Patent · US Expired

Fabric repairing method

US4406723A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 1982
Grant dateSep 27, 1983
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/20
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A damaged area of a fabric is repaired by removing the damaged area from the fabric while folded across the damaged site, and thereafter bonding a patch and underlying thermoplastic impregnated pad to each other and to the fabric with the application of heat.

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