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US 4,735,836 AGranted
Sleeve formed of shrinkable material and a process for the production thereof
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWolfgang Giebel, Ernst Bachel, Klaus Jurczek
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Abstract
A sleeve formed of shrinkable material has a longitudinal closure formed of projections and corresponding cut-outs along two longitudinal edges of the closure. The projections of the two longitudinal edges are offset relative to one another and have at least a partially clearly defined reinforcement in relation to the encasing component. When the projections have been fitted together, a retaining element is applied at least periodically to the reinforcements which have been fitted together in series.
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A sleeve, comprising:
- a shrinkable material sleeve body with a longitudinal closure comprising projections and corresponding cut-outs along longitudinal edges;
- the projections and the cut-outs being offset relative to one another and being inserted into one another such that projections of one of the edges are received in the cut-outs of the other edge so as to form the sleeve body in a curved fashion;
- the projections having longitudinally extending reinforements which extend outwardly from the sleeve body via a central rib formed by a longitudinal recess beneath the reinforcements on at least one side of the rib, the individual reinforcements being arranged in a series to form a single longitudinal reinforcement strip;
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- a retaining means positioned and dimensioned for at least partially covering the single longitudinal reinforcement strip so as to maintain the individual reinforcements in line with one another.
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A sleeve, comprising:
- a sleeve body having a central curved portion and facing outer opposite longitudinal edges;
- at the longitudinal edges, projections and corresponding cut-outs at each side of the projections along both longitudinal edges;
- the projections and cut-outs at one longitudinal edge being offset relative to the other longitudinal edge such that the projections of one longitudinal edge are mated in the cut-outs of the other longitudinal edge with the sleeve body being curved so as to form a closure area wherein the two longitudinal edges are adjacent one another;
- the projections having longitudinally extending reinforcements which, with the projections inserted in the cut-outs, are arranged in line end-to-end, the reinforcements extending outwardly from the sleeve body via a central rib formed by longitudinal recesses beneath the reinforcements on both sides of the rib;
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- a retaining element positioned and dimensioned to fit over the line of reiniforcements at the closure region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.