Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Koji Akiyoshi

Hiroaki Ito

Tetsuya Arima

Noriaki Imaeda

A high pressure hose for refrigerant made up of

High pressure hose for refrigerant

A refregerant transporting hose having an inner tube; an outer tube of a rubber material located radially outwardly of the inner tube; and a reinforcing fiber layer interposed between the inner and outer tubes, such that the reinforcing fiber layer and the inner and outer tubes constitute an integral tubular body, the inner tube including a resinous layer formed of a blend of modified polyolefine and polymaide resin. Alternatively, the inner tube includes a resinous layer formed of a reaction product of polyamide, and polyolefine whose molecular chain has a pair of functional groups at both ends thereof. The hose has a high flexibility as well as a high resistance to gas permeation therethrough.

Refregerant transporting hose

A refrigerant transporting hose having an inner tube including an inner and an outer rubber layer and an intermediate resinous layer interposed between the inner and outer rubber layers; an outer tube formed of a rubber material located radially outwardly of the inner tube; and a reinforcing fiber layer interposed between the inner and outer tubes, such that the fiber layer and the inner and outer tubes constitute an integral tubular body, the inner rubber layer of the inner tube having a resistance to water permeation as high as, or higher than, that of the outer rubber layer. The inner rubber layer may be formed of a rubber material selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSM), chlorinated polyethylene (CPE), epichlorohydrin rubber (CHC, CHR), chloroprene rubber (CR), chlorinated isobutylene-isoprene rubber (Cl-IIR) and ethylene propylene diene rubber (EPDM). The intermediate resinous layer may be formed of a resin selected from the group consisting of polyamide resin, saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a blend of polyamide and rubber material. The outer rubber layer may be formed of a rubber material selected from the group consisting of NBR, CSM, CPE, CHC, CHR, CR, Cl-IIR and EPDM.

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Inuyama, Japan

Koji Akiyoshi