Textile sleeve with adhesive fixation layer and methods of construction and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10968550-B2
Application number	US-201916564080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2019
Priority date	Sep 24, 2014
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A protective textile sleeve for providing protection to an elongate member contained therein; a method of construction thereof, and a method of bonding at least a portion of the sleeve to at least one of itself and an elongate member extending through a cavity thereof is provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced yarn, with the wall having an outermost surface and an innermost surface. The innermost surface is configured to bound a cavity extending between opposite open ends. The sleeve further includes an adhesive coating bonded to at least a portion of at least one of the outermost and innermost surfaces. The adhesive coating has a first, dried non-adhesive state and a second, wetted adhesive state, wherein the second adhesive state is activated via application of a water-based liquid thereto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of constructing a textile protective sleeve, including:
interlacing yarn to form a wall having opposite edges extending lengthwise between the opposite ends, said wall having an innermost surface and an outermost surface extending between said opposite ends, said opposite edges being configured to overlap one another to form a cavity bounded by said innermost surface;
bonding a water-activatable adhesive coating along only one of said opposite edges and along both of said opposite ends with a region extending between said opposite edges and said opposite ends being free of said adhesive coating; and
drying said adhesive coating to render said adhesive coating in a first, non-adhesive state, wherein said adhesive coating can be activated to a second, adhesive state by applying water thereto.

2. The method of claim 1 further including heat-setting the wall to bias the opposite edges into overlapping relation with one another.

Assignees

• Fed Mogul Powertrain Llc

Inventors

• Fukuyama Shozo

Classifications

• H02G3/0481 Primary

  with a circular cross-section (H02G3/0468, H02G3/0475 take precedence) · CPC title

• D04B21/205 Primary

  Elongated tubular articles of small diameter, e.g. coverings or reinforcements for cables or hoses · CPC title

• C09J2301/306

  the adhesive being water-activatable · CPC title

• D03D3/02

  Tubular fabrics · CPC title

• C09J2301/16

  by the structure of the carrier layer · CPC title