Method of making hoses and profiled belts in a continuous process

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MAKING HOSES IN A CONTINUOUS PROCESS BY MEANS OF A HOLLOW MOLD, ESPECIALLY FOR PRODUCING REINFORCED ENDLESS PROFILED BELTS OF EXTRUDABLE MATERIAL WITH A LAYER CONTAINING REINFORCING PULL-RESISTANT WIRE MEANS XTENDING IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION OF THE HOSE BEING MADE, WHICH INCLUDES THE STEPS OF: PASSING THROUGH SAID HOLLOW MOLD AND IN A CONTINUOUS MANNER A LONGITUDINAL SUPPORT FOR REINFORCING WIRE MEANS, WHILE SAID SUPPORT IS PASSING THROUGH SAID MOLD CONTINUOUSLY INJECTING EXTRUDABLE MATERIAL INTO AN ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN SAID HOLLOW MOLD AND A STATIONARY MOLD CORE WITHIN SAID HOLLOW MOLD AND WINDING REINFORCING WIRE MEANS UPON SAID SUPPORT IN CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION THEREOF AND EMBEDDING SAID REINFORCING WIRE MEANS IN THE INJECTED EXTRUDABLE MATERIAL, FOLLOWING THE SOLIDIFICATION OF SAID EXTRUDABLE MATERIAL AND AFTER THE HOSE THUS FORMED HAS LEFT SAID MOLD REMOVING SAID SUPPORT FROM SAID HOSE, EMPLOYING AS SUPPORT A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING WIRES AND ARRANGING THE SAME ON AND DISTRIBUTING THEM AROUND THE STATIONARY MOLD CORE IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT TO THE AXIS OF SAID CORE, AND PULLING SAID LONGITUDINALY EXTENDING WIRES WITH SAID WIRE MEANS THEREON THROUGH BETWEEN SAID MOLD CORE AND THE MOLD PORTION SURROUNDING SAID WIRE MEANS.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MAKING HOSES IN A CONTINUOUS PROCESS BY MEANS OF A HOLLOW MOLD, ESPECIALLY FOR PRODUCING REINFORCED ENDLESS PROFILED BELTS OF EXTRUDABLE MATERIAL WITH A LAYER CONTAINING REINFORCING PULL-RESISTANT WIRE MEANS XTENDING IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION OF THE HOSE BEING MADE, WHICH INCLUDES THE STEPS OF: PASSING THROUGH SAID HOLLOW MOLD AND IN A CONTINUOUS MANNER A LONGITUDINAL SUPPORT FOR REINFORCING WIRE MEANS, WHILE SAID SUPPORT IS PASSING THROUGH SAID MOLD CONTINUOUSLY INJECTING EXTRUDABLE MATERIAL INTO AN ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN SAID HOLLOW MOLD AND A STATIONARY MOLD CORE WITHIN SAID HOLLOW MOLD AND WINDING REINFORCING WIRE MEANS UPON SAID SUPPORT IN CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION THEREOF AND EMBEDDING SAID REINFORCING WIRE MEANS IN THE INJECTED EXTRUDABLE MATERIAL, FOLLOWING THE SOLIDIFICATION OF SAID EXTRUDABLE MATERIAL AND AFTER THE HOSE THUS FORMED HAS LEFT SAID MOLD REMOVING SAID SUPPORT FROM SAID HOSE, EMPLOYING AS SUPPORT A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING WIRES AND ARRANGING THE SAME ON AND DISTRIBUTING THEM AROUND THE STATIONARY MOLD CORE IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT TO THE AXIS OF SAID CORE, AND PULLING SAID LONGITUDINALY EXTENDING WIRES WITH SAID WIRE MEANS THEREON THROUGH BETWEEN SAID MOLD CORE AND THE MOLD PORTION SURROUNDING SAID WIRE MEANS.

Claim 4

A method of making hoses in a continuous process by means of a hollow mold, especially for producing reinforced endless profiled belts of extrudable material with a layer containing reinforcing pull-resistant wire means extending in the circumferential direction of the hose being made, which includes the steps of: passing through said hollow mold and in a continuous manner a longitudinal support for reinforcing wire means, employing as said support a movable rod with longitudinally extending supporting ribs around the outer surface of said rod and introducing said ribbed rod in a sealing manner into said hollow mold, and while said rod is passing through said hollow mold continuously injecting extrudable material into the annular space between said hollow mold and said rod, said annular space being closed at that end where the rod is introduced into the hollow mold, and also while said rod is passing through said hollow mold introducing reinforcing wire means into said annular space and winding said wire means upon said supporting ribs of said rod and embedding said wire means in the injected extrudable material, and following the solidification of said extrudable material and after said rod together with the solidified material and with the embedded wire means has left said hollow mold removing said rod from the hose thus formed.

Claim 5

A method of making hoses in a continuous process by means of a hollow mold, especially for producing reinforced endless profiled belts of extrudable material with a layer containing reinforcing pull-resistant wire means extending in the circumferential direction of the hose being made, which includes the steps of: passing through said hollow mold and in a continuous manner a longitudinal support for reinforcing wire means, employing as said support a movable rod with longitudinally extending supporting ribs around the outer surface of said rod and introducing said ribbed rod in a sealing manner into said hollow mold, and while said rod is passing through said hollow mold continuously injecting extrudable material into the annular space between said hollow mold and said rod, said annular space being closed at that end where the rod is introduced into the hollow mold, and also while said rod is passing through said hollow mold introducing reinforcing wire means into said annular space and winding said wire means upon said supporting ribs of said rod and embedding said wire means in the injected extrudable material, and following the solidification of said extrudable material and after said rod together with the solidified material and with the embedded wire means has left said hollow mold removing said rod from the hose thus formed.