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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1990
Davies Allport, La Jolla, CA (US);
David Giuntoli, San Diego, CA (US);
William F Holzer, San Diego, CA (US);
T-Systems International, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In a high speed method and apparatus for forming inlet and/or outlet ports in drip irrigation hose, the surface of one margin of a continuous length of plastic film is deformed without puncturing at periodic intervals along its length corresponding to the locations of the inlet and/or outlet ports to form protrusions from the film surface. Thereafter, the protrusions are severed from the film to form the ports. The remainder of the hose is made in a conventional fashion. Preferably, the film surface is deformed by directing the film through the nip of pair of rotating wheels. On the surface of one of the wheels is a series of blunt projections sized, shaped and positioned to correspond to the ports being formed. The protrusions are severed by the edge of a knife across which the film is directed.