US3315740A
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Flexible plastic tube bundle and method of making
Assignee: Ametek Inc
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Filing: 1965-01-14
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Granted: 1967-04-25
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Expires: 1985-01-14
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael S Withers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 20:06
CPC Classifications
F; F28; F28F; F28F21/00; F28F21/06; F28F21/067; B; B01; B01D; B01D1/00; B01D1/06; B01D63/00; B01D63/02; B01D63/021; B01D63/022; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/022; B29C65/18; B29C65/20; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/02; B29C66/024; B29C66/0242; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/52; B29C66/522; B29C66/5227; B29C66/53; B29C66/534; B29C66/5344; B29C66/80; B29C66/82; B29C66/826; B29C66/8264; F01; F01P; F01P11/00; F01P11/04; F28D; F28D7/00; F28D7/005; F28D7/06; F28F21/062; B29C66/70; B29C66/71; B29K; B29K2027/00; B29K2027/12; B29K2027/18; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/18; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A20/00; Y02A20/124; Y02A20/131; Y10; Y10S; Y10S165/00; Y10S165/454; Y10S165/468; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AT LEAST ONE RELATIVELY RIGID SLEEVE HAVING A TEHRMOPLASTIC INTERNAL SURFACE AND A BUNDLE OF A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL FLEXIBLE THERMOPLASTIC TUBES, AT LEAST ONE END PORTION OF SAID BUNDLE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID SLEEVE, THE WALLS OF SAID TUBES AT SAID END PORTION OF SAID BUNDLE BEING INTEGRALLY BONDED TO THE WALLS OF ADJACENT TUBES, THE WALLS OF THE PERIPHERAL TUBES OF SAID BUNDLE ALSO BEING INTEGRALLY BONDED TO THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF SAID SLEEVE IN A FLUID-TIGHT ARRANGEMENT TO A DEPTH AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE DEPTH OF BONDING OF SAID TUBES TO EACH OTHER, THE DEPTH OF BONDING OF SAID TUBES TO EACH OTHER IS AT LEAST 0.4 TIMES THE LARGEST DIMENSION OF THE CROSS-SECTION OF THE BONDED END OF SAID BUNDLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AT LEAST ONE RELATIVELY RIGID SLEEVE HAVING A TEHRMOPLASTIC INTERNAL SURFACE AND A BUNDLE OF A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL FLEXIBLE THERMOPLASTIC TUBES, AT LEAST ONE END PORTION OF SAID BUNDLE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID SLEEVE, THE WALLS OF SAID TUBES AT SAID END PORTION OF SAID BUNDLE BEING INTEGRALLY BONDED TO THE WALLS OF ADJACENT TUBES, THE WALLS OF THE PERIPHERAL TUBES OF SAID BUNDLE ALSO BEING INTEGRALLY BONDED TO THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF SAID SLEEVE IN A FLUID-TIGHT ARRANGEMENT TO A DEPTH AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE DEPTH OF BONDING OF SAID TUBES TO EACH OTHER, THE DEPTH OF BONDING OF SAID TUBES TO EACH OTHER IS AT LEAST 0.4 TIMES THE LARGEST DIMENSION OF THE CROSS-SECTION OF THE BONDED END OF SAID BUNDLE.
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