Provided herein is a fluid duct 2 comprising a tubular base wall 11 surrounding a duct channel and at least one bellows 10 formed along a section of the tubular base wall 11. The bellows 10 comprises a plurality of convolutes 12 having a profile 14 projecting radially from the base wall 11. At least one convolute 12 wraps around the duct channel at a wrap-around angle Ω of between 180° and 720° from a first end 22a to a second end 22b of the convolute 12, said second end 22b being offset in a flow direction F parallel to a centerline C of the duct channel by a non-zero offset distance D from the first end 22a.

A corrugated tube with a plurality of wave valleys and wave crests, which are alternately arranged in a longitudinal direction of the corrugated tube, and a plurality of wave flanks, which connect the wave valleys and the wave crests to each other, wherein each wave flank comprises a first wave flank section, a second wave flank section, and a bending section arranged between the first wave flank section and the second wave flank section, and wherein the bending section is elastically deformed during bending of the corrugated tube such that the first wave flank section is swiveled in relation to the second wave flank section.

A method of molding a polymeric device having an elongated tube and a spiral fin. The method including: injecting a liquid resin into a mold space defining the polymeric device, the mold space having an elongated hollow tube molding space and a spiral fin molding space wound around the elongated hollow tube molding space; and providing a longitudinal flow path in at least a portion of a longitudinal length of the elongated tube molding space, the longitudinal flow path defining a concavity greater in depth than other portions of the elongated hollow tube molding space such that the liquid resin injected into the mold space flows in the longitudinal flow path to fill one or more ends of the hollow tube molding space.

A sealed airflow system suitable for use with a sample shaker assembly. The sealed airflow system includes at least one component which accommodates movement of the sample shaker assembly while maintaining an air tight assembly between components of the sealed air flow system. A compliant sliding seal compensates for movement of the sample shaker assembly with regard to an air intake side of the sealed airflow control system. Additionally, a flexible conduit provides an air tight passage between an outlet of the sealed airflow control system and an exhaust port. The flexible conduit compensates for movement of the sample shaker assembly in a manner that does not permit unwanted airflow into or out of sealed airflow control system.

Disclosed is a sealed air flow system suitable for use with a sample shaker assembly. The sealed air flow system includes at least one component which accommodates movement of the sample shaker assembly while maintaining an air tight assembly between components of the sealed air flow system.

A fluid line having a wave form portion is furnished. The wave form portion extends at least at a minimum distance along a longitudinal axis of the fluid line. The wave form portion has a wave peak element (18), which itself has, along a peripheral direction extending around the longitudinal axis of the fluid line, a varying distance from the longitudinal axis, the distance including a distance curve in the peripheral direction, the distance curve providing a non-circular contour. A fluid line is thus provided having a wave form portion, which fluid line reduces the pressure drop at the wave form portion.

A collapsible conduit includes an elongated sheet configured as a coil, the coil having a longitudinal axis, the elongated sheet having a first edge that includes a first hem and a second edge opposite the first edge and that includes a second hem, each hem including an overlapping portion that overlaps with the overlapping portion of the other hem, the first hem interlocked with the second hem to form an interlocking arrangement between the first and second edges, wherein the conduit is collapsible along the longitudinal axis between fully extended and collapsed positions, and wherein the overlapping portion of the each hem has an arcuate cross-section shape when the conduit is in both the fully extended and collapsed positions.

Disclosed are a flexible pipe and a manufacturing method thereof. The flexible pipe includes an outer bellows formed in a corrugated tubular shape with mountains and valleys, an inner bellows formed in a corrugated tubular shape with mountains and valleys and provided inside the outer bellows, a pair of flanges connected to both ends of the outer bellows and the inner bellows, respectively, and a detection unit for checking whether leakage occurs due to damage or breakage of the outer and inner bellows by detecting an amount of oxygen present in an air having an atmospheric pressure and filled in an atmospheric space between the outer and inner bellows. Leakage due to damage or breakage of the outer and inner bellows can be detected based on variation in the amount of oxygen present in the space between the outer bellows and the inner bellows.

Provided herein is a fluid duct 2 comprising a tubular base wall 11 surrounding a duct channel and at least one bellows 10 formed along a section of the tubular base wall 11. The bellows 10 comprises a plurality of convolutes 12 having a profile 14 projecting radially from the base wall 11. At least one convolute 12 wraps around the duct channel at a wrap-around angle Ω of between 180° and 720° from a first end 22a to a second end 22b of the convolute 12, said second end 22b being offset in a flow direction F parallel to a centerline C of the duct channel by a non-zero offset distance D from the first end 22a.

The present invention relates to a dryer lint tube/hose made up of a flexible and heat-resistant material. The dryer lint tube comes in various accordion-style designs that allow the tube to be flexible, adjustable and extendable in length. In one design, the tube has detachable tubular ends for securely fitting the tube to a dryer vent and a wall vent. Further, in another embodiment, the tube has alternate tubular and accordion-style lengths. In a third embodiment, the tube has a pure accordion-style design. The dryer lint tube is easy to cut, and can be installed without any tools. A twist-on clamp with a large end is used to secure the tube at both the dryer vent and the wall vent.