Retaining plate for a reinforcing strip
Assignee3X Engineering
InventorsStanislas Boulet D'Auria, Hacen Slimani, Didier Daumas
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Abstract
A retaining plate (30) made from a rigid material having tips on each of the two faces of same, the tips of each of the faces of a length of between 1 and 3 mm making an angle in the forward direction with the face of between 30° and 60°. The retaining plate is secured by the tips of one of the faces of same at the final end (28) of a first reinforcing strip (26) already positioned on the degraded portion of a pipe, and secured to the initial end (32) of a second reinforcing strip to be wound following the first reinforcing strip by the tips of the other face, said tips being tilted towards the initial end (32) of the second reinforcing strip.
Claims7
A retaining plate made of rigid material (30) comprising spikes (22, 24) on each of its two faces, the spikes on each of the faces, of a length of between 1 and 3 mm, making an angle of between 30° and 60° with the base of the face on which they lie, said plate being, secured by the spikes of one of its faces to a first reinforcing tape (26) already placed on the damaged portion of a pipe, said spikes being inclined toward the tail end of said first reinforcing tape, the plate being further, secured to a second reinforcing tape that is wound on after the first reinforcing tape by the spikes of the other face, said spikes being inclined toward the starting end (32) of said second reinforcing tape.
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