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: In rubber hoses for conveying fuels, the inner tube rubber layer coming into contact with fuels generally comprises two sublayers, namely the inside fluororubber layer coming into direct contact with fuels and the outside layer of an NBR and the like. The fluororubber layer is undesirably subject to degradation due to amine type additives contained in fuels and is poor in adhesion to the outside layer. In accordance with the invention, the contents of vinylidene fluoride, one of the fluororubber constituents, is reduced to 10-50 mole percent and at the same time a monomer capable of causing crosslinking of the fluororubber in the presence of a peroxide is newly added as a component of the fluororubber composition in a specified amount. The results are prevention of the degradation due to amine type additives and improved adhesion to the outside layer.

Abstract: A hose for refrigerant fluid or fuel oil service which comprises a core tube, a reinforcing layer and an outer cover, the core tube being of a composite structure having an inner plastic peripheral wall, an intermediate plastic peripheral wall and an outer rubbery peripheral wall. The inner and intermediate walls are formed of a selected class of polyamides and polyolefins, whereby the hose is rendered highly impermeable to fluid and moisture, greatly resistant to stress cracking and sufficiently flexible.

Abstract: A hose for transporting or otherwise handling refrigerants is disclosed which comprises an inner tube, an outer cover and a reinforcing layer disposed therebetween, the inner tube including a resinous inner wall and a rubbery outer peripheral wall. The inner peripheral wall is formed by a selected class of polymers having specified compositions, whereby the hose is rendered highly resistant to gas permeation and stress cracking and highly flexible and moisture-proofing.

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 hose for auomotive air-conditioning, transporting or otherwise handling refrigerants is disclosed which comprises an inner and an outer cover and a reinforcement disposed therebetween, the inner tube including an inner and an outer peripheral wall and a polyamide layer laminated therebetween. The inner and outer peripheral walls have a specified range of elasticity, and the polyamide layer has a specified thickness, whereby the hose is rendered highly resistant to heat, moisture-permeation and refrigerant-permeable, and flexible, and further free of damage from creeps or cracks from dynamic fatigue in the vicinity of metal fitting applied on the hose.

Abstract: A pulsation preventive member for use with a pump constructed in the form of a hose disposed in a pump fluid passage. The hose is located in a fuel tank in such a manner that one end of the hose is connected with the pump and the other end of the hose is connected with a injector or the like. The hose is constructed so as to substantially inhibit pulsation by elastically deforming. The hose may have a substantially circular cross-sectional shape and a mesh-shaped thread layer incorporated therein. The mesh angle of the thread layer is preferably less than 50 degrees. Alternatively, the hose may have non-circular cross-sectional shape such as rectangular or elliptical cross-sectional shape. Further, the hose may be constructed so as to have a double-walled structure comprising an inner layer and an outer layer in the form of a hose with a plurality of connecting members interposed therebetween.

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: A composite hose for use in automotive air conditioning systems employing "Refrigerant 12" (dichlorodifluoromethane) including an innermost three-ply tube having an elastomer inner tube ply, a middle tube ply of a thermoplastic polymer bonded to the inner tube ply, and an outer tube ply of an elastomer bonded to the middle tube ply. At least one textile yarn, cord or fabric reinforcement layer surrounds the three-ply tube and a specially compounded elastomer cover overlies the textile reinforcement. Suitable adhesives maybe applied between the inner and middle tube and between the middle and outer tube to provide a consolidated, co-acting tube element. A hose fitting is attached to an end of the composite hose to form a hose assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are woven, knitted or braided fabric coverings having an increased abrasive resistance under vibrating conditions which are suitable for hoses, wires, tubes, harnessing, etc. where vibration under abrasive conditions causes rapid wearing of protective coverings. The resistance to these conditions is achieved by incorporating into the fabric of a flexible first yarn, a second yarn of a metal wire filament of comparable flexibility as the first yarn and forming a matrix to protect the first yarn. Also disclosed is the method of making the protective coverings from these fabrics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hose comprising an inner plastics tube (2) covered by at least one braiding of filaments disposed in helically crossed layers (5, 6) around the inner tube (2), characterized in that the filaments (7) are made of plastics and are so deformed in their right cross-section that the gap (8) between any two adjacent layers (6a, 6b) which extend in the same direction as one another is at least 100% filled. The invention also relates to a process for the production of the hose.

Abstract: A method of making a tube for carrying various fluids and materials, the tube comprising from the inside to the outside a layer of impervious plastics material, a first layer of glass fibers connected to the impervious layer, a layer of electrically conducting material and a second layer of glass fibers, the three lastly named layers being impregnated with a resin polymerized through heating of the layer of electrically conducting material which may be a heating metal wire resistor.

Abstract: Disclosd is a pre-expanded braided sleeving made from flexible strands of either conductive or nonconductive filaments, or a combination thereof, along with entrapped warp filaments of heat shrinkable material. The warp filament material is commonly known as heat reactive material and, when briefly subjected to heat below its fusion temperature, shrinks in the order of 30% to 50% of its length and very substantially expands the sleeving thereby greatly expediting the assembly thereof over an elongated object. Thereafter the sleeving is readily contracted into a snug fit with the object upon being tensioned between its opposite ends.

Abstract: A tapered tubular polyester sleeve as set forth. It has a large end 12 and a small end 14 with a length to be determined. The ratio of taper is also determined by scale factors. All the warp yarns extend to the large end 12. A requisite number of warp yarns 16 extend the full length of the sleeve. Other warp yarns exemplified at 18, 22, 26, 28, 30 and 32 extend from the large end but are terminated along the length of the sleeve. It is then woven with a filling yarn 40 which extends in a full circle along the full length of the sleeve to thereby define the tapered sleeve. The sleeve after fabrication is then placed on a mandrel 42, heated in an oven 44 and is thereafter placed on the arm or other limb of a space suit exemplified at 50.

Abstract: A composite fuel and vapor tube having increased heat resistance with a composite wall having a relatively thin nylon liner, a metal strip about the liner and having a longitudinal seam, the tube being encased within a polyethylene jacket. The line thus formed has increased resistance to heat, abrasion and various fuels, is bendable and is capable of maintaining its shape after bending or forming operations.

Abstract: The specification discloses a low-cost, simple, and efficient duct system for conveying heated and/or cooled air throughout a building. The system includes duct assemblies and transition components for interconnecting the duct assemblies. Each duct assembly includes an insulated duct having a rigid sleeve within at least one end. Each sleeve includes an abutment ring and orifices in the ring for permitting air to flow into the insulated layer to balloon the layer and improve its insulative effect. Each transition component includes a rigid external skeleton and a plurality of duct board panels fitted therein. After the sleeves are fitted within openings in the duct board panels, the tabs are deformed to retain the abutment rings in engagement with the panels.

Abstract: A flexible hose suitable for transporting crude oil has a fluid sealing layer of flexible polymeric material disposed between radially inner and radially outer support layers which resist any tendency for the polymeric material to expand.The inner support layer is formed by at least one helically wound element the successive turns of which are interlocked and define in the outer surface of the inner support layer a helically extending crevice, and the surrounding polymeric material is arranged to substantially wholly fill said crevice.

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 hose construction and method of making the same are provided, the hose construction having a tubular wall comprising an inner layer of polymeric material, an outer layer of polymeric material, an intermediate layer of polymeric material disposed between the inner and outer layers, a helically wound thermoplastic monofilament of substantially circular transverse cross-sectional configuration embedded in the intermediate layer, a first ply of woven material disposed intermediate the outer layer and the intermediate layer, and a second ply of woven material disposed intermediate the inner layer and the intermediate layer, the monofilament having a diameter that is approximately one-third of the thickness of the wall and is approximately one-third of the distance between the centers of each pair of adjacent turns of the monofilament.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing fiber reinforced silicone elastomer hoses and the hoses (25) resulting from the method are disclosed. The method comprises the step of extruding an unreinforced silicone elastomer inner tube (13) containing two vulcanizing agents having different activation temperatures. The extruded inner tube (13) is partially cured by heating the tube to the activation temperature of the lower temperture vulcanizing agent. The partially cured inner tube (13) is mounted on a mandrel (19) and wrapped with a fabric reinforced, calendered sheet (21) of uncured silicone elastomer containing a vulcanizing agent. External pressure is applied to the wrapped tube while the wrapped tube is heated to activate the second vulcanizing agent of the inner tube (13) and the vulcanizing agent of the wrapping sheet (21).

Abstract: A high burst strength flexible composite hose having low volumetric expansion under pressure includes a thermoplastic core tube, one or more braided reinforcing layers of high strength aramid yarn having a tensile modulus of elasticity of about 17,000,000 psi and a tenacity of more than 20 grams per denier at room temperature, and an outer cover of elastomeric material.

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 hose (such as an airplane fuel line hose) is made from a material which forms ablative particles in the presence of fire. Normally, these particles flake away from the hose. According to the invention, an encapsulating basket weave, braid or cage of stainless steel wire surrounds the hose to capture and retain ablative particles, so that they continue to provide an insulating quality for the hose and, therefore, to prolong the life of the hose.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-fused torque control catheter and a method for manufacturing such a catheter. This non-fused catheter has a stiff braid-reinforced body and a pliable non-braided tip.

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 tubular lining material and a method and apparatus for manufacturing same, the tubular lining material being suitable for reinforcing pipe lines and comprising a tubular textile jacket having on the external surface thereof a coating of plural synthetic resins in the form of laminated layers, characterized in that the outermost layer of the coating is composed exclusively or predominantly of a thermoplastic polyester elastic resin and the innermost layer of the coating is composed exclusively or predominantly of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastic resin, the coating having been bonded superficially onto the external surface of the tubular textile jacket. The tubular lining material is manufactured by simultaneously extruding plural synthetic resins in an annularly layered form superficially onto the external surface of the tubular textile jacket, using an apparatus provided with an annularly arranged multiple extruders.

Abstract: A flexible hose having a braided spiral reinforcement layers having one wire braid member which remains uncrimped during braiding and a second braid member which is composed of a relatively flexible, high tenacity material which is crimped or deformed around the wire braid member at each contact point in the braided-spiral layer. The hose may be made using a flexible mandrel technique to produce a light weight hose having improved flexibility for use in high pressure applications such as in hydraulic system components.

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 flexible tubular conduit for fluid flow therethrough, particularly adapted to form a portion of a drain line for returning lubricating oil from a turbocharger housing to the engine lubricating system of an internal combustion engine on which the turbocharger is used, the conduit comprising an integral tubular wall having inner and outer adhered coaxial layers, the inner layer defining the inner wall surface in contact with the fluid flowing therethrough and formed of a used lubricating oil resistant silicone rubber and the outer layer comprising at least one and, preferably, at least four adhered, coaxial lamina formed of woven aromatic polyamide, reinforcing fabric, such as Nomex, coated with a high modulus, high strength silicone rubber.

Abstract: A flexible hose adapted to regain its original shape after crushing due to a novel braided-spiral reinforcement layer containing one braid member which is a relatively stiff, uncrimped monofilament and a second braid member which is a flexible textile material crimped around the stiff monofilament at each contact point in the braided spiral layer. The braided spiral imparts improved crush and kink resistance to the hose structure. This hose is particularly useful as a gasoline pump dispensing hose which is subject to frequent crushing by vehicle wheels during service.

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 mesh hose bears upon a liquid pervious, for instance helical-spring shaped support body, and upon such mesh hose there lies a paper-like hose. This structure is loosely placed in an external mesh hose portion. The paper-like hose can be impregnated. If such sealing device is placed with closed ends into a concrete joint, which then is to be closed with concrete, the sealing device then can be drilled from the outside through the concrete and filled with a sealing compound or agent which penetrates through the wall of the device into untight or leaky concrete locations and can seal the same. The paper-like hose successfully prevents the clogging of the device by concrete grout or the like.

Abstract: A method of making a reinforced collapsible hose construction and is provided wherein such hose construction comprises a tubular plastic inner component and a reinforcing tubular fabric cover component wherein the inner component comprises at least one substantially rectangular thermoplastic layer and the cover component comprises at least one substantially rectangular fabric layer with the layers being arranged to comprise the tubular components and being fixed together by bonded portions of the thermoplastic layer to define the hose construction.

Abstract: This invention relates to a flexible article comprising rubberlike body having a surface hard film, e.g., a hose, a handrail, a belt or a diaphragm, wherein a fiber layer comprising non-woven or woven fabrics is positioned between the surface hard film and the rubberlike body by use of an adhesive to eliminate generation of the so-called joint cracking phenomenon, i.e., extension of cracking to the rubberlike body accompanying cracking at the hard film caused by any shock.

Abstract: A formable hose with a reformable wire embedded solely in a thicker portion of the hose cover, the reformable wire oriented longitudinally of the hose.

Abstract: A rotatable processing bowl assembly adapted for mounting in a centrifuge includes an umbilical tubing system formed of a plurality of individual flexible tubes each of which communicates with the processing bowl. Each tube has an exterior wall and includes a first portion extending adjacently from the bowl and a second portion which is spaced from the bowl. The exterior walls of the tubes are bonded together along their first portions so that the joined exterior walls collectively define the outer periphery of the tubing system along the first portions of the tubes. Preferably, the tubes are also wound to form a predetermined helical pattern along their first portions. This arrangement enhances the tubing system's durability and resistance to fatigue along the bonded together first portions, particularly at higher rotational speeds, and permits direct, facile connection of the free and unattached second portions with external apparatus.

Abstract: A reinforced plastic composite structure, particularly a pipe, is disclosed herein. The composite pipe, which resists acid attack even in underground applications where the pipe is subjected to external loading stresses, typically includes at least an inner zone, e.g. a resin impregnated fibrous sheet and an outer zone including a layer or layers of fibers. A cured polymeric resin matrix bonds the fibrous sheet and the fibrous layers together in a laminar relationship. The improvement disclosed herein comprises incorporating into this polymeric resin matrix a particulate substance which has specific particle size limitations and which is selected from the group consisting of portland cement, marble dust or a mixture thereof.

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 hose of improved impulse life is described including an inner polymeric tube which has a relatively hard outer surface, a tightly packed wire reinforcement e.g., braid or spiral, telescoped over the tube, and an expanded polymeric cushion matrix encapsulating at least a portion of the strands of the reinforcement and also promoting wire-to-wire and tube-to-wire adhesion. A method for producing the hose employing a foamable material applicator is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bending strain relief device with adjustable stiffness to be used in connection with cables or pipes. The stiffness of the device is made adjustable by having an expandable body arranged between the cable or pipe and a stiffening rod arrangement. When inflated, the expandable body causes increased friction between the stiffening rod layers and the relief may be locked in any desired position.

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 glass wool blanket is formed directly on glass fiber scrim for use in flexible insulated air duct with any kind of outer jacket. The scrim-faced wool passes the flame-penetration test of Underwriter's Laboratories Standard UL 181 regardless of the outer jacket material used.

Abstract: An expansion joint for connecting a pair of adjacent ducts or the like is made up from a material having improved properties. The material comprises a sheet of knit wire covered on at least one side with a vulcanized fluoroelastomer.

Abstract: A pipe for transporting crude oil comprises a layer of polymeric material for containing oil within the bore of the pipe, the polymeric material being surrounded and supported by a reinforcement structure comprising high tensile reinforcement elements which are protected from corrosion by gases passing from the polymeric layer through the reinforcement structure. The reinforcement element may be provided with a protective sheath, for example of low permeability material or a material which possesses electrolytic action, or the reinforcement element may be embedded in a matrix of high permeability material such that a preferential path is provided for the passage of gases through the reinforcement structure.

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.