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US 5,107,623 AGranted
Gaskets and gasket-like devices with fasteners
AssigneeDavlyn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorThomas L. Weil
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Abstract
A gasket-like device includes an elongated core, an outer jacket woven, preferably braided entirely around and along the core, and a plurality of individual fasteners spaced along the device. Each fastener includes a base captured between adjoining portions of the core and the outer jacket and an engagement portion extending outwardly from the base through the outer jacket. An outer covering of a plastic polymeric material or other material may be provided, if desired, around and along part of all of the outer jacket.
Claims20
An elongated, gasket-like device comprising:
- an elongated core;
- a woven outer jacket surrounding the core and extending along the core;
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- a plurality of separate, individual fasteners spaced along the device and captured between the core and the woven outer jacket, each fastener having a base end an engagement portion, each fastener base being irremovably retained in the device by portions of the core and the woven outer jacket adjoining one another and contacting opposing sides of the base, and each fastener engagement portion extending away from the fastener base and the portion of the core contacting the fastener base and through the adjoining portion of the woven outer jacket, each fastener engagement portion protruding outwardly from the adjoining portion of the woven outer jacket, the individual fasteners being connected to one another within the outer jacket only through being captured by the core and woven outer jacket.
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