A hose is provided, including: a liner having a channel extending between opposing open ends; a reinforcing member surrounding the liner; and a plurality of spaced apart wrapped stiffening members surrounding the reinforcing member.

Provided is a hydrogen-dispensing hose. At least two reinforcing layers are coaxially layered between an inner surface layer of a thermoplastic resin having a dry hydrogen gas permeability coefficient at 90 C. of 110.sup.8 cc.Math.cm/cm.sup.2.Math.sec..Math.cmHg or less and an outer surface layer of a thermoplastic resin. A wire braided layer formed by braiding metal wires is used as the outermost reinforcing layer. Fiber braided layers formed by braiding high-strength fibers such as polyparaphenylene benzobisoxazole fibers are used as the other reinforcing layers.

A water hose particularly suitable for home and garden use, as well as light industrial or commercial use. The hose has a composite form and contains multiple bonded layers that synergistically contribute to durability, flexibility at a wide range of temperatures, kink resistance, and excellent flow rates while being relatively light in weight as compared to some conventional multi-layer composite hoses.

A hose assembly includes an inner hose component, a first braid of reinforcement fiber material that extends around the inner hose component, and a second braid of reinforcement fiber material that extends around the first braid. The first braid and the second braid each has a 3 over 3 braid design, and the first braid has a first modulus and the second braid has a second modulus different from the first modulus. The first braid may be a high strength braid having a strength greater than a strength of the second braid, and the second braid may be a high modulus braid having a modulus greater than a modulus of the first braid. The hose assembly optionally may have a third braid with a high angle configuration of the braid segments. The hose assembly may be combined with an enhanced fitting for securing the hose assembly to fluid system equipment.

A hose can include an inner tube that can form a flow path and an inner fiber layer that can be formed around an outer surface of the inner tube. The hose can further include an intermediate fiber layer that can be formed around the inner fiber layer, and an intermediate fiber layer that can be formed around the inner fiber layer. An outer layer can be formed around the intermediate fiber layer. The inner fiber layer, the intermediate fiber layer, and the outer fiber layer can be formed from support thread applied with greater than about 10 pounds (lbs) of tension. The support thread of the inner fiber layer, the support thread of the intermediate fiber layer, and the support thread of the outer fiber layer can include aramid fibers.

A stitched double layer composite hose is provided. The stitched double layer composite hose includes a middle fabric pipe layer, an inner surface composite colloid material layer and an outer surface composite colloid material layer. The structure of the fabric pipe layer is weft-stitched double-layer unit structure. The double-layer unit structure includes an outer layer, an inner layer and stitched wefts. The inner layer includes inner layer warps and inner layer wefts; the outer layer includes outer layer warps and outer layer wefts. The stitched wefts interweave with the outer layer warps and the inner layer warps for conjoining the inner layer and the outer layer together. The fabric pipe layer weaved solves problems of the stitched double layer composite hose in the fabric pipe layer of traditional casing, with such advantages as high flexibility, less weaving point, less loss of yarn strength and less degree of torsion.

Fuel lines including an inner tube, a reinforcement layer disposed outwardly from the inner tube, and a cover layer disposed outwardly from the reinforcement layer. The cover layer and/or inner tube are formed from compositions including a blend of chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) and chloroprene rubber (CR), where the CPE and CR are blended in a CPE:CR weight ratio of from 20:1 to 1:1. The compositions also include a curing system containing tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB), magnesium oxide (MgO), and one of a thiadiazole or thiotriazine. In some aspects, the TBAB is incorporated in an amount of from 0.2 phr to 2.5 phr, the MgO incorporated in an amount of from 5 phr to 20 phr, and the one of a thiadiazole or thiotriazine incorporated in an amount of from 0.5 phr to 5 phr.

A hose assembly includes an inner hose component, a first braid of reinforcement fiber material that extends around the inner hose component, and a second braid of reinforcement fiber material that extends around the first braid. The first braid and the second braid each has a 3 over 3 braid design, and the first braid has a first modulus and the second braid has a second modulus different from the first modulus. The first braid may be a high strength braid having a strength greater than a strength of the second braid, and the second braid may be a high modulus braid having a modulus greater than a modulus of the first braid. The hose assembly optionally may have a third braid with a high angle configuration of the braid segments. The hose assembly may be combined with an enhanced fitting for securing the hose assembly to fluid system equipment.

Fuel lines including an inner tube, a reinforcement layer disposed outwardly from the inner tube, and a cover layer disposed outwardly from the reinforcement layer. The cover layer and/or inner tube are formed from compositions including a blend of chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) and chloroprene rubber (CR), where the CPE and CR are blended in a CPE:CR weight ratio of from 20:1 to 1:1. The compositions also include a curing system containing tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB), magnesium oxide (MgO), and one of a thiadiazole or thiotriazine. In some aspects, the TBAB is incorporated in an amount of from 0.2 phr to 2.5 phr, the MgO incorporated in an amount of from 5 phr to 20 phr, and the one of a thiadiazole or thiotriazine incorporated in an amount of from 0.5 phr to 5 phr.

A hose includes an inner tube, a cover, and at least three reinforcement layers applied between the inner tube and the cover, where two immediately adjacent reinforcement layers of the at least three reinforcement layers are applied in same spiral directions (+) (+), and where another reinforcement layer of the at least three reinforcement layers is applied in an opposing spiral direction (). The inner tube may have a tube wall thickness (t) of between about 0.5 mm to about 1.5 mm, and the hose may have a wall thickness (T), where the tube wall thickness (t) may be less than about 25% of the hose wall thickness. Optional tie layers may be disposed between the at least three reinforcement layers. The inner tube may include rod shaped particles orientated substantially parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the hose.