US 12,269,093 B2
Pressurized flexible hose for demolition of objects
Bahram Issari, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); and Taylor Caitlin Doty, Redondo Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Divergent Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/159,646.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/305,461, filed on Feb. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241685 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 11/12 (2006.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); F16L 11/10 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01)
CPC B22F 12/00 (2021.01) [B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); F16L 11/10 (2013.01); F16L 11/12 (2013.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hose, comprising:
a bendable and elongated tube member configured to be inserted into a hollow portion of an additively manufactured part, the tube member comprising an internal channel with an inlet and an outlet, the internal channel configured for fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the inlet is configured to receive the fluid flow from a pressurized source, and the outlet is configured to cause the tube member to flail upon egress of the fluid flow from the outlet; and
a fracturing member, the fracturing member configured to fracture an internal support structure within the hollow portion of the additively manufactured part when the tube member is caused to flail upon egress of the fluid flow from the outlet.