Cable with Insecticide in Plastics Sheath
AssigneeFmc Australasia Pty Ltd
InventorsIan Henry Francis, Ian Fleetwood Hendry
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Abstract
A cable (10) for conducting electricity or an electromagnetic signal, the cable (10) comprising: a central portion (12) having at least one core (15) of a conductive material; and a layer (13) comprising a plastics material having at least one insecticide distributed therethrough, wherein the insecticide is substantially retained in the plastics material.
Claims19
A cable for conducting electricity or an electromagnetic signal, the cable comprising:
- a central portion having at least one core of a conductive material;
- and
- a layer comprising a plastics material having at least one insecticide distributed therethrough, wherein the insecticide is substantially retained in the plastics material.
A cable as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the plastics material of the layer is any one or a combination of polyamide, polyethylene, ethylene vinyl acetate, polystyrene, polyvinylchloride, synthetic rubber, polymethylmethacrylate, polypropylene and polyurethane.
A cable as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the plastics material of the layer is high density polyethylene.
A cable as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one insecticide is any one or combination of pyrethrum, synthetic pyrethroids, organo-chlorines, organo-sulfurs, carbamates, organo-phosphates, formamidines, nicotinoids, spinosyns, phenylpyrazoles, pyrroles, pyrazoles, dinitrophenols, pyridazinones, quinazolines, and benzoylureas.
A cable as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the concentration of the at least one insecticide is 0.02 to 5 weight %.
A cable as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the plastics material of the layer also contains a UV stabiliser distributed therethrough.
A cable as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cable also comprises an additional layer, enclosing the insecticide containing layer, the additional layer being a damage protection layer for the insecticide containing layer.
A cable as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein each core of the central portion has a further layer of an insulation material.
A cable as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cable is an electrical cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.