Tool for fixing a textile sleeve about an elongate member to be protected and method of fixing a protective textile sleeve about an elongate member
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
InventorShozo Fukuyama
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Abstract
A tool for fixing a protective textile sleeve about an elongate member contained therein, and method of use thereof is provided. The tool includes a clamp assembly having opposed clamp members. Each of the clamp members has a clamp surface for abutting the textile sleeve. Each of the clamp surfaces includes a plurality of heating members operably connected to a source of power. The heating members within each clamping surface are supported for independent radial movement relative to one another in response to engagement with an outer surface of the textile sleeve to allow the clamp surfaces to automatically conform to the arcuate shape of the sleeve and elongate member being clamped therebetween.
Claims16
A tool for fixing a textile sleeve about an elongate member disposed therein, comprising:
- a clamp assembly having opposed clamp members pivotal about a pivot axis between open and closed states, each of said clamp members having a planar clamp surface extending lengthwise along a first axis away from said pivot axis to a free end of said clamp members, said planar clamp surfaces being configured for clamping abutment with the textile sleeve disposed lengthwise along a second axis, transverse to said first axis, across a width of each of said clamp surfaces, each of said planar clamp surfaces include a plurality of heating members operably connected to a source of power to be selectively heated, said heating members being supported for independent movement relative to one another to allow said planar clamp surfaces to become non-planar clamp surfaces by automatically conforming to an outer peripheral shape of a portion of the textile sleeve disposed between said clamp members.
A tool for fixing a textile sleeve about an elongate member disposed therein, comprising:
- a clamp assembly having opposed clamp members pivotal about an axis between open and closed states, each of said clamp members having a clamp surface with a length of said clamp surfaces extending along a first axis away from said pivot axis toward a free end of said clamp members, said clamp surfaces being configured for clamping abutment with the textile sleeve disposed lengthwise along a second axis, transverse to said first axis, across a width of each of said clamp surfaces, each of said clamp surfaces include a plurality of heating members operably connected to a source of power to be selectively heated, said heating members being supported for independent movement relative to one another to allow said heating members within each of said clamp members to automatically transition from being in planar relation with one another along the length of said clamp surfaces while in the open state to conform to an outer peripheral shape of a portion of the textile sleeve disposed between said clamp members while said clamp members are in the closed state.
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