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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1980
James L Fouss, Findlay, OH (US);
John J Parker, Findlay, OH (US);
Donald W Sting, New Canaan, CT (US);
Hancor, Inc., Findlay, OH (US);
Abstract
This application discloses the method and apparatus for manufacturing plastic tubing which comprises a rigid semiround, triangular, or the like top section and a flat base of flexible sheet-like material. The manufacturing comprises the steps of or apparatus for (a) extruding a sleeve of thermoplastic material, (b) blow molding a corrugated generally tubular structure, (c) cooling the generally tubular structure, (d) splitting the generally tubular structure into a pair of semiround corrugated tubing structures, (e) bonding a strip of sheet-like material across the open base of the semiround tubing, (f) folding the semiround tubing longitudinally to a flattened configuration, and (g) coiling the tubing in its flattened configuration.