Gaskets and gasket-like devices including fasteners for gaskets and a method of making and using the same

The method of making a gasket assembly comprising the steps of:

• providing a clip having a head, the head having an apex, a pair of shoulders and a neck and having a longitudinal axis, the clip including a base attached to the head, the base comprising at least one coil course, the coil course having a plane and an interior space defined by a base perimeter, the longitudinal axis of the head extending perpendicular from the interior space of the coil course in a first direction to the plane of the coil course, the first direction above the plane of the coil course, wherein the base includes a tail, the tail depending from the plane of the base in a second direction, the second direction generally below the plane of the coil course, the clip comprising a single resilient wire having a first end and a second end, the second end of the resilient wire comprising the tail;
• providing a gasket having at least a wire mesh core defining an interior volume;
• engaging the tail of the clip with the gasket;
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• turning the clip until the base is substantially within the wire mesh core and the head is outside the wire mesh core.
• weaving a sheath comprising a multiplicity of strands about the wire mesh core after the turning step;
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• wherein the weaving step places wire mesh strands around the head of the clip.

A method of making a gasket assembly, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a gasket having a woven sheath comprised of a multiplicity of strands and a wire mesh core, the mesh core defining a gasket interior volume;
• providing a clip having a head, the head having an apex, a pair of shoulders and a neck and having a longitudinal axis, the clip including a base attached to the head, the base comprising at least one coil course, the coil course having a plane and an interior space defined by a base perimeter, the longitudinal axis of the head extending perpendicular from the interior space of the coil course in a first direction to the plane of the coil course, the first direction above the plane of the coil course, wherein the base includes a tail, the tail depending from the plane of the base in a second direction, the second direction generally below the plane of the coil course, the clip comprising a single resilient wire having a first end and a second end, the second end of the resilient wire comprising the tail;
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• inserting the tail into the interior volume of the gasket;
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• turning the clip until the course is substantially within the interior of the gasket and the head is substantially outside the woven sheath of the gasket.