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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:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Caoutchouc Manufacture et Plastiques, Versailles Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ; F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
138104 ; 138103 ; 138109 ;
Abstract
A flexible hose which makes possible the early visual detection of a malfunction, can have a structure which allows a localized deformation in specified zones. This structure can have a combination of at least one radial expansion zone, and at least one compensation zone, wherein a localized deformation can occur as soon as the leak pressure of the leaking fluid reaches a threshold value which is only a fraction of the operating pressure of the fluid being transported through the hose.