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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1988
Donald L Oglesby, Ocala, FL (US);
Dayco Products, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of making a plurality of flexible hoses each having a preformed bend section between opposed ends of the hose that tends to return to the shape of its preformed bend section when unbent therefrom are provided, the method comprising the steps of winding a continuous length of a hose material around a pair of spaced apart substantially cylindrical posts so that a plurality of sections of the hose material extends between the posts, heat curing the hose material while the same is in the wound condition thereof on the posts, and, thereafter, cutting the plurality of hoses from the thus cured hose material so that each hose has the preformed bend section therein that was defined by its wound relation with the post, the step of winding the hose material around the posts comprising the step of orbiting the posts about an axis that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axes of the posts.