Pipes and tubular conduits – Flexible
Patent
1996-04-08
2000-08-22
Brinson, Patrick F.
Pipes and tubular conduits
Flexible
138148, 138103, 138DIG8, 138138, F16L 5500
Patent
active
061056200
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a flexible tube device, which is repeatedly reshapable by action of reshaping forces comprising bending forces and which has the capability of substantially maintaining its shape received by the reshaping as the forces are released. This device is characterized in that the device (1) comprises a flexible part comprising a flexible inner hose (3) and/or a flexible outer hose, which may surround the flexible inner hose (3) and be provided along substantially the entire flexible part and preferably inside the outer hose, outside the inner hose or between the outer hose and the inner hose, a bend stiffening member (4) which is plastically deformable at the reshaping of the tube device and which after the removal of the reshaping forces substantially retains the shape received by the plastic deformation and thereby substantially determines the shape of the tube device.
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