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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5395126 | Braided tubular gasket with integral attachment means Gaskets suitable for high temperature use and having applicability for sealing oven doors are provided. The gaskets are interbraided from a wire such as stainless steel and a thermally insulating yarn formed, for example, from spun glass fibers. Continuou... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5341601 | Gaskets for sealing a space between surfaces and clips for mounting gaskets to surfaces Woven tubular gaskets for sealing the space between an oven and oven door in a self-cleaning oven. A clip for securing an oven gasket to a surface on an oven comprises a shoulder for interfacing to the surface on the oven and securing the gasket to the su... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5300337 | Wraparound closure device Wraparound sleeves formed by weaving, knitting or braiding for the protection of elongated articles, such as cables and hoses, are disclosed. The tubes are provided with closure means comprising multifilament, bulky yarn interlaced in the sleeving materia... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5289658 | Method and apparatus for providing a gasket seal between surfaces Methods and apparatus for providing a seal between two surfaces. Gaskets in accordance with the invention provide efficient and economical devices to seal spaces between two surfaces. The gaskets comprise frames for providing a rigid substrate to the gask... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5205075 | Gaskets for sealing a space between surfaces and clips for mounting gaskets to surfaces Woven tubular gaskets for sealing the space between an oven and oven door in a self-cleaning oven. A clip for securing an oven gasket to a surface on an oven comprises a shoulder for interfacing to the surface on the oven and securing the gasket to the su... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5197370 | Abrasion resistant braided sleeve Sleeves of braided monofilament formed resilient materials are fabricated incorporating flexible, nonresilient (i.e. limp) multifilament warp yarns. Monofilaments are braided from strands of high modulus engineered plastic materials to provide enhanced pu... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5195855 | Blind rivet A blind rivet (10) comprises a head (12), a shank (14) made at least partially of heat-softenable polymeric material, and force transmitting means (22, 24) operable to apply force to a portion (14a) of the shank (14) to cause it to deform to form a furthe... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5186992 | Braided product and method of making same An expandable braided product having greatly reduced tendency to splay at its ends when cut is provided by coating the braided product with a thin layer of elastomeric material which provides the desired anti-splaying property, while retaining the expanda... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4989422 | Sound absorbent sleeving product Tubular sleeves of braided, knited or woven construction comprised of bulky continuous filament yarns and a resilient engineered plastic monofilament have excellent noise reduction characteristics. The bulky yarn provides a flexible cushion for cables and... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4946722 | Protective fabric sleeves Tubular sleeves formed from elongated flat sheets, particularly braided sheets are disclosed. Sheet material comprised of interlaced monofilaments is cold worked by the process of drawing the interlaced monofilaments over a forming edge with sufficient fo... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4939819 | Wraparound closure device A wraparound closure device which includes an axially compressible, radially expansible tube which is made from a fabric of engineered plastic. The tube may be braided on a circular or flat braider. If braided as a tube it is axially split to define a fir... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4929478 | Protective fabric sleeves Sleeves formed of fabrics comprised wholly or in part from engineered plastic materials which are settable by heat to be biased to a specific sleeve geometry are disclosed. One form of sleeve illustrated involves heat-setting plastic material to a helical... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4891256 | Wraparound closure device and a method of making same Disclosed herein is a wraparound closure device which includes an axially compressible, radially expansible tubular member which is made from a fabric of engineering plastic. The member is axially split to define a first and a second mating edge. Fastenin... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4870887 | Braided sleeve a braided sleeve is formed from a tow of flexible filaments such as glass fibers and a rigid filament such as a stainless steel wire. The rigid filament reduces the tendency of a braided sleeve to fray at its ends, and can cause the end portions of the sl... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4862922 | Abrasion resistant sleeve for flat substrates An abrasion resistant sleeve for flat substrates, for example ribbon cable and the like, which includes a hollow flexible sleeve made from a fabric of engineering plastic that has been flattened to define two edges, each of which has a top and a bottom la... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4836080 | Vibration abrasive resistant fabric covering Disclosed herein are woven, knitted or braided fabric coverings having an increased abrasive resistance under vibrating conditions which are suitable for hoses, wires, tubes, harnessing, etc. where vibration under abrasive conditions causes rapid wearing ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4822060 | Woven tubular gasket with continuous integral attachment means This invention provides a woven tubular gasket having a continuous integral attachment means which is contained within the woven tubular members and which has protrusions which extend through or are extendable through the walls of the woven tubular member... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4784886 | Wrap-around sleeve A wrap-around sleeve, for enclosing and protecting an object such as a wire bundle, comprises a plain weft-knitted sheet formed from a filament having an elastic modulus such that the sheet has a sufficiently high transverse curl force (which is the force... | 11/15/1988 |
