Abstract: A heat-shrinkable sleeve consisting of at least one heat-shrinkable component and a mechanical reinforcing component secured thereto, characterized by the reinforcing component being permanently secured to the heat-shrinkable component after completion of the heat-shrinking process. The mechanical reinforcing component, preferably, consists of a carrier foil on which mechanical reinforcing elements are arranged and the reinforcing elements are preferably arranged to extend in two directions so that tearing of the sleeve is extremely limited.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 8, 1988
Date of Patent:
August 28, 1990
Assignee:
Firma RXS Schrumpftechnik-Garnituren GmbH
Inventors:
Hans Winterhoff, Christian Kipfelsberger, Andreas Kupczyk
Abstract: A heat-shrinkable sleeve which has a shrinkable component and comprises a cross-linked polymer in the form of an open grid, said shrinkable component being embedded into a non-shrinkable component. The individual elements forming the open grid create a plurality of grid cells and are undetachably connected to one another at the point of intersection of the elements.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 8, 1988
Date of Patent:
May 29, 1990
Assignee:
Firma RXS Schrumpftechnik-Garnituren GmbH