US4668545A
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Articles comprising shaped woven fabrics
Assignee: Raychem Corp
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Filing: 1985-09-13
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Granted: 1987-05-26
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Expires: 2005-09-13
Abstract
Abstract A dimensionally-recoverable fabric having an angled or branched hollow region woven therein. The fabric may have conductive fibres by means of which it exhibits electromagnetic screening. Alternatively, or additionally it may have heat-softenable or hot-melt fibres such that it becomes impermeable or is capable of bonding to a substrate on heating.
Inventors
- 👤 Frank J. Lowe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 18:51
CPC Classifications
D; D03; D03D; D03D1/00; D03D1/0035; D03D1/0043; B; B29; B29C; B29C61/00; B29C61/06; B29C61/0608; B29C61/0658; D03D11/00; D03D11/02; D03D15/00; D03D15/20; D03D15/283; D03D15/50; D03D15/587; D03D3/00; D03D3/02; F; F16; F16L; F16L47/00; F16L47/20; F16L47/22; F16L58/00; F16L58/02; F16L58/04; F16L58/10; H; H02; H02G; H02G15/00; H02G15/08; H02G15/18; H02G15/1806; H05; H05K; H05K9/00; D10; D10B; D10B2321/00; D10B2321/02; D10B2321/021; D10B2331/00; D10B2331/02; D10B2401/00; D10B2401/04; D10B2401/06; D10B2401/062; D10B2401/16; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1328; Y10T428/1331; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/1362; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24744; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2915; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3179
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
15 words
A heat-activatable article comprising a fabric having an angled or branched hollow region woven therein.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
15 words
A heat-activatable article comprising a fabric having an angled or branched hollow region woven therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
An article according to claim 1, in which the fabric comprises heat-recoverable fibres.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
An article according to claim 1, in which the fabric comprises conductive fibres by means of which the fabric exhibits electromagnetic screening.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
An article according to claim 3, in which the fabric comprises heat-activatable fibres such that the fabric becomes impermeable or is capable of bonding to a substrate on heating or becomes substantially rigid.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
194 words
A method of making a heat-activatable article comprising a fabric having a hollow region woven therein from fibres comprising heat-activatable fibre, which comprises; at least notionally splitting a zone of warp fibres into at least a first group of fibres and a second group of fibres, such that the fibres of the first group alternate regularly or irregularly with those of the second group; inserting weft fibres (a) to interlace warp fibres of the first group but not of the second group, and inserting weft fibres (b) to interlace warp fibres of the second group but not of the first group, thus causing two layers of fabric to be woven; and either (i) inserting said weft fibres (a) and (b) into warp fibres which border said zone, thus providing a join between the two layers or (ii) providing weft fibres (a) and weft fibres (b) as a continuous running weft, or (iii) providing a knitted stitch joining said two layers; the number of said groups of fibres, or the number of fibres within at least one of the groups varying in the warp direction such that an angled or branched hollow fabric is produced.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
194 words
A method of making a heat-activatable article comprising a fabric having a hollow region woven therein from fibres comprising heat-activatable fibre, which comprises; at least notionally splitting a zone of warp fibres into at least a first group of fibres and a second group of fibres, such that the fibres of the first group alternate regularly or irregularly with those of the second group; inserting weft fibres (a) to interlace warp fibres of the first group but not of the second group, and inserting weft fibres (b) to interlace warp fibres of the second group but not of the first group, thus causing two layers of fabric to be woven; and either (i) inserting said weft fibres (a) and (b) into warp fibres which border said zone, thus providing a join between the two layers or (ii) providing weft fibres (a) and weft fibres (b) as a continuous running weft, or (iii) providing a knitted stitch joining said two layers; the number of said groups of fibres, or the number of fibres within at least one of the groups varying in the warp direction such that an angled or branched hollow fabric is produced.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A heat-activatable article comprising a woven fabric having recovery localized along or different extents of recovery along, the warp direction.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A heat-activatable article comprising a woven fabric having recovery localized along or different extents of recovery along, the warp direction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
72 words
A method of making an article according to claim 6, which method employs a first group of warp fibres of lower or zero recovery and a second group of warp fibres of higher recovery, such that fibres of the first group alternate regularly or irregularly with those of the second group, the warp fibres with which the weft interlaces changing along the warp direction from one of said groups to the other.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
43 words
A method of protecting or holding a substrate comprising a cable or cable splice which comprises surrounding the substrate by a heat activatable article comprising a fabric having a hollow region woven therein which hollow region corresponds to the configuration of the substrate.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
43 words
A method of protecting or holding a substrate comprising a cable or cable splice which comprises surrounding the substrate by a heat activatable article comprising a fabric having a hollow region woven therein which hollow region corresponds to the configuration of the substrate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 8, in which the fabric has an electrically conductive component by means of which the fabric provides electromagnetic screening.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 8, in which the fabric is recoverable and the method additionally comprises recovering the fabric into engagement with the substrate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 10, in which the substrate is branched or angular.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
An article according to claim 2 in which the fabric comprises conductive fibers by means of which the fabric exhibits electromagnetic screening.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
33 words
An article according to claim 1 in which the fabric comprises heat-activatable fibers such that the fabric becomes impermeable or is capable of bonding to a substrate on heating or becomes substantially rigid.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
33 words
An article according to claim 2 in which the fabric comprises heat-activatable fibers such that the fabric becomes impermeable or is capable of bonding to a substrate on heating or becomes substantially rigid.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
13 words
An article according to claim 6 in which the fabric comprises heat-recoverable fibers.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
An article according to claim 6 in which the fabric comprises conductive fibers by means of which the fabric exhibits electromagnetic screening.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
An article according to claim 6 in which the fabric comprises heat-activatable fibers such that the fabric becomes impermeable or is capable of bonding to a substrate on heating or becomes substantially rigid.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
An article according to claim 15 in which the fabric comprises conductive fibers by means of which the fabric exhibits electromagnetic screening.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
33 words
An article according to claim 15 in which the fabric comprises heat-activatable fibers such that the fabric becomes impermeable or is capable of bonding to a substrate on heating or becomes substantially rigid.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
33 words
An article according to claim 16 in which the fabric comprises heat-activatable fibers such that the fabric becomes impermeable or is capable of bonding to a substrate on heating or becomes substantially rigid.
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