Patent ID: 6513552
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A composite stainless steel hose having one end adapted to be connected to a movable roof of a petroleum storage tank and having an opposite end adapted to be connected to a discharge at a lower portion of the tank for removing rain water from the roof, the composite hose having a flange at each end thereof, each flange having a ferrule attached thereto and extending over the end of the hose associated therewith, the composite hose being comprised of an inner stainless steel hose and an outer stainless steel hose, the ends of the inner hose being connected to the flanges such that the ferrules extend over the ends of the inner hose forming an annular space at each end between the ferrule and the end of the inner hose, each end of the outer hose being freely received in the annular space at each end and being unconnected to the ferrule so as to provide sliding movement between the inner hose and the outer hose whenever the composite hose flexes.