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Helically wound plastic tubing with variable profile thickness and methods of making the same

US9625066B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 2014
Grant dateApr 18, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L11/112
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Plastic tubing including a thermoplastic ribbon helically wrapped and heat bonded to itself to form a tubing wall and a thermoplastic reinforcement located helically around and along the tubing wall. At least a thickness of the tubing wall or a size of the thermoplastic reinforcement is varied along the tubing wall.

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