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US 5,308,922 AGranted
Wire connector and method of manufacture
AssigneeReactive Industries, Inc.
InventorsJohn S. Wallace, Mark C. Thurber
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Abstract
A fastening system comprises a housing having a closed end and an open end. A first mixable fastener component is disposed within the housing at the closed end and defines a first volume, the first volume being substantially devoid of gas. A rupturable skin overlie the first component proximate the open end for maintaining the first component within the housing.
Claims24
A wire connector, comprising:
- (a) a basket having a chamber with an open end and an opposite closed end and an inner surface extending between said ends;
- (b) a coil disposed within said chamber and extending from said closed end to a point intermediate said open end, said coil having first and second ends and an area between said first and second ends, said area being spaced a distance from said inner surface at least at several points;
- (c) a mixable fastener composition filled within a portion of said chamber and encapsulating said coil, said composition being substantially devoid of air and substantially free of air pockets and having an overlying rupturable skin for maintaining said composition within said chamber;
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- (d) said portion of said chamber filled with said composition having substantially all of the atmosphere evacuated therefrom, prior to deposition of said composition.
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A wire nut assembly, comprising:
- (a) an insulated basket having a chamber with an open end and an opposite closed end and an inner surface extending between said ends;
- (b) a helical coil spring secured to said closed end and extending therefrom toward and terminating short of said open end, said spring having first and second ends and an intermediate area between said ends, said intermediate area being spaced a distance from said inner surface of said basket at least at several points;
- (c) an epoxy resin material disposed within said chamber and filling a portion of said chamber by an amount sufficient to overlie said spring, said material having a rupturable skin for maintaining said material within said chamber;
- (d) a hardener composition disposed within said chamber and overlying said skin, said composition having a rupturable skin for maintaining said composition within said chamber and said composition reactive with said material for forming an adhesive adapted for securing an article positioned within said chamber and engaged with said spring;
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- (e) said material being substantially devoid of air and air pockets and said portion of said chamber filled with said material having substantially all of the atmosphere evacuated therefrom, prior to deposition of said composition.
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The method of manufacturing a fastener assembly, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a fastener housing having a chamber with an open end and a closed end;
- (b) evacuating substantially all of the atmosphere from the chamber;
- (c) filling at least a portion of the chamber with an adhesive system while the atmosphere is evacuated from the chamber;
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- (d) securing the system within the chamber.
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A wire connector manufacturing process, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a wire connector basket having a chamber with an open end and a closed end, a coil spring being disposed within the chamber and extending from the closed end toward the open end and terminating short thereof;
- (b) applying a vacuum to the chamber and evacuating substantially all of the atmosphere therefrom;
- (c) supplying to the chamber while the atmosphere is evacuated therefrom a quantity of a first adhesive system sufficient to overlie the spring;
- (d) securing the first adhesive system within the chamber;
- (e) supplying to the chamber a quantity of a second adhesive system overlying the first system, the first and second systems being reactive for bonding an article inserted into the chamber;
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- (f) securing the second adhesive system within the chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.