Method for manufacturing a rubber hose

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10066767-B2
Application number	US-201614995182-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2016
Priority date	May 2, 2013
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A method of making a rubber hose includes the steps of providing an inner rubber layer including a hollow part, and forming a first braided layer on the inner rubber layer by braiding a plurality of first yarn materials including a vinylon fiber made by a dry process such that the braided first yarn materials includes a braid formed in a three-over, three-under pattern. Next, a middle rubber layer is formed on the first braided layer. A second braided layer is then formed on the middle rubber layer by braiding a plurality of second yarn materials including a vinylon fiber made by a wet process such that the braided second yarn materials includes a braid formed in a two-over, two-under pattern. Finally, an outer rubber layer is formed on the second braided layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of making a rubber hose, comprising;
providing an inner rubber layer including a hollow part;
forming a first braided layer on an outer periphery of the inner rubber layer by braiding a plurality of first yarn materials including a vinylon fiber made by a dry process such that the braided first yarn materials comprise a braid formed in a three-over, three-under pattern;
forming a middle rubber layer on an outer periphery of the first braided layer;
forming a second braided layer on an outer periphery of the middle rubber layer by braiding a plurality of second yarn materials including a vinylon fiber made by a wet process such that the braided second yarn materials comprise a braid formed in a two-over, two-under pattern, and
forming an outer rubber layer on an outer periphery of the second braided layer,
such that the resulting hose has expansion quantity performance in pressurizing of not more than 0.090 ml/305 mm and bending durability of not less than 600,000 times.

2. The method of making a rubber hose according to claim 1 , wherein the first yarn materials and the second yarn materials comprise a bundled yarn with two or three wound yarns.

3. The method of making a rubber hose according to claim 1 , wherein the inner rubber layer and the outer rubber layer comprise EPDM.

4. The method of making a rubber hose according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first braided layer is formed by braiding the plurality of first yarn materials comprising a vinylon fiber fibrosed by a dry process wherein a vinylon polymer dissolved in a volatile spinning solution is spat from a nozzle and simultaneously heated so as to vaporize the volatile spinning solution such that the braided first yarn materials comprise a braid formed in a three-over, three-under pattern.

Assignees

• Hitachi Metals Ltd

Inventors

• Nonaka Takafumi
• Saito Tomonori
• Shibata Tomonori

Classifications

• B29D23/00

  Producing tubular articles (B29D24/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C48/151

  Coating hollow articles · CPC title

• F16L11/087 Primary

  three or more layers · CPC title

• B29L2023/006

  Flexible liners · CPC title

• B29K2023/16

  EPM, i.e. ethylene-propylene copolymers; EPDM, i.e. ethylene-propylene-diene copolymers; EPT, i.e. ethylene-propylene terpolymers · CPC title