Kenneth K. Chung;Mark McCullough Spiecker;Walter Scott Thielman;Anthony B. Brennan;Ryan Stoneberg;Shravanthi Reddy
发明人:
Kenneth K. Chung,Anthony B. Brennan,Mark McCullough Spiecker,Ryan Stoneberg,Walter Scott Thielman,Shravanthi Reddy
申请号：
US13161137
公开号：
US09937655B2
申请日:
2011.06.15
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
Disclosed herein is a method comprising transporting a conduit and a template through a guide tube； the template being disposed on an outer surface of the conduit between the conduit and the guide tube； and transferring a texture from the template to the conduit as the conduit and the template are transported through the guide tube. Disclosed herein too is an apparatus comprising a guide tube； the guide tube being operative to facilitate a transfer of a pattern from a template to a conduit； a first feed spool and a first take-up spool for feeding the conduit through the guide tube and for taking up the conduit after it has travelled through the guide tube respectively； and a second feed spool and a second take-up spool for feeding the template through the guide tube and for taking up the template after it has travelled through the guide tube respectively.
