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US 4,391,301 AGranted
Hole reinforcement
AssigneeA. O. Smith Corporation
InventorFred R. Pflederer
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Abstract
A filament wound structural vessel includes a cylindrical wall formed of a cured thermosetting resin reinforced by fibrous material. An opening in the wall is reinforced by a series of reinforcement bands formed by filament windings that encircle the wall and run adjacent the opening.
Claims2
A structural article comprising:
- a cylindrical wall having a longitudinal axis and formed of a cured thermosetting resin reinforced by fibrous material, said wall having an opening therein;
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- a plurality of pairs of opening reinforcement bands, said bands comprising a series of continuous filaments encircling said wall and bonded to the outer surface of said wall, with said bands in each of said pairs being disposed tangentially to the perimeter of said opening and on substantially opposite sides of said opening,
- one of said pairs of bands disposed substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of said cylindrical wall and
- at least one of said pairs of bands overlapping at least one other of said pairs of bands in the vicinity of said opening.
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