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Flexible duct

CA 1052712 A · Owner: Wood, Cecil H. · Inventors: Wood, Cecil H.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

The following specification disclose a flexible duct constructed from a spiral of channel-shaped metal with the legs of the channel facing inwards of the spiral. A strip of cloth or other flexible webbing material is formed into a spiral with its overlapping edges folded into the channel of the spiral with a cord or string filling the remainder of the channel cavity before the channel legs are crimped together to maintain the webbing strips edges fast together within its grip. The expansibility of the duct is increased by increasing the width of strip of webbing.

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  • Granted April 17, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 17, 1996.
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GrantedApril 17, 1979
Term endedApril 17, 1996
Patent numberCA 1052712 A
Classification (IPC)F16L11/16 +1 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedApril 17, 1979Term endedApril 17, 1996

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