End-Fray Resistant Heat-Shrinkable Woven Sleeve, Assembly Therewith and Methods of Construction Thereof

A textile sleeve assembly, comprising:

• an elongate member;
• and
• a circumferentially closed, tubular elongate wall providing a cavity extending lengthwise along a central axis between opposite ends, said wall being woven with warp yarns extending generally parallel to said central axis and at least one heat-shrinkable weft yarn extending generally transversely to said warp yarns, at least one of said warp yarns and said weft yarn including at least one low melt, heat-fusible yarn served helically therewith, said at least one low melt, heat-fusible yarn being at least partially melted and forming a bond with said warp yarns and said at least one heat-shrinkable weft yarn and said at least one heat-shrinkable weft yarn being shrunk about said elongate member.

A method of constructing a textile sleeve, comprising:

• weaving an elongate wall having a circumferentially closed wall extending lengthwise along a central axis between opposite ends by weaving warp yarns extending generally parallel to the central axis and at least one heat-shrinkable weft yarn extending generally transversely to the warp yarns with at least one of the warp or weft yarns having at least one low melt, heat-fusible yarn served therewith;
• and
• cutting the wall to length.