Multi-cavity, shrinkable sleeve and method of construction thereof
US10393307B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16L3/26
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A textile sleeve for routing and protecting a plurality of elongate members in spaced relation from one another is provided. The sleeve includes a single piece, monolithic wall of interlaced yarn extending lengthwise between opposite ends of the sleeve. The wall includes a plurality of circumferentially continuous, tubular wall sections extending lengthwise between the opposite ends, with adjacent tubular wall sections being fixed in laterally spaced relation from another by an intervening single layer section. At least some of the yarn within each tubular wall section is provided as heat-shrinkable yarn, thereby providing each tubular wall section as being heat-shrinkable from a first, diametrically enlarged assembly state to a second, diametrically constricted state about a corresponding elongate member contained therein.
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