Vacuum cleaner hose assembly, a flexible hose therefor and methods of making the same

摘要

A vacuum cleaner hose assembly, a flexible hose therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having a cuff end and a tubular tool part having an end telescoped in the cuff end and being locked therein while being rotatable relative thereto, the cuff end having a pair of axially spaced apart and inwardly directed annular convolutions provided with like facing sides, the end of the tool part having a pair of axially spaced apart and outwardly directed annular shoulders respectively engaging the sides of the annular convolutions to tend to lock the end of the tool part in the cuff end of the hose, the cuff end of the hose having an annular structure interconnecting the pair of convolutions together, the annular structure of the cuff end of the hose being annularly spaced outwardly from the tool part so as to be out of engagement therewith from one of the convolutions to the other of the convolutions.