Patent ID: 7600723

Claim:
A combination comprising an aircraft and a flexible guard hose arrangement connected to said aircraft and adapted to protect insulated conductors installed in said aircraft, said flexible guard hose arrangement comprising a plurality of flexible guard hoses made of a flexible synthetic material, each guard hose of said guard hoses having an inner diameter for receiving at least one of said insulated conductors, each said guard hose comprising a respective outwardly facing first contour, said flexible guard hose arrangement further comprising at least one spacer ( 5 ) positioned between two neighboring guard hoses of said plurality of guard hoses, said at least one spacer having two oppositely facing second contours, said outwardly facing first contours and said oppositely facing second contours forming matching junctions ( 6 , 7 ) directly between said at least one spacer and said two neighboring guard hoses thereby spacing said neighboring guard hoses from one another, wherein each of said oppositely facing second contours contacts a circumferential portion less than 180° of a respective said outwardly facing first contour to thereby partly encircle said respective outwardly facing first contour, wherein said matching junctions ( 6 , 7 ) formed directly between said at least one spacer ( 5 ) and said two neighboring guard hoses consist of any one of an adhesive bond, a welded bond directly between a respective one of said neighboring guard hoses and said spacer, and a one-piece unitary junction, and wherein said guard hose arrangement further comprises at least one protective ridge protruding outwardly from and extending externally along at least one of said guard hoses.