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Dual component flap

US5355910A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1993
Grant dateOct 18, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7891
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flap valve apparatus and an improved flap valve element which uses integrally bonded layers comprising a first soft flexible layer of an elastomer and a second layer of a rigid plastics material. The method of forming the flap valve element by a two component extrusion process is also disclosed.

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