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US 4,906,427 AGranted
Assembly for covering an object
AssigneeRaychem Corporation
InventorsRobert H. Van Loo, Johannes M. Cordia
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Abstract
The assembly comprises a wraparound heat recoverable sleeve, and a resilient girdle provided with means for fastening opposed edge regions thereof together, thereby enabling the girdle to hold the sleeve in its wrapped configuration during recovery. The girdle is particularly suitable for use with sleeves that are wrapped around an object more than once.
Claims9
A method of covering an object which comprises:
- (a) multiwrapping a recoverable sleeve having closure means at one end around the object such that the closure is on the outside of the wrapped sleeve and whereby the amount of overlap is adjusted according to the size of the object to be covered;
- (b) detachably securing one end of a resilient girdle to the closure member on the sleeve and wrapping the girdle around the sleeve to maintain the sleeve in its wrapped configuration;
- and
- (c) recovering the sleeve;
- whereby the girdle holds each of the layers of the multiwrap tightly against each other and the object during recovery.
2 more elements
An assembly for covering an object, which comprises
- (a) a wraparound recoverable sleeve provided with a closure member at or towards an edge thereof;
- and
- (b) a resilient girdle having a securement means on one end which can be detachably connected to the closure member on the sleeve, and secured to itself when positioned around the sleeve to hold the sleeve in its wrapped configuration during recovery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.