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Floating flexible tubes

US4377186A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1981
Grant dateMar 22, 1983
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L11/16
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flexible buoyant conduit which includes a thermoplastic pressure-resistant stratum. The pressure resistant stratum is formed by spirally winding, and overlapping, a belt or band the cross-section of which is in the form of an elongated S-shape having a groove in the bottom wall of each channel.

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