Conductor-carrying flexible conduit

Claim 1

IN A SHEATH-COVERED HOSE OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED THE COMBINATION OF: A HOSE CARCASS COMPRISING A TUBULAR BODY OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL HAVING AN INNER TUBULAR WALL WHICH FORMS A PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, A HELICAL SPRING MEMBER DISPOSED COAXIALLY OF AND WITHIN SAID FLEXIBLE TUBULAR BODY TO EFFECT REINFORCEMENT THEREOF, A TUBULAR SLEEVE OF RADIALLY YIELDABLE ELASTIC MATERIAL COVERING THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TUBULAR HOSE CARCASS, FLEXIBLE CONDUCTOR MEANS CARRIED BY AND EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID TUBULAR ELASTIC SLEEVE, SAID ELASTIC TUBULAR SLEEVE HAVING A THICKNESS GREATER THAN SAID FLEXIBLE CONDUCTOR MEANS, SAID FLEXIBLE CONDUCTOR MEANS HAVING NESTING CONTACT WITHIN A GROOVE-LIKE DEPRESSION IN THE OUTER PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF SAID ELASTIC TUBULAR SLEEVE AND DISPOSED FLUSH WITH THE OUTER PERIPHERAL SURFACE THEREOF, AND A FLEXIBLE TUBULAR SHEATH DISPOSED IN INTIMATE SURROUNDING RELATION TO SAID TUBULAR SLEEVE OF YIELDABLE ELASTIC MATERIAL TO OVERLIE AND SECURE SAID FLEXIBLE CONDUCTOR MEANS WITHIN THE GROOVE-LIKE DEPRESSION FLUSH WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID ELASTIC TUBULAR SLEEVE.