Appeal No. 1999-2148 Page 7
Application No. 08/864,947
to end into a unitary line of any desired length without the
use of metallic coupling members.
To prepare the ends of Galloway's hose sections S, S' for
splicing the sections are first, squared off so that the ends
1, 1' of their inner tubes or linings 2, 2' when brought
together in matching relation will abut in a plane transverse
to the hose axis. Then the cover and the several fabric
layers in each section are progressively cut away at
successively less distances from this plane to expose the
underlying layer. This results in a stepped formation as
shown in Figure 1. The ends 1, 1' of the inner liners 2, 2'
are coated with a suitable uncured rubber cement, which should
be dried at least to tackiness before the ends are brought
together. Two layers 12, 13 of rubber impregnated 3/8" nylon
tape are wrapped tightly about the center of the joint to
substantially fill in the space between steps 3, 3' and
adhered to liners 2, 2' and to each other by a suitable cement
(see Figure 2). Next a layer 14 of rubber impregnated tire
cord fabric tape cut on a bias of about 54/ is laid about tape
layer 13 between steps 4, 4' so that the nylon warp yarns form
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