Gasket and gasket tape and method of making and using the same
AssigneeAviation Device & Electronic Components, L.L.C.
InventorsJeff Busby, Lane Smith
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Abstract
A gasket material for sealing between two members, The gasket material includes a flexible, woven skeletal member. Enclosing the skeletal member is a flexible, compressible resilient body member having a tacky outer surface, the tacky outer surface for engagement between the two members. In a preferred embodiment the flexible skeletal member is closer to a top surface of the resilient body then it is to a bottom surface of the resilient body. The resilient body may be comprised of urethane. The flexible skeletal member may be comprised of a metallic or a non-metallic material.
Claims24
A gasket material for sealing between two members, the gasket material comprising:
- a flexible skeletal member;
- and
- a flexible, compressible, resilient body member having a tacky outer surface, the resilient body member for substantially enclosing the skeletal member, the resilient body member having a top surface and a bottom surface wherein the flexible skeletal member is closer to one of the top surface or the bottom surface than the other wherein the flexible skeletal member is substantially encapusalated in the resilient body member and wherein the top surface of the gasket material has a first tackiness and the bottom surface of the gasket material has a second tackiness, the first tackiness being greater than the second tackiness.
A method of making a gasket material, the method comprising the steps of (a) providing a flexible skeletal member;
- (b) providing a curable mix of a resilient composition;
- (c) laying the flexible skeletal member on a flat, horizontal support surface;
- (d) pouring the curable mix onto the skeletal member so as to substantially encapsulate the skeletal member;
- (e) allowing the curable mix to cure;
- (f) cutting the cured piece to a predetermined gasket profile.
A gasket material for sealing between two members, the gasket material comprising:
- a flexible skeletal member;
- and
- a flexible, compressible, resilient body member having a tacky outer surface, the resilient body member for substantially enclosing the skeletal member, the resilient body member having a top surface and a bottom surface wherein the flexible skeletal member is closer to one of the top surface or the bottom surface than the other wherein the flexible skeletal member is woven fiber glass mesh.
A gasket material for sealing between two members, the gasket material comprising:
- a flexible skeletal member;
- and
- a flexible, compressible, resilient body member having a tacky outer surface, the resilient body member for substantially enclosing the skeletal member, the resilient body member having a top surface and a bottom surface wherein the flexible skeletal member is closer to one of the top surface or the bottom surface than the other wherein the skeletal member is between 7 and 25 mil. thick and the resilient body member is up to 45 mil. thick.
A gasket material for sealing between two members, the gasket material comprising:
- a flexible skeletal member;
- and
- a flexible, compressible, resilient body member having a tacky outer surface, the resilient body member for substantially enclosing the skeletal member, the resilient body member having a top surface and a bottom surface wherein the flexible skeletal member is closer to one of the top surface or the bottom surface than the other;
- wherein one of the top surface or the bottom surface has a peel strength of about 5 in. pounds. and the other of the top or the bottom surface has a peel strength of about 3 in. pounds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.