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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308911 | Electronically detectable high-pressure hose and method of determining the location of the hose A hose is provided having at least one layer defining a tubular body with a length and an electrically conductive lead joined to the tubular body and extending along the length of the tubular body. The electrically conductive lead is adapted to receive an electrical... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7284836 | Nozzle arrangement including an actuator A nozzle arrangement 1 for use in an ink jet print head, the nozzle arrangement 1 comprising a substrate, a nozzle chamber 2 positioned at least partially on the substrate, a channel 3, in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber 2 | 10/23/2007 |
| 7108018 | Reinforced flexible hose A reinforced flexible hose comprising as least a first inner extruded tubular layer and at least a second extruded tubular layer with a tubular reinforcement fabric provided between said first and second hoses. The two tubes are joined so as to form a homogeneous un... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6777051 | Protective sheath for flexible tubes A protective sheath made of a woven synthetic fabric having a structure formed of high tenacity warp and weft yarns, the count of the yarns ranging from 400 to 2000 decitex and the number of the yarns ranging from 54 to 78 yarns per centimeter. The woven synthetic f... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6186191 | Arrangement for monitoring functionality of flexible pressure hoses in a loom A fluid jet loom includes a source of pressurized fluid, a magnetic valve, and at least one nozzle, such as a weft insertion air jet nozzle, as well as at least one flexible pressure hose connecting and providing pressurized fluid from the magnetic valve ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5690146 | Hose and method for wear detection The present invention indicates excessive wear on the outer cover of a hose in order to help avoid unexpected ruptures and spills. The invention is a hose with an outer cover. The outer cover has two layers made of rubber or plastic. The outer cover has a... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5228478 | Wear indicator for material transfer systems An early warning system for a material transfer system having an elongated area to be monitored for internal wear caused by erosive flow action of a transfer material. A material transfer conduit has an inner surface forming a flow passageway for the tran... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5024755 | Cone wear detection Hydrocyclone for dividing a liquid-solid suspension into an accept portion and a reject portion having a separation chamber including a conical section, a tangential feed inlet to the separation chamber, an axial accept outlet from the separation chamber,... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4993887 | Compensator for solids conveyed in a stream of gas There is provided a compensator for solids conveyed in a stream, particularly for installation in a power plant, which consists of two sleeves which are telescopically arranged so as to be inserted into each other and having fins arranged on the inner wal... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4962839 | Ducting for transporting granular or powder substances under gravity, in particular on sites having silos An elementary length of the ducting comprises a pair of top and bottom plane panels (2, 3) and a pair of side panels (4, 5) having outwardly projecting longitudinal rims (8, 9, 12, 13) on their outside faces, the margins (10, 11, 14, 15) of the top and bo... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4735083 | Conduit for detecting imminent failure Imminent failure of a hose or other conduit is detected by a dye disposed between the conduit's outer and inner walls. The invention is especially applicable to automotive cooling systems.... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4684155 | Pipe elbow with abrasion resistant composite inner liner and method for forming A pipe elbow having a composite ceramic wear liner which is particularly adapted to resist abrasive wear from particulate material conveyed through the pipe elbow. The composite ceramic wear liner is comprised of four series of polyhedron shaped ceramic w... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4645055 | Replaceable liner for a grain elevator discharge spout The discharge spout of a grain elevator is provided with an abrasion resistant liner formed of polyurethane. The liner is formed into cylindrical configuration from a rectangular blade of material and may be readily inserted into the discharge spout and r... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4617822 | Tell-tale wear monitor for pipes having wear resistant inner linings A tell-tale wear monitor for pipes having wear resistant inner linings. A plurality of wear monitors is provided spaced apart along the length of a pipe section or spool and angularly spaced apart about the pipe circumference. Each of the wear monitors in... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4259992 | Flexible pipe section A flexible pipe section for the transportation of a mixture of water and solid material, such as pieces of stone, rock, metal and the like objects having sharp points and/or edges and/or projections offering a high resistance to wear and damage in that th... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4212328 | Wear resistant rubber hose A wear resistant rubber hose for transferring fluid containing abrasive material such as crushed stone, coral, etc. comprises an inner surface rubber and a filling body having a rigidity which is considerably higher than that of the inner surface rubber e... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4169906 | Wear resistant coated pipe and method of making it This is concerned with a method of making a pipe to increase its wear resistance by coating the interior thereof with a wear resistant coating which includes wear resistant particles, and the pipe produced by such a method.... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4153079 | Flexible hose lines A flexible hose line which may be used for loading and unloading oil tankers having a secondary fluid retaining reinforcement carcass to retain leakage and to indicate by radial expansion failure of the main carcass. The secondary carcass may be of high e... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4119123 | Flexible hose with wear indicator A shaped elemental band is provided for forming a flexible hose with wear indicating means. The base of the band is formed by a strip of flexible material which has a pair of spaced marginal edges defining the width of the strip. On top of the strip and b... | 10/10/1978 |
| 3995664 | Flow control device A fluid flow control device is disclosed for maintaining a substantially constant volumetric flow rate in either direction independent of the applied pressure above a predetermined pressure level. The device has a generally cylindrical shape, may be symme... | 12/07/1976 |
