an inner layer and an outer layer located between the inner layer and the outer rubber tube, the inner layer being formed of a first polymer blend of acrylic rubber and fluorine-contained resin, the outer layer being formed of a second polymer blend which is different from the first polymer blend and which contains epichlorohydrin rubber. The rubber hose may further have a reinforcing fiber layer disposed between the outer rubber tube and the outer layer of the inner rubber tube such that the inner and outer rubber tubes and the fiber layer constitute an integral tubular body.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments (30, 40, 50) of a flexible reinforced hose that is provided with substantial improvement in flex fatigue resistance by incorporating at least one pair of oppositely helically wound layers of fiberous reinforcement about core tube (1) having a singular wall or a core tube having a composite wall (15, 16) of fibers (3) having a tenacity of about 12 to about 25 grams for denier and an elongation at break of about 2% to about 8% that are disposed in alternating contiguous relationship to fibers (4) having a tenacity of from about 7 to 11 grams per denier and an elongation at break of about 9% to about 17%. The hose may include other helically covered and/or braided layers of reinforcement, preferably includes a protective covering jacket (8) and may or may not include structure such as an adhesive for bonding one or more of the reinforcement layers or the entire construction together.

Abstract: A lining material for pipelines such as gas conduits, city water pipelines, sewage pipelines, and petroleum pipelines which having a structure wherein a layer of bulky yarns is fastened to either one of the inner and outer surfaces of a tubular textile jacket and an air-impervious layer made of a rubber or a synthetic resin is bonded to the other surface of the jacket, and exhibits excellent shape-maintaining property against external pressure and earthquake-resistance after being applied to the pipelines.

Abstract: High performance hose is disclosed which is characterized by enhanced heat resistance, leading to prolonged service life, and hence are suitable for use in automobile power steering units. The inner tube has a double-layered construction composed of an inner layer of hydrogenated acrylonitrile/butadiene copolymer rubber and an outer layer of rubber composition which comprises specified amounts of a selected class of sulfurs, organic peroxide and triazine compounds combined with selected sulfur-curable base rubbers.

Abstract: A flexible composite pipe capable of being wound on a reel and quickly deployed at low cost while floating empty and carrying water from one location to another and being rewound after use, the pipe having a minimum burst strength of about 3,000 psi, a minimum tensile strength of about 130,000 lbs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lining material suitable for reinforcing various pipe lines buried in the ground, which is made by inserting an unwoven fabric of a specific structure into the interior of a conventional air-impervious tubular fabric having a film of a synthetic resin on the exterior surface thereof and is passed through a pipe line while being evaginated under fluid pressure and which possesses earthquake-resistance and shape-maintaining property against external hydraulic pressure in addition to the characteristics required for conventional lining materials.

Abstract: A lining material utilizable for a pipe-lining method, which comprises a tubular textile jacket woven or knitted with synthetic fiber yarns provided on the exterior surface thereof with a laminated two or three layer film of the following resinous materials:(1) in case of two layers:the outer layer: a synthetic resin of polyolefin series having a stress-crack resisting property of at least 1000 hours the inner layer: (1) a resin wherein an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid has been grafted to an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or (2) a resin comprised of 30-70% of a resin wherein an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid has been grafted to a polymer of an .alpha.-olefin and 70-30% of a styrene-ethylene butylene-styrene resin composition.(2) in case of three layers:between the above described outer layer and inner layer is interposed an intermediate layer of the following resinous material: the intermediate layer: a styrene-ethylene butylene-styrene resin composition.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced composite composed of a scrim/mat. The scrim/mat includes a layer of fiber scrim to which is bonded a layer of fiber mat. This product can be formed into a tubular member such as a fuse tube. The tube is made by pultruding the scrim/mat.

Abstract: A tubular lining material for pipe lines having a relatively large inner diameter and possibly a plurality of bends or curved portions, which comprises a tubular textile jacket made of warps and a weft knitted or woven in a tubular form overlaid with an air-impervious coating of a flexible synthetic resin and is applicable onto the inner surface of a pipe line which has a relatively large inner diameter and may have a plurality of bends or curved portions in such manner that the tubular lining material with a binder on the inner surface thereof may be inserted into the pipe line and allowed to advance within the pipe line with or without the aid of a leading rope-like elongated material while turning the tubular lining material inside out under fluid pressure thereby applying the tubular lining material onto the inner surface of the pipe line with the binder being interposed between the pipe line and the tubular lining material, characterized in that the warps are comprised of crimped yarns of polybutylene te

Abstract: A tubular lining material for reinforcing pipe lines, which has a double-layered structure comprising an air-impervious outer tubular textile jacket provided on the inside thereof with a reinforcing inner tubular textile jacket, characterized in that the reinforcing tubular textile jacket is more coarse in weaving density and larger in diameter than the air-impervious tubular textile jacket and that the product of the length of the diameter and the elongation ratio in the direction of the diameter on fracture, of the air-impervious tubular textile jacket is approximately equal to the product of the length of the diameter and the elongation ratio in the direction of the diameter on fracture of the reinforcing tubular textile jacket.

Abstract: A safety hose having a stretchable elastomeric tube and cover that sandwich a twined reinforcement that exhibits a circumferential reinforcement component and a weaker longitudinal reinforcement component that breaks when the hose is stretched.

Abstract: A flexible, very high pressure hose as a flexible conducting member in hydraulic systems. The wall of the hose contains filamentary load-carrying cords which are embedded in two or more layers. The load-carrying cords are combined to form a plurality of strips which cross one another or are braided with one another. The present invention deviates from the heretofore known symmetrical arrangement where the strips of a given layer have the same number of load-carrying cords in both directions, and instead provides an asymmetrical layer construction including strips which in one direction have a different number of load-carrying cords than do the strips which extend in the opposite direction. While the local resistance to pressure remains the same, the advantages of the present invention are distinct improvements, primarily in the flexibility and the service life of the novel hoses.

Abstract: A reinforcing cord for use in radial tires, conveyor belts, hoses or driving belts, includes at least one strand of metal wires twisted along the longitudinal axis of the strand. Each metal wire has a substantially rectangular cross-section defining two opposite broad sides. The wires in the strand engage one another along their broad sides and preferably are wrapped around by a wrapping wire.

Abstract: A tubular lining material for pipe lines having bends or curved portions, which comprises a tubular textile jacket made of warps and wefts woven in a tubular form overlaid with a coating of a flexible synthetic resin and is applicable onto the inner surface of a pipe line having bends or curved portions in such manner that the tubular lining material with a binder onto the inner surface thereto is inserted into the pipe line and allowed to advance within the pipe line with or without the aid of a leading rope-like elongated element while turning the tubular lining material inside out under fluid pressure thereby applying the tubular lining material onto the inner surface of the pipe line with the binder being interposed between the pipe line and the tubular lining material, characterized in that a part or all of the warps are comprised of an elastic yarn around which, over the full length thereof, a synthetic fiber yarn or yarns have been left-and/or right-handedly coiled.

Abstract: A plastic hose suitable for conveying refrigerant in a liquid or gas phase, liquefied gas such as LPG, volatile liquids, or gases such as CO.sub.2, O.sub.2 or N.sub.2 having an impermeable layer or a barrier. The amount of permeation of the gas in the hose to the outside and the amount of permeation of moisture into the hose are limited to extremely small values.

Abstract: A fire-barrier comprises a composite of three types of fire-retardant materials operable sequentially to combat an increase in temperature, e.g. as occurs on outbreak of a fire, by different methods. A preferred combination of materials is an outer layer of heat reflective material, an inner layer of thermally intumescent material and an intermediate layer of endothermal material between the inner and outer layers.

Abstract: An electrically insulating, overcoated bulky sleeve is disclosed comprising a tubular sleeve prepared from bulky (i.e. low density, high surface area) continuous filament yarns and an overcoating. When an electrical conductor is positioned therewithin, the large surface area of the bulky yarns of the interior of the sleeve provides an intimate fit for an expanded range of conductor diameters. For applications where a void-free impregnation of the sleeve interior between the overcoating and the conductor is desired, the large interior surface area of these sleeves can promote retention of the impregnation composition. The overcoated sleeve can be expandable, deforming to allow pull-back and return or fold-over, and/or conforming to accept transitions in conductor diameter. The overcoated bulky sleeve can be employed in a method for electrically insulating a conductor, which method may further include an interstitial impregnation step.

Abstract: A flexible sleeve type connecting structure, especially for connecting an inlet and/or outlet of a movably supported weigh hopper to other stationary scale components, includes a sleeve (1) made of a flexible webbing. The outer surface of the webbing sleeve (1) is provided with a silicone coating. The inner surface of the webbing coating has bonded thereto a layer or film of silicone by a suitable adhesive. The strands in the webbing extend at about 45.degree. relative to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve for an improved flexibility. Each end of the sleeve has a flange (2, 2') extending radially outwardly and merging into a bulging ring (3, 3') at the radially outer edge of the respective flange. The webbing forms an integral part of the sleeve, of the flanges and of the bulging rings which are received in grooves of respective mounting members (10, 10').

Abstract: A pre-rinse hose for use in the food service industry is provided. A core section is formed from an inner tube extruded from a rubber compound, a layer of textile braid applied to the inner tube and an outer tube extruded from a rubber compound over the textile braid. A steel braid is applied around the outer tube and a cover of polyvinyl plastic material is extruded over the steel braid. A hollow stem is held in each end of the hose by a ferrule which is crimped and compressed over the hose ends. A wrench-faced nut is disposed on each hollow stem to connect one end of the hose to a faucet and the other end to a pre-rinse spray head. A spring is applied around the end of the hose connected to the faucet to reinforce the hose against breakage.

Abstract: A torque transmitting catheter apparatus including a longitudinally pre-oriented thin-walled tubular substrate surrounded by a thin-walled reinforcing means comprising a flat wire braid wound over the substrate and held in place by a thin-walled tubular superstrate surrounding the reinforcing means and in contact with the substrate through the reinforcing means.

Abstract: Articles which are heat-recoverable, or which can be rendered heat-recoverable or which have been heat-recovered, comprise a member composed of a conductive polymer and, attached to said member, at least two electrodes, at least one of which is an electrode comprising a plurality of pliable conductive elements, e.g., a braided tube. By connecting the electrodes to a source of electrical power, current is caused to pass through and heat the conductive polymer member. The heat generated can be used to provide all or part of the heat necessary to cause recovery of the heat-recoverable article. The conductive polymer preferably exhibits PTC behavior, thereby regulating the maximum temperature to which the article can be heated.

Abstract: A reinforced hose structure is illustrated as including a length of tubing 20 having a first course A of reinforcement braided about the tubing and comprising a conventional braided structure and a second course B of reinforcement braided about the tubing and about the said first course and comprising a conventional braided structure. First course A includes a first group 10 of reinforcing strands applied about the tube in a first helical direction and a second group 12 of reinforcing strands applied concurrently about the tube in a second, helically opposite direction in such a manner as to interlace the strands of the said two groups into a conventional braided structure. Adjacent windings 10, 12 of the first and second groups are spaced apart to provide widened braid spaces which reduce crimping of the edge wires in each group as the groups of wires intersect each other. A plurality of empty unoccupied spaces C are formed in braided course A along the length of the tube.

Abstract: An automotive fuel hose comprising a two-ply rubber tube covered with a reinforcing fiber layer and further with a protective rubber layer. The two-ply rubber tube is constituted of a very thin inner layer of a fluorine rubber resistant to fuel, even to sour gasoline, and an outer layer of a synthetic rubber, such as epichlorohydrin rubber or ethylene-acrylic rubber, which is less resistant to sour gasoline but is superior in cold resistance. Both the inner and outer layers are formed by extrusion, preferably simultaneously.

Abstract: A material transporting hose of integral construction having a body of flexible, resilient material which includes a pair of longitudinally reinforced portions disposed on opposite sides of the cross-section of the body. The portions include at least one elongated reinforcing member embedded therein extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hose to provide longitudinal strength. The longitudinally reinforced portions have a total combined perimeter which is equal to or less than the total combined perimeter of the remaining portions of the cross-section of the hose body which do not contain longitudinal reinforcing members so that at least one-half of the hose remains flexible in a longitudinal direction for ease of handling. The hose structure is particularly useful for long length, fluid transporting hose used in ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship refueling.