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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1980
Thomas A Kutnyak, Greenwood, SC (US);
George T Dunn, Abbeville, SC (US);
Chester L Guiles, Abbeville, SC (US);
Automation Industries, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
A preformed radiator hose and a method of manufacturing such a hose are disclosed herein. A long length of an uncured hose is first fabricated by alternately wrapping layers of an uncured elastomer and fiber reinforcements around a straight mandrel. The uncured hose is then removed from the straight mandrel and cut into shorter segments. Each of these segments is then placed on a contoured mandrel having a shape corresponding to the intended configuration of the final hose and cured by heating. Although the fully cured hose does have a permanent shape, because of the unique arrangement of the reinforcements, etc., it has sufficient deformability to be easily slipped off the mandrel.