Patent ID: 6431213
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A01G,Y10T

Abstract:
A pipe to convey a fluid, comprising an inlet and at least one fluid outlet along its length, the pipe having an internal flexible longitudinal dividing wall movable between a first flow position where fluid can pass along the pipe and through the at least one fluid outlet and a second position where fluid is unable to pass through the at least one outlet,a first flexible tubular member and a second flexible elongate rectangular sheet member where the longitudinal edges of the sheet member are attached to the exterior of the first flexible tubular member at spaced apart positions wherein the sheet member encloses a minor arc of the first flexible tubular member in a fluid tight manner leaving a major arc of the tubular member unenclosed such that the sheet member and the major arc of the tubular member define an outer wall of the pipe and the minor arc of the tubular member is the internal dividing wall.