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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284573 | Hose for installing loose fill insulation The present invention provides tubes for, in an exemplary embodiment, dispensing loose fill insulation. The tube comprises an inner web formed in a tubular shape and having a plurality of spaced helical projections disposed along an inner surface thereof and extendi... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7239923 | Lead having varying stiffness and method of manufacturing thereof An apparatus includes a lead body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having an intermediate portion therebetween. The lead body includes two or more individually insulated conductors, where a first conductor traverses along less than an entire length ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7216675 | Highly kink-resistant corrugated tubing A tubing includes an inner liner composed of one or more fluoropolymers, the inner liner being corrugated to define a trough, and having a wire disposed in said trough. The tubing further includes an outer layer, permanently secured to an exterior of the inner liner... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7156127 | Current carrying stretch hose An improved flexible hose for carrying fluids is disclosed. The hose has a first end and a second end, and is typically in a retracted position when no tensile force placed on an end of the hose and in an extended condition when a tensile force of a pulling nature i... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147455 | Method and apparatus for shape forming endovascular graft material Methods and devices for molding a desired configuration into an endovascular graft section that is made of a plurality of layers of fusible material. Layers of fusible material are disposed on a shape forming mandrel with seams in the layers that may be configured t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7093527 | Method and apparatus for making intraluminal implants and construction particularly useful in such method and apparatus A method of and an apparatus for making a braided intraluminal implant, by providing a mandrel having at least one small-diameter section joined at least at one end to a large-diameter section; interweaving a plurality of filaments to form a tubular braid enclosing ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7060798 | Modified protein adhesives and lignocellulosic composites made from the adhesives An adhesive composition made by reacting a soy protein with at least one compound under conditions sufficient for introducing additional phenolic hydroxyl functional groups, amine functional groups, and/or thiol functional groups into the soy protein structure. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6454897 | Method for manufacturing a flexible duct It is of the type comprising, from the inside to the outside, a flexible metal tube 2 having a helical winding of turns, an internal sealing sheath 3 arranged around the said flexible metal tube, at least one armouring ply 5 wound around the said internal... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6048425 | Fishing rod with pre-inserted fishing line guide members and method of manufacturing the same The invention relates to a fishing rod with preinserted fishing line guide members. A prepreg formed of a high-strength fiber impregnated or mixed with resin is wound to form the rod pipe. A plurality of wide fishing line guide members each having a flat-... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5246158 | Method of manufacturing a selective isolation screen A method of manufacturing a selective isolation screen includes steps of preparing for a tubular screen provided with spacer members and a wire on a base member, and supplying sealing material from a sealing material supply device which supplies sealing m... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5205886 | Method of lining metallic pipe using concentric tubes of thermoplastic polymer and tear resistant material An improved method of inserting a liner into a metallic pipeline is disclosed. The liner is formed from a plurality of concentric tubes that are enveloped in a flexible, expansible, tear resistant material. When the concentric tubes are pulled into the pi... | 04/27/1993 |
| 4938822 | Method for making assembly of pacing lead electrode to coiled conductor Electrode assemblies are provided such that a wire coil conductor is springingly secured into a tubular electrode or onto a pin without having to crimp, stake, weld, swage, or otherwise mechanically secure the wire coil electrode to the tubular electrode ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4793042 | Rolling mill roll assembly A rolling mill roll assembly comprising an inner cylindrical mandrel and an outer cylindrical sleeve bonded thereto with glue containing grit particles. Wire is spirally wound around the outside of the mandrel and secured thereto with the glue. The sleeve... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4698890 | Method for making a formable and curve shape retentive hose A reformable, shape retentive hose having a precured tube located in a hose sidewall, and a reformable rod inserted in the precured tube. A method for making hose by placing at least one precured tube in the sidewall of a hose during the time that the hos... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4689174 | Producing double-walled helically wound thermoplastic pipe with a corrugated cutter wall and a smooth inner wall A system is disclosed for the production of double-walled helically wound thermoplastic pipe. The apparatus includes an endless former (10) of the axially advancing and rotating type for forming a band of thermoplastic material (24) into a corrugated oute... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4496411 | Bead jamming or crimping method A method for crimping tire bead rings in which an inner die member has grooves for holding the bead rings in the area of the bead splices and an upper die member engages the outer surface of the bead rings in that area. The die members are compressed with... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4444707 | Method for the manufacture of high-pressure hoses The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the manufacture of high-pressure hose composed of a plastic core and a plurality of layers of helically wound plastic-resisting members formed in particular of wires of high tensile strength which are... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4415389 | Method of making a hose construction A hose construction and method of making same are provided wherein such hose construction comprises a flexible corrugated hose made of polymeric material, a pair of hose connectors fixed to opposite ends of the hose, and a sleeve disposed around the hose ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4400228 | Method of making lengths of flexible insulated air duct with end collars A tubular jacket of flexible plastic film is telescoped over one of two spaced coaxial mandrels extending toward each other, duct end collars are secured respectively on the mandrels, opposite ends of a flexible helically reinforced core are strapped resp... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4342612 | Method of making a preformed semirigid plastic hose wrapped with a wire spiral The invention provides a hose that withstands a vacuum which is considered to be approximately two to three times greater than the vacuum withstood by the best known previously available pliable convoluted semirigid plastic hoses of comparable designs. To... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4336798 | Medical corrugated respiratory tube A plastic medical respiratory conduit is provided having a first tubular helical coil conduit communicating with a first source of fluid. The coil conduit is wrapped with a pliable tape to form a second conduit communicating with a second source of fluid.... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4291453 | Apparatus for and method of severing a flexible reinforced elastomeric conduit supported on a plurality of elongated end-to-end rigid mandrels An apparatus for and method of severing a continuous flexible reinforced elastomeric conduit supported on a plurality of elongated rigid mandrels disposed in connected end-to-end relation is provided with the apparatus and method enabling cutting through ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4196031 | Method of making a preformed semirigid plastic hose wrapped with a wire spiral The invention provides a hose that withstands a vacuum which is considered to be approximately two to three times greater than the vacuum withstood by the best known previously available pliable convoluted semirigid plastic hoses of comparable designs. To... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4132576 | Method of making polymeric flexible hose construction A polymeric flexible hose construction and method of making same are provided wherein such hose construction comprises a tubular wall defining a main longitudinally extending passage for conveying a fluid therethrough and a second wall adjoining the tubul... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4082590 | Process for manufacturing a flexible cylindrical body A process for manufacturing a flexible cylindrical body includes the steps of providing a flexible preform of non-resilient synthetic material which is inflatable to cylindrical form, inserting the preform into an elongated coil of an electrically conduct... | 04/04/1978 |
| 3950213 | Machine for manufacturing insulated duct A machine is provided for making flexible tubular insulated duct having multiple wraps formed about a compressible inside core. A sheet forming collar shapes the wraps about the core upstream of a joint sealer which cooperates with an underlying conveyor ... | 04/13/1976 |
