Expandable tape for cables, the use thereof, and cables
AssigneeUnion Industrial Y. A.
InventorsRoelf R. A. de Vrieze, Petrus G. J. Vogel
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Abstract
This invention relates to an expandable tape for use in making cables. The expandable tape comprises a carrier material carrying thermally expanding microcapsules therein or thereon. The invention also relates to the use of the tape in the manufacture of cables, and to the cables incorporating such tape.
Claims12
An expandable tape for use in the manufacture of cables comprising a carrier material carrying two types of thermally expandable microcapsules therein, which begin to expand at different temperatures, the difference in initial expansion temperature between the two types of microcapsules being at least 5.degree. C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.