Shaping Orifice And Either A Downstream Preform Reshaping Means Or Vulcanizing Means Including Conforming Preform Support Patents (Class 425/325)
  • Patent number: 3946918
    Abstract: Limp, elastomeric hose is fed through a pressurized chamber having an inlet and an outlet opening, the outlet opening leading directly to a pressurized hose treatment zone. Seals at both the inlet and outlet opening of the chamber simultaneously permit continuous passage of hose and prevent escape of the pressurizing fluid from the chamber and from the treatment zone. The hose is driven from the inlet end of the chamber up to and out of the outlet seal of the chamber, and into the treatment zone by a pair of vertically spaced substantially mutually parallel, endless, flexible belts disposed within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: William R. Babbin, Stephen C. Sabo