Patent ID: 7676944

Claim:
A shape inspection device for a curved resin hose having a hose body including a bent portion between one longitudinal end portion and the other longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose, the shape inspection device, comprising: a first fixing portion for fixing said one longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose; a second fixing portion for fixing the other longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose, the second fixing portion being disposed so as to fix the other longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose at a position where the other longitudinal end portion should be located when said one longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose is fixed to the first fixing portion; and an inspecting portion provided between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion; wherein the inspecting portion comprises an inspecting and verifying arrangement along a pathway through which the hose body of the curved resin hose should pass when said one longitudinal end portion and the other longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose are fixed to the first and the second fixing portions, respectively, and the inspecting and verifying arrangement comprises verifying members disposed outside the pathway for the hose body and spaced from the pathway of the hose body; wherein the verifying members comprise lower verifying members under the pathway for the hose body, and side verifying members at widthwise opposite sides of the pathway, the lower verifying members being continuously disposed throughout an entire length or a generally entire length of the pathway, and spaced from the pathway, and the side verifying members being disposed at a plurality of positions along a length of the pathway, and spaced from the pathway, respectively.