Monofilamentous string
AssigneeLUXILON INDUSTRIES, naamloze vennootschap
InventorDominique Van Malderen
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AssigneeLUXILON INDUSTRIES, naamloze vennootschap
InventorDominique Van Malderen
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Monofilament string suited for use in tennis rackets and the like, consisting of a core material and a covering material that serves as a matrix, in which the core material is embedded in the covering material in accordance with the ‘island in the sea structure’ and that therefore contains island components and a sea component, whereby the island components largely but not exclusively consist of a thermoplastic polymer; are arranged in a geometrical and preferably symmetrical pattern relative to each other and/or the longitudinal axis of the string; and at least three of the island components have a cross-section that has a multi-angular shape, with one side leaning close against the surface of the string. The one side has a curvature that closely lines the curve of the string surface, and the sea component largely but not exclusively consists of a thermoplastic elastomer.
Monofilament racquet string, comprising a core material and a covering material that serves as a matrix in which the core material is embedded in the form of an ‘island in the sea structure’ and accordingly contains island components and a sea component, wherein the island components largely comprise a non-elastomeric thermoplastic polymer and are arranged in a geometrical pattern relative to each other and/or the longitudinal axis of the string, and at least three of said island components have a cross-section that has a multi-angular shape, with one side adjoining a surface of the string and wherein said at least one side has a curvature that closely follows the curvature of the string surface, and the other islands are circular or oval in form and are disposed in alternating relationship with the multi-angular shaped components circumferentially of the longitudinal axis in the sea and wherein the sea component largely comprises a thermoplastic elastomer.
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