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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Stahle, Sandton, ZA;
Dieter H Kallenbach, Sandton, ZA;
Assignee:
Corrupipe CC, , ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
138112 ; 138110 ; 138D / ;
Abstract
The invention provides a weight to be used to submerge the hose used with swimming pool cleaners and which may be variably positioned at any position along the length of the hose, the weight having an annular metal member encased in plastics material with the plastics material also providing an inwardly directed radial flange to engage in the recesses between the corrugations of the hose.