US Patent Issued to PLA GIKEN on Nov. 25 for "Mold for extrusion molding flexible tube and flexible tube producing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,146, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to PLA GIKEN Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Mold for extrusion molding flexible tube and flexible tube producing apparatus" was invented by Yoshiharu Kikuzawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a mold capable of shortening the length of a part mixed with resin before and after switching when switching the resin to be extruded onto the surface of a braided wire, and a flexible tube producing apparatus using the same. The mold for extruding the flexible tube includes a linear through hole through which a braided wire inserted from one end is drawn out from the other end, a first res...