摘要 |
A fluid power operable actuating means, which possesses a flexible contractible tube (2) extending between two spaced head pieces. such flexible contractible tube being caused to expand radially when its inner space is subjected to fluid pressure and transmitting simultaneously axial forces, due to contraction, to the head pieces. The flexible contractible tube (2) comprises an elastically deforming flexible tube body (5) which is provided with supporting means contributing to increasing its strength and/or to transmitting force. The supporting means are in a form with a special geometrical shape having a cross sectional outline on the inner periphery (15) and/or the outer periphery (16) of the flexible tube body (5) which is non-circular and/or such supporting means are in the form of several portions of the body of the flexible tube (5) with properties of the material of the flexible tube body which are different from one another.
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