Heat-shrinkable sleeve and the process for the production thereof
AssigneeFirma RXS Schrumpftechnik-Garnituren GmbH
InventorHorst Will
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Abstract
A heat-shrinkable sleeve which has a shrinkable component and comprises a cross-linked polymer in the form of an open grid, said shrinkable component being embedded into a non-shrinkable component. The individual elements forming the open grid create a plurality of grid cells and are undetachably connected to one another at the point of intersection of the elements.
Claims24
In a heat-shrinkable sleeve comprising a shrinkable component arranged with a non-shrinkable component, the improvements comprising the shrinkable component consisting of a cross-linked polymer having a shrinking temperature, said shrinkable component being elements in the form of an open grid with intersecting points of the elements forming grid cells of the grid being undetachably connected to one another at each point of intersection, said grid being embedded in the non-shrinkable component and being in a stretched condition, said non-shrinkable component being of a material that is softened at said shrinking temperature without melting and running.
A process for producing a heat-shrinkable sleeve having a shrinkable component shrinkable at a shrinking temperature and comprising an open grid embedded in a non-shrinkable component, said non-shrinkable component being of a material that is softened at said shrinking temperature without melting and running, said process comprising the steps of providing a shrinkable component in the form of an open grid, embedding the open grid in a non-stretched condition into the non-shrinkable component and, subsequently, stretching the grid and non-shrinkable component.
A process for producing a heat-shrinkable sleeve having a shrinkable component shrinkable at a shrinking temperature and in the form of an open grid embedded in a non-shrinkable component, said non-shrinkable component being of a material that is softened at said shrinking temperature without melting and running, said process comprising the steps of providing the shrinkable component as an open grid, stretching the open grid into a stretched configuration, and then embedding the stretched grid into the non-shrinkable component.
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