摘要 |
A covering member having a valve encloses a flexible hose to form a double pipe. Gas supply pipe fittings are attached to respective ends of the double pipe to form a hermetic space between the flexible hose and covering member. The covering member also has a pressure-measuring device to which a decision unit equipped with an alarm device is connected. The same gas or liquid as the one flowing through the flexible hose is introduced to the hermetic space from the valve provided in the covering member, and sealed in the hermetic space by closing the valve. The pressure in the hermetic space is set so as to be higher than the pressure produced in the flexible hose when the gas or liquid is flowing. The pressure-measuring device measures the pressure in the hermetic space while the gas or liquid flows in the flexible hose, and the decision unit compares the measured value with a reference value. As a result, if the value measured by the pressure-measuring device is lower than the reference value, the decision unit decides that a breakage has occurred and then the alarm device activates an alarm.
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