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Ear-plug

US4338929A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1980
Grant dateJul 13, 1982
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F11/08
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ear-plug comprising a plug-like body of fine glass wool and a surrounding casing of thin polyethylene film having low friction vis-a-vis the auditory canal. The glass wool is exposed at the surface of the expanded end of the ear-plug not to be inserted into the auditory canal. The ear-plug is fixed as to shape by means of a circumferential heat weld in the polyethylene film located where the expanded part of the ear-plug begins.

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