Abstract: An electrical cable having a wire bundle core surrounded by a thermal protection sleeve, the thermal protection sleeve consisting of a sandwich structure of outer acrylic adhesive layer and a silicone foam core.

Abstract: An electrical cable having a wire bundle core surrounded by a thermal and chafe protection sleeve, the thermal and chafe protection sleeve consisting of a sandwich structure having an additional outer layer of fiberglass lacing tape and a fluorosilicone fuel resistant coating.

Abstract: A cable comprising a core enclosed in an external sheath of a char-forming low-smoke-and-fume composition is characterized by a tape of flexible mineral material, preferably a woven glass-fiber tape, wrapped round the core and by an adhesive bonding the tape to the sheath. Hot-melt adhesives based on ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers with tackifier resins are suitable. By bonding the sheath to the underlying tape, retention of the charred remains of the sheath under fire conditions is considerably improved with consequent improvements in flame retardance, smoke levels and fire survival.

Abstract: A fusible link wire for use in an electric circuit comprising a fusible conductor for opening the circuit in response to a given current level, an inner electrical insulation layer surrounding the fusible conductor, a braided sheath positioned over the inner electrical insulation layer for increasing the structural strength of the insulation layer and for holding the inner electrical insulation layer in place in the event of a failure, and an outer protective coating surrounding the sheath and the inner electrical insulation layer for holding the sheath in place during handling or processing of the fusible link wire and for providing protection against the environment.

Abstract: A non-halogenated cable for use in an electronic system having a core which includes a transmission medium, the transmission medium being a metallic or optical fiber conductor having thereon an insulating layer of non-halogenated polyethersulfone polymer composition, and a non-halogenated jacket which enclosed the core and the transmission medium, said non-halogenated jacket being a single layer of insulating material.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a flame resistant electric cable which is capable of resisting flame temperatures in the neighborhood of 1000.degree. C. for at least two hours; the cable comprises an electrical conductor including an electrical wire, an extruded elongate tubular member made of silicone surrounding the electrical wire, and an outer protective layer of braided inorganic material which surrounds the tubular member; an overall outer braided jacket surrounds the electrical conductor.

Abstract: A composition comprising:(a) polyethylene having a density equal to or less than 0.925 gram per cubic centimeter, grafted with an unsaturated aliphatic diacid anhydride; and(b) magnesium hydroxide, surface treated with a saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acid or a metal salt thereof in an amount of about 0.1 to about 1 part by weight of acid or salt per 100 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide.

Abstract: A fire-proofing protective covering for an elongate structure such as a hose, an electrical or optical cable, or pneumatic or hydraulic ducting, comprises: a first plurality of layers made of an inorganic material having a structure which is suitable for imprisoning air while still allowing the operation of the elongate structure to be maintained at relatively high temperatures, of the order of at least 850.degree. C., and for a given length of time, of the order of at least several minutes, and a second plurality of layers, with each of the layers being disposed alternately relative to each of the layers of the first plurality so that the layers of the first plurality are on the inside while the layers of the second plurality are made of a material which substantially constitutes a barrier for the air imprisoned in the corresponding layer of the first plurality. The invention is applicable to the opto-electrical industry, to the hydraulic industry, etc. . . . for protecting ducting from fire.

Abstract: A communications cable (20) in which plastic material which is disposed about each transmission medium thereof is characterized by a relatively low dielectric constant. The cable exhibits relatively low flame spread and low smoke generation while maintaining circuit integrity through a fire retardant composition which includes a mixture of an organic resin and first and second inorganic oxide constituents. The first inorganic oxide constituent is characterized by a melting point in the range of about 350.degree. C. The second inorganic oxide constituent comprises a higher melting devitrifying frit which begins to crystallize at about 650.degree. C. Advantageously, when the cable is exposed to high temperatures, the mixture of the first and second inorganic oxide constituents melts and forms a crusty layer which is interposed between the covering plastic material and other components of the cable.

Abstract: A fire-resistant cable (20) which is suitable for the transmission of high frequency signals in a local area network includes a core which comprises a plurality of twisted pairs (22,22) of insulated conductors (24,24) and a jacket (35). Each insulated conductor of each pair includes an elongated metallic member (26) and an insulation system (28). The insulation system which is characterized by a suitable low dissipation factor includes dual layers, an outer one of which includes a flame-retardant plastic material. Also, the insulation system is characterized by a suitably low dielectric constant and by compatibility with a relatively short pair twist scheme. In one embodiment, the insulation system includes an inner layer (30) of a polyolefin plastic material and an outer layer (32) of a flame-retardant polyolefin plastic material.

Abstract: The claimed invention relates to a water-insoluble fire retardant coating composition and a method of rendering PVC cable fire resistant.

Abstract: A cast cable connection comprising a molded plastic cable splice and a plastic wrapping, the splice containing a halogen-free synthetic resin and fire-retardant additives which will not generate toxic and/or corrosive products on exposure to flame, the wrapping comprising a halogen-free composition capable of maintaining a substantially continuous coat-like structure upon fire exposure, again without generating toxic and/or corrosive products.

Abstract: This invention relates to an expandable tape for use in making cables. The expandable tape comprises a carrier material carrying thermally expanding microcapsules therein or thereon. The invention also relates to the use of the tape in the manufacture of cables, and to the cables incorporating such tape.

Abstract: An improved insulated thermocouple having no asbestos insulation material. The improved thermocouple and a method for making it are described whereby individual conductors are wrapped with high temperature fiberglass insulation and are then coated with a fiberglass binder that may be a modified silicone liquid. The individual conductors are then assembled in a parallel configuration and an outer jacket of high temperature fiberglass is applied by a braiding process. The entire assembly having the exposed outer jacket is coated with a fiberglass binder that may be a polyurethane liquid, and then cured.

Abstract: A flame retardant and smoke suppressed polymeric composition comprising a radiation curable copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate containing 50-85% by weight of vinyl acetate having intimately admixed therewith a flame retarding and smoke suppressing amount of a finely divided filler mixture consisting essentially of a first filler selected from hydroxides and carbonate of di- and tri-valent metals and a second filler which is zinc borate, the composition may be shaped into a desired article, such as a sheath of an electric wire, which may be radiation cured.

Abstract: Flame-retarded polymer compositions comprising a hydrated inorganic filler, at least one ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer and at least one copolymer of ethylene and of at least one .alpha.-olefin, which compositions consist essentially of 120 to 240 parts by weight of hydrated inorganic filler per 100 parts by weight of a polymer phase consisting of:(a) 30 to 75 parts by weight of at least one ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer (A) having a content of alkyl (meth)acrylate of between 1 and 50 mol %,(b) 10 to 30 parts by weight of at least one ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate/unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride terpolymer (B),(c) 5 to 55 parts by weight of at least one copolymer of ethylene and of at least one .alpha.-olefin (C) having a density of between 0.865 and 0.915 and a degree of crystallinity equal to at least 5%, and(d) 0 to 5 parts by weight of at least one low-density polyethylene (D).Industrial articles comprising such a flame-retarded polymer composition.

Abstract: A flexible, impermeable textile fabric tube is coated with a first polymeric layer which is opaque and to which is applied a second polymeric layer containing metal particles, preferably of good thermal reflectivity. The second layer is clear, or at least translucent, in the absence of metal particles.

Abstract: An unshielded telecommunications cable with a nominal characteristic impedance of 100 ohms and a core with a maximum of six pairs of individually insulating conductor wires. The wire insulation is a flame retardant polyolefin base compound and the conductors of each pair are twisted together with a maximum twist lay of 2.3 inches. The core is surrounded by a flame retardant jacket.

Abstract: An electric cable is disclosed that has improved burn resistance characteristics. The improved electric cable consists of an insulation portion that has a glass fiber yarn wrapped around the conductor. The glass fiber yarn is impregnated at an outer periphery by a first silicone mixture. A second silicone mixture is coated about the outer periphery of the glass fiber yarn. In an alternative embodiment, a silicone tape replaces the Fiberglas.TM. yarn. The improved insulation for electric cable is envisioned for use with both single strand and multi-strand wires.

Abstract: A cable which may be used in buildings in riser shafts includes a core (22) which includes at least one transmission medium which is enclosed in a non-halogenated plastic material. The core is enclosed with a jacket (29) which also is made of a non-halogenated plastic material. The non-halogenated material which encloses the transmission medium is a plastic material selected from the group consisting of a filled polyolefin, a polyphenylene oxide, a polyetherimide and a silicone-polyimide copolymer, and blend compositions of a polyetherimide and a silicone-polyimide copolymer. For the jacket, the plastic material comprises a filled polyolefin.

Abstract: A plenum cable (20) includes a core (22) comprising at least one transmission medium such as a metallic conductor. The metallic conductor is insulated with a layer (27) of a plastic composition of material which includes a non-halogenated constituent such as, for example, a polyetherimide. Covering the insulated metallic conductor is a jacket (39) comprising a halogenated material such as a fluoropolymer. The cable exhibits excellent flame retardant properties as well as acceptable levels of corrosion and toxicity.

Abstract: An electric cable is disclosed that has improved burn resistance characteristics. The improved electric cable consists of a insulation portion that has a glass fiber yarn wrapped around the conductor. The yarn is impregnated at an outer periphery by a first silicone compound. A second silicone compound is coated about the outer periphery of the glass fiber yarn. In an alternative embodiment, a silicone tape replaces the glass fiber yarn. The improved insulation for electric cable is envisioned for use with both single strand and multi-strand wires.

Abstract: An improved process and apparatus for making electric cable is disclosed that will result in electric cable with improved burn resistant characteristics. The improved process and apparatus consists of a first yarn wrapping portion, an impregnating section, a drying section, a coating section, a second drying section, and a coiling section for returning the wire to a reel. This process wraps a glass fiber yarn about an electric wire and then impregnates this yarn with a silicone mixture. The impregnated yarn is then dried and sent to a second coating chamber where an additional silicone mixture is coated about the outer periphery of the yarn. The wire goes into a second drying section and then goes on to the coiling section. In a second embodiment of this invention silicone tape is used to wrap around the electric wire than than the glass fiber yarn.

Abstract: Flame retardant low smoke PVC-based thermoplastic compositions for use in wire insulation and cable jacketing. The compositions include poly(vinyl chloride), an additional chlorinated resin, tribasic lead sulfate, a molybdenum-containing smoke suppressing material, alumina trihydrate, a brominated aromatic ester plasticizer, at least one additional plasticizer, and at least one lubricant.

Abstract: A flame-retardant composition is prepared by mixing 100 parts by weight of a rubber or plastics free from any halogen with about 50 to about 200 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide having an average particle diameter of about 0.3 to about 2 .mu.m and about 5 to about 50 parts by weight of carbon black powder having an oil absorption of about 0.5 to about 2.0 ml/g, and then cross-linking the mixture with an organic peroxide, sulfur, or a sulfur compound as a vulcanizing agent. By forming an electrical insulation and/or a sheath of the flame-retardant composition, there is provided a flame-retardant cable of the type including a cable core composed of an electric conductor coated with the electrical insulation or a plurality of such cores twisted together and covered, together with a filler, with the sheath.

Abstract: This invention relates to a resin composition comprising functionalized polypropylene, a hydrogenated mono alkylarene-conjugated diene block copolymer, oil, and a filler which can be blended to form a self-extinguishing, low smoke and halogen free insulation composition which exhibits high ultimate elongation and is relatively easy to process.

Abstract: This invention relates to a resin composition comprising polypropylene, a hydrogenated mono alkylarene-conjugated diene block copolymer, oil, and a filler which has been treated with a coupling agent, which can be blended to form a self-extinguishing, low smoke and halogen free insulation composition which exhibits high ultimate elongation and is relatively easy to process.

Abstract: The addition of certain phosphate esters causes ethylene copolymers containing CaCO.sub.3 and/or Ca-Mg/CO.sub.3 and alumina trihydrate to have lower swell on burning and to have smaller and more uniform cell formation in the ceramic ash than compositions without such esters present.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flame-resistant electric line having a conductor (1) which is surrounded by an insulation (2) over which there is a shielding (3). A ribbon (4) consisting of a glass cloth provided with a metal layer on one side is wound in overlapping manner over the shielding (3). The metal layer is on the outside in the line. The width (B) of the overlap is between 7% and 35% of the width of the ribbon (4). A sheathing (5) of insulating material is arranged over the ribbon (4).

Abstract: A radiating cable of the foam dielectric type is provided with increased flame-retardant capabilities by provision of an inert barrier tape between an apertured, corrugated outer conductor and the external jacket surrounding the conductor. The barrier tape is composed of non-halogenated, self-extinguishing insulating material and is wrapped over the outer conductor in such a way as to completely cover the radiating apertures disposed thereupon. The barrier tape prevents the melting and bubbling of the dielectric foam outwardly through the radiating slots into penetrating contact with the external jacket when the cable is subjected to high-intensity flames, without significantly affecting the transmission characteristics of the cable.

Abstract: A fire resistant refractory leakage coaxial cable assembly formed by placing a sheet of heat resistant organic film between the internal conductor and the external conductor of a leakage coaxial cable. The seam formed by the two edges of the film is positioned upwardly, so that molten insulated material will be contained by the film without flowing through the seam.

Abstract: A fire retardant polymeric compound comprises a polymer having hydroxyl groups and an inorganic phophate so as to produce a char by the process of intumescence when subjected to combustion. The polymer may be an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer and the inorganic phosphate may be ammonium polyphosphate.

Abstract: A fiber optical cable is designed for good thermal stability over a broad temperature range and with low flame-spreading and low smoke-producing characteristics for interior use, such as in plenum areas. Optical fibers are each buffered with a layer of resilient polymeric material with a broad dynamic temperature range. A nonburning serving shields the buffer layer from flame, and a jacket of polymeric material surrounds the serving. The jacketed cables are bundled with a like number of strength members formed of a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion roughly matched to that of the optical fibers. The strength members and jacketed fibers are wrapped in tape, and the bundled components are tightly jacketed by a tube of polymeric material. The jackets and outer tube are formed of low flame-spreading, low smoke-producing fluorocarbons, whereby the cable meets U.S. requirements for plenum use.

Abstract: A flame-retardant composition is prepared by mixing 100 parts by weight of a rubber or plastics free from any halogen with about 50 to about 200 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide having an average particle diameter of about 0.3 to about 2 .mu.m and about 5 to about 50 parts by weight of carbon black powder having an oil absorption of about 0.5 to about 2.0 ml/g, and then cross-linking the mixture with an organic peroxide, sulfur, or a sulfur compound as a vulcanizing agent. By forming an electrical insulation and/or a sheath of the flame-retardant composition, there is provided a flame-retardant cable of the type including a cable core composed of an electric conductor coated with the electrical insulation or a plurality of such cores twisted together and covered, together with a filler, with the sheath.

Abstract: Polymeric cladding for elongate substrates, preferably electrical conductors, comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, the outer layer being a cross-linked polymer composition filled with halogen-free particulate inorganic flame-retardant filler which has been treated with material which increases the elongation to break of the composition at 200.degree. C. to at least 50%. The enhanced elongation enables the cladding better to resist burning, possibly by reducing the tendency for the outer layer to split when exposed to fire. Bundles of insulated electrical wires may be wrapped in mineral tape, preferably mica tape, to provide circuit integrity cables which are significantly smaller and/or lighter than previously known.

Abstract: A relatively small pair size cable (20) comprising at least one conductor (22) which is insulated with polyvinyl chloride plastic material is provided with a flame retardant, smoke suppressive sheath system (30). The sheath system has a relatively low thermal conductivity and provides a predetermined delay prior to the thermal decomposition of the conductor insulation. It includes a layer (31) of an impregnated woven glass material which has an air permeability that is sufficiently low to minimize gaseous flow through the layer of woven glass material and to delay heat transfer to the core for a predetermined time. The woven glass layer is wrapped about the core to have a longitudinal overlapped seam and is enclosed by an outer jacket (40) of a fluoropolymer plastic material which is extruded about the woven layer.

Abstract: An electric cable which is combustion resistant and which prevents the spreading of fire, the cable having insulated conductors and a sheath, the materials of the conductor insulation and the sheath being materials which emit low amounts of toxic gases and smoke when burned. The spaces between the insulated conductors and between such conductors and the sheath are filled with a filler constituted by, the sheath is made from or the sheath is covered with a layer of hydrated aluminum sulfate and a binder of elastomeric or plastomeric material.

Abstract: A relatively small pair size cable (20) comprising at least one conductor (22) which is insulated with polyvinyl chloride plastic material is provided with a flame retardant, smoke suppressive non-metallic sheath system (30). The sheath system has a relatively low thermal conductivity and provides a predetermined delay prior to the thermal decomposition of the conductor insulation. It includes an inner layer (31) of an aramid fibrous material which has a relatively high compressibility, a relatively low heat absorptivity, and a relatively low air permeability. The inner layer is enclosed by an outer jacket (40) of a fluoropolymer plastic material which is extruded about the inner layer.

Abstract: A fireproof covering for protecting heat-sensitive material and structures, said covering comprising: pre-shaped mineral wool components, molded to rigid, substantially self-supporting forms with a binder, for surrounding the heat-sensitive material and structures; and, a fireproof coating at least on the outside of the rigid mineral wool components, the coating progressively sintering onto the surface of the rigid mineral wool components under fire conditions and supporting the components as the binder progressively decomposes, whereby heat-sensitive material and structures can be protected from fire conditions for extended periods of time.

Abstract: An inside cable having a core of conductors with conductor insulation formed from polyvinylchloride and in which interstices between conductors contains a fire resistant powder to resist burning of the core. The core is surrounded by a fire resistant jacket and the cable is devoid of a tubular metal shield or sheath surrounding the core.

Abstract: The flame-retardant cross-linked composition is produced as follows: A first compound of a metallic hydrate and a polyolefin resin free from any halogen is mixed with a silane-grafted polyolefin resin free from any halogen to form a second compound; and the second compound is silane cross-linked to form the flame-retardant cross-linked composition. The metallic hydrate is mixed in an amount of about 50 to about 200 parts by weight per about 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin resin and the silane-grafted polyolefin resin, and the polyolefin resin is mixed in an amount of about (100-x) parts by weight where x is the amount of the silane-grafted polyolefin resin and about 10.ltoreq.x.ltoreq. about 80 parts by weight.The flame-retardant cross-linked composition is excellent in flame retardancy, thermal resistance and forming property and further advantageous in production cost as compared to the conventional flame-retardant composition.

Abstract: A cable is described which has improved flame/fire and oil/abrasion resistant properties. The cable is halogen free since the conductor insulation and all sheaths are of the self-extinguishing type. A metal screen braided at an angle between 35.degree. and 45.degree. formed between the individual wires and a plane at right angles to the cable axis over a vulcanized filler sheath provides protection of the cable conductors during fires. Outermost there is placed a thin oil and abrasion resistant extruded layer of nylon.

Abstract: A new and improved method for preparing a fire resistant electrical-conductor is disclosed in which a length of a metal core conductor is first wrapped with a mica-impregnated glass tape to form a continuous first layer, and then an outer coat of a heat-curable platinum catalyzed silicone rubber composition is applied around the tape layer which is cured to form a fire resistant insulation for the electrical conductor. The insulated conductors of the invention provide circuit integrity under fire and may be useful in critical circuitry such as fire alarms and elevators.

Abstract: Intumescent fire protective sheaths useful for the protection of electric cables and conduits from open flame damage and methods for making such sheaths. The sheath comprises sheets of substantially inorganic intumescent material capable of arrangement around the cable or the conduit to form a protective layer. The layer is restrained to expand only in the general direction of the electrical cables or conduits upon exposure to open flames. In the unexpanded state, the sheaths dissipate cable-generated heat due to their higher value of thermal conductivity, their relative thinness and their fin-like shape.

Abstract: A relatively small pair size cable (20) comprising at least one insulated conductor (22) is provided with a flame retardant, smoke suppressive non-metallic sheath system (30). The sheath system has a relatively low thermal conductivity and provides a predetermined delay prior to the thermal decomposition of the conductor insulation. It includes an inner layer (31) of an inorganic cellular material which has a relatively low air permeability and two tapes (41, 42) which are wrapped helically about the inner layer with overlapped sealed seams. Each tape comprises a flame retardant thermosetting material. In an alternative embodiment, the heat absorptivity of the sheath system is increased substantially to facilitate the sealing of the seams as the cable is moved along a manufacturing line. This may be accomplished by using an inorganic cellular material which has a relatively high absorptivity or by facing the inner layer or one of the tapes with a material which is heat absorptive.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flame retardant electrical cable able to meet or exceed the flame spread requirements of Underwriters Laboratories Tunnel Flame UL 910 while minimizing or eliminating halogen, particularly fluorine content from the cable by utilizing a first non-fluocarbon polymer and compositions based thereupon for use in making one of the conductor insulation or the protective jacket of the cable and a second non-fluorocarbon polymer or fluorocarbon polymer which may be the same as or different from the first polymer and compositions based thereupon for use in making the other of the conductor insulation or the jacket of the cable where the first and second polymers and compositions based thereupon have a composite Steiner Index of: ##EQU1## where: S.I. is less than about 3500;mass is the respective number of pounds of the respective polymers included in the cable subjected to the UL 910 Test; andSteiner Index (S.I.) is (A)(B)(C)(1-0.I.

Abstract: There is provided an improved flat electrical communications cable which includes a plurality of coplaner pairs of elongated, insulated conductors. The pairs of conductors are embedded in a jacket which supports the cable and maintains the spacing among the conductors and pairs. The spacing between conductors in a pair is substantially less than the spacing between each adjacent pair. The jacket is thicker in the regions around each pair and thinner in the regions between each pair, thus forming the valleys and ridges on each side of the jacket. An elongated metal shield covers at least one side of the jacket. The shield conforms to and is contiguous with the valleys and ridges resulting in somewhat of a sinusoidal cross-sectional appearance of the shield. Each conductor includes a dual insulation, the inner insulation being made from a flame retardant material and the outer insulation being made from a different material from the jacket.

Abstract: A plastic fiber cable has a flame retardant sheath which contains between 10-40% by weight of an inert filler, preferably titanium dioxide, which provides the sheath with thixotropic non-drip properties so that as well as possessing non-flammability properties the sheath when molten will also not drip and thus will not expose more flammable materials, such as the strands, inside the sheath.

Abstract: A flame resistant insulated electrical wire and/or cable construction formed by wrapping a wire or cable conductor with a heat resistant flexible refractory tape comprising a porous base fabric, preferably a knit fiberglass fabric that has been coated and impregnated with refractory materials. These refractory materials are bonded to both the surface and interstices of the base fabric by means of a bonding agent, such that the fabric remains flexible and retains its stretch properties. In the presence of relatively extreme temperature and heat (e.g., above 1750.degree. F.), the bonding agent will decompose without flaming, while the refractory materials will fuse into the softened surface of the knit fiberglass base fabric forming a high temperature resistant structure with ceramic qualities and insulative properties.

Abstract: A fire protective tape using a halogen-free mastic coating on a fabric support is provided, the essential components of the mastic being solids including a low fusing ceramic frit, hydrated solids having chemically bonded water which is released as a fire protective water vapor when heated, solids which expand or intumesce during the same heat application to form a porous, expanded or foamy insulating body, solids which have a fire break effect, such as antimony oxide and zinc tetraborate, and binder solids which are thermoplastic resins and serve to bind the solids into a flexible coating when applied, the binder solids being dispersed as an emulsion in water and mixed with the other solids to form a mastic. With further addition of water the mastic is converted to a selected viscosity for application by troweling, coating or spraying.