Flexible rubber tube having rigid plastic branch connection
US5248171A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 1990 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S285/921
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a method for producing devices such as branch connections or similar on flexible tubes or pipes, particularly those with a rubber base, a rigid core is placed inside said tube or pipe intended to support it and a branch connection or similar is molded in situ on the tube or pipe by injection of plastic material of thermoplastic or thermosetting type, the branch connection grips round said tube or pipe on the external face thereof and is adhered thereto by the very effect of molding.
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