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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd., Amagasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/100 ; A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/100 ; A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
A flexible tube having a construction in which a coil of metal is coated with a film of resin. The flexible tube is manufactured by that resin is vapor-deposited on a peripheral face of a thermocontraction tube. a metal wire is wound on the tube as to be coiled, resin is vapor-deposited on the coil, and the thermocontraction tube is contracted by heating and drawn out.