Fluid handling – With leakage or drip collecting
Patent
1999-03-16
2000-10-10
Walton, George L.
Fluid handling
With leakage or drip collecting
73 405R, 73 46, 73 491, 138104, 138114, 285 13, 2851231, F16L 918, F16L 5516
Patent
active
061291072
ABSTRACT:
A fluid-containment hose assembly for connecting a fluid supply to a device using the fluid (such as a washing machine), the hose assembly having a first connector with a nipple; a second connector with a nipple; an inner hose sealingly attached to the nipple of the first connector at one end of the inner hose and to the nipple of the second connector at another end of the inner hose; an outer hose covering the inner hose defining a space therebetween as a relief passageway, the outer hose sealingly attached at the nipple of the first connector and at the nipple of the second connector; a relief hose attached to the outer hose, the relief hose having a relief port in communication with the relief passageway and further having an exit port through which fluid may be discharged; and a signal device on the relief hose which, when fluid enters the relief hose due to a rupture of the inner hose, generates an audible signal.
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Morkunas Frank G.
Walton George L.
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