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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:
Feb. 04, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald Richardson, Atkinson, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
87 29 ; 87 37 ; 87 51 ;
Abstract
A braided reinforcement for tubular conduits such as hose, and a method and apparatus for producing such reinforcement are disclosed. The reinforcement is characterized by a three over, three under braid pattern. The apparatus comprises as Maypole type braider wherein each driver of the braider includes six pockets to accommodate carrier spindles, and the number of carriers is three times the number of drivers. The invention provides an improved braided product which can be produced at lower cost with increased output.