Patent classifications
B21C37/121
OPENABLE CORRUGATED HOSE, CABLE HARNESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND OPENABLE CORRUGATED HOSE OF THIS KIND
The present invention provides an openable corrugated hose for accommodating lines, comprising: a first corrugated hose shell, a second corrugated hose shell, a joint section, at which the first corrugated hose shell and the second corrugated hose shell are each connected to one another pivotably in a first end section, and a lip section, which is provided on a second end section of at least one of the corrugated hose shells, wherein the lip section is manufactured from a different material than the corrugated hose shells.
SMOOTHING INSERT
An elongate tape element, flexible pipe body and methods of manufacturing flexible pipe body-, the elongate tape element having a cross-section comprising a first portion, extending from a first free edge of the elongate tape element corresponding to a first end of a cross section of the elongate tape element, wherein the first portion is curved for locating in a first gap region that extends between two adjacent windings of a carcass tape of flexible pipe body; and a body portion, extending between the first portion and a remaining end of the cross section corresponding to a remaining free edge of the elongate tape element, having a length for bridging a further gap region extending between a one of the two adjacent windings and a further adjacent winding of the carcass tape that is adjacent to said a one of the two adjacent windings of the carcass tape.