Method and device for splicing multifilament textile fibers
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsDavid Olsommer, Philippe Berguerand, Antonio Delfino
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Abstract
A method for splicing two bundles (1, 2) of multifilament textile fibers comprises: inserting an end portion of a first bundle (1) into a first end of a heat-shrinkable sheath (10) and an end portion of a second bundle (2) into a second end of the sheath, axially opposite the first end, until the ends of the end portions of the two bundles are facing each other; inserting a curable organic material inside the sheath (10) in a space separating the end portions of the bundles (1, 2); heating a portion of the heat-shrinkable sheath (10) surrounding a joining portion (9) to a predetermined temperature; curing the curable organic material; and removing the sheath (10).
Claims14
A method for splicing two bundles of multifilament textile fibers comprising:
- inserting an end portion of a first bundle into a first end of a heat-shrinkable sheath and inserting an end portion of a second bundle into a second end of the heat-shrinkable sheath, axially opposite the first end, until ends of the end portions of the first and second bundles are facing each other;
- inserting a curable organic material inside the heat-shrinkable sheath in a space separating the end portions of the first and second bundles so as to join the end portions of the first and second bundles together by means of a joining portion, the curable organic material being inserted into the space existing between the ends of the end portions of the first and second bundles after the bundles have been placed inside the heat-shrinkable sheath;
- heating a portion of the heat-shrinkable sheath surrounding the joining portion to a predetermined temperature;
- curing the curable organic material;
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- removing the heat-shrinkable sheath.
A device for splicing two bundles of multifilament textile fibers comprising:
- a table for supporting a means for guiding a first bundle and a means for guiding a second bundle, arranged so that end portions of the first and second bundles can be moved relative to a means for supporting a heat-shrinkable sheath positioned between the means for guiding the first bundle and the means for guiding the second bundle, so that the end portions of the first and second bundles can be inserted into the heat-shrinkable sheath when it is held by the means for supporting a heat-shrinkable sheath;
- a means allowing an insertion of a predetermined quantity of curable organic material inside the heat-shrinkable sheath;
- a means for curing the curable organic material;
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- a means for heating the heat-shrinkable sheath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.