| 摘要 |
<p>A hose, in particular a garden hose of the flat type which may be rolled into a planar roll with successive turns concentrically arranged one on top of the other. The hose has an inner tube (10) of extruded plastics material with two opposed outwardly extending longitudinal flanges (11, 12) and an outer tube (13) of woven fabric formed in one or two pieces (14, 15), attached to the inner tube (10) by stitched seams (16) extending along the flanges. A connector comprising a frusto-conical insert member (18), a split collar (17) with mating surfaces (24) to clamp the flanges (11, 12) therebetween and a clamping nut (19) locking over the collar (17) and screwing onto the upper threaded portion (23) of the insert. A method of manufacturing the hose by sewing and a hose with a single flange are included.</p> |
