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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Festo AG & Co., Esslingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 5/512 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 5/512 ;
Abstract
It is a question of an actuating means adapted to be activated by fluid power, which comprises a hose body ( ) extending between two spaced head pieces ( and ) and whose interior space is able to be subjected to a fluid medium. A strand structure ( ) fixed to both head pieces ( and ) and extending coaxially in relation to the hose body has two strand groups ( and ) in a crossover configuration with bendingly flexible strands ( ) extending adjacent to one another with the same longitudinal alignment within a strand group. An intermediately placed yielding material ( ) between the strand groups ( and ) serves to maintain the strand groups constantly at a distance apart.