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Composite high-pressure tube and method of manufacturing the tube

US6688339B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 2003
Grant dateFeb 10, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2023/22
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A high-pressure composite pipe of the present invention comprises an inner layer pipe made of a synthetic resin, and a reinforcing layer formed by spirally winding a stretched polyolefin resin sheet on an external circumferential surface of the inner layer pipe. The synthetic resin for the inner layer pipe or a heat-sealable resin is filled into a gap defined by the stretched polyolefin resin sheet, thereby avoiding penetration of water from a cut surface of the pipe.A method of the present invention for manufacturing a high-pressure composite pipe comprises the steps of: manufacturing an inner layer pipe made of a synthetic resin; spirally winding a stretched polyolefin resin sheet on an external circumferential surface of the inner layer pipe; filling the synthetic resin for the inner layer pipe, in a melted state, into a gap defined by the stretched polyolefin resin sheet, wherein the stretched polyolefin resin sheet is heated in the wound state so as to generate a shrinkage stress in the stretched polyolefin resin sheet; and fusing the stretched polyolefin resin sheet and the inner layer pipe together.

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