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US 5,002,822 AGranted
Recoverable article for encapsulation
OwnerKenneth B. Pithouse, Thomas A. Kridl +1inventors
InventorsKenneth B. Pithouse, Thomas A. Kridl, James T. Triplett
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Abstract
A recoverable article comprises a recoverable fabric, means for rendering the fabric impervious, and a shaped liner. The assembly can be used to form a pressure resistant splice case for telecommunications cables.
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A method of making a recoverable composite structure comprising a polymeric material and recoverable fibers by virtue of which the structure is recoverable, which method comprises:
- (A) applying the polymeric material to recoverable fibers;
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- (B) irradiating the resulting structure;
- the beam response of the recoverable fibers relative to that of the polymeric material being such that a post-irradiation recovery stress of the fibers per se, of at least 1 MPa can be reached before the recovery ratio of the composite structure is reduced to a value of 70% of that of the unirradiated composite structure.
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