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US 6,649,828 B2Granted
Self-sealing reflective sleeve
AssigneeCustom Coated Components, Inc
InventorsDouglas Rockney, Clifford Selby, William M Gregg
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Abstract
A self-sealing sleeve (10) is provided having an inner layer (12) and an outer layer (14). The inner layer is composed of a thermally inert material and is configured to have a self-sealing overlap (16). The outer layer (14) is made of a heat reflective, insulating material and is disposed along the periphery of the inner layer (12) thereby providing heat insulation and protection from corrosives to wires, conduits and like disposed in the lumen (20) of the sleeve (10).
Claims17
A self-sealing reflective sleeve, comprising:
- an inner tubular layer having a longitudinal slit, said longitudinal slit defining two longitudinal edges overlapping each other, said inner tubular layer having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface;
- an outer layer covering said outer circumferential surface, said two longitudinal edges, and at least a portion of said inner circumferential surface of said inner layer;
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- means for attaching said outer layer to the inner circumferential surface of said inner tubular layer so that said outer layer is secured to said inner tubular layer and smoothes said longitudinal edges, said two longitudinal edges overlapping to seal said self-sealing reflective sleeve without attachment of said overlapping longitudinal edges so that said reflective sleeve can be installed and removed in situ.
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A self-sealing reflective sleeve, comprising:
- an inner tubular layer having a longitudinal slit defining two longitudinal edges, said two longitudinal edges overlapping each other, said inner tubular layer having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface;
- an outer layer having two opposing ends and covering said outer circumferential surface, said two longitudinal edges, and all of said inner circumferential surface of said inner tubular layer;
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- means for attaching said ends of said outer layer together along said inside circumferential surface of said inner layer to form a continuous sleeve thereby smoothing said longitudinal edges, said two longitudinal edges overlapping to seal said self-sealing reflective sleeve without attachment of said overlapping longitudinal edges so that said reflective sleeve can be installed and removed in situ.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.