Method and apparatus for making hose

Abstract

Abstract A method and apparatus for making flexible reinforced hose in long lengths with the hose having a reinforcing section consisting of one or more circumferentially discontinuous or non-endless layers of reinforcing material including at least one longitudinally extending overlapped joint therein. The method includes providing at least one web of reinforcing material, applying one or more layers of flexible polymeric material to the web, folding the web to form an elongated tubular hose member with a longitudinal overlapped joint, moving the tubular member into a curing chamber of an elongated hollow curing apparatus, confining the tubular member exteriorly of the curing chamber prior to curing to prevent opening of the periphery of the member under conditions of inflation, inflating the tubular member prior to curing at least a length of the tubular member, cooling the cured length of the tubular member, deflating the cured length of the tubular member, advancing the cured length of the tubular member out of the curing apparatus, and repeating the above steps until the entire hose is cured. The apparatus includes an elongated hollow tubular curing apparatus including a curing chamber therein, means for carving and supporting the hose components, means for moving the tubular member into the curing apparatus, means for confining an uncured length of the tubular member exteriorly of the curing chamber prior to curing, and means for inflating, cooling and deflating the tubular member and means for advancing the cured tubular member out of the curing apparatus. The method and apparatus of this invention are particularly useful for making long length water discharge hose.

Inventors

• 👤 R Feucht
• 👤 L Jones

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