Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N—WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N3/00—Artificial leather, oilcloth or other material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof
  • D06N3/0002—Artificial leather, oilcloth or other material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof characterised by the substrate
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
  • H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
  • H02G3/02—Details
  • H02G3/04—Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
  • H02G3/0462—Tubings, i.e. having a closed section
  • H02G3/0481—Tubings, i.e. having a closed section with a circular cross-section
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N—WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N3/00—Artificial leather, oilcloth or other material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof
  • D06N3/007—Artificial leather, oilcloth or other material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof characterised by mechanical or physical treatments
  • D06N3/0081—Artificial leather, oilcloth or other material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof characterised by mechanical or physical treatments by wave energy or particle radiation
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L11/00—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes
  • F16L11/04—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes made of rubber or flexible plastics
  • F16L11/08—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes made of rubber or flexible plastics with reinforcements embedded in the wall
  • F16L11/085—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes made of rubber or flexible plastics with reinforcements embedded in the wall comprising one or more braided layers
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L11/00—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes
  • F16L11/04—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes made of rubber or flexible plastics
  • F16L11/08—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes made of rubber or flexible plastics with reinforcements embedded in the wall
  • F16L11/088—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes made of rubber or flexible plastics with reinforcements embedded in the wall comprising a combination of one or more layers of a helically wound cord or wire with one or more braided layers
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L11/00—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes
  • F16L11/04—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes made of rubber or flexible plastics
  • F16L11/12—Hoses, i.e. flexible pipes made of rubber or flexible plastics with arrangements for particular purposes, e.g. specially profiled, with protecting layer, heated, electrically conducting
  • F16L11/124—Distinguishing marks for hoses
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
  • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
  • G09F3/0295—Labels or tickets for tubes, pipes and the like
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N—WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N2203/00—Macromolecular materials of the coating layers
  • D06N2203/06—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • D06N2203/066—Silicon polymers
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N—WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N2207/00—Treatments by energy or chemical effects
  • D06N2207/12—Treatments by energy or chemical effects by wave energy or particle radiation
  • D06N2207/123—Treatments by energy or chemical effects by wave energy or particle radiation using electromagnetic radiation, e.g. IR, UV, actinic light, laser, X-ray, gamma-ray, microwave, radio frequency
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N—WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N2209/00—Properties of the materials
  • D06N2209/08—Properties of the materials having optical properties
  • D06N2209/0807—Coloured

Definitions

• This invention relates generally to protective textile sleeves for providing protection to elongate members contained therein, and more particularly to textile sleeves having an elastomeric coating with indicator markings therein.
• Protective textile sleeves for providing protection to elongate members extending therethrough are known.
• Protective textile sleeves having a circumferentially continuous, closed wall or a wrappable wall with opposite lengthwise extending edges configured to be wrapped into overlapping relation with one another are also known.
• the aforementioned known sleeves have elastomeric coatings for added protection to the contents contained within the sleeves.
• a protective textile sleeve for providing protection to an elongate member contained therein and method of construction thereof.
• the sleeve has a wall formed of interlaced yam(s) and a coating of elastomeric material bonded to an outer surface of the wall.
• the coating has an indicia therein to provide a viewer viewing an outer surface of the coating with information, wherein the indicia extends radially inwardly into the outer surface of the coating to provide the indicia with depth so as to avoid being easily worn away. Accordingly, the sleeve can be shipped, stored and used without concern of the indicia being worn away.
• the indicia does not extend through an entire thickness of the coating so as to avoid exposing the underlying outer surface of the interlaced yam(s).
• the depth of the indicia is between about 25-75 percent of the thickness of the coating, thereby avoiding the wearing away of the indicia, while at the same time, avoiding unwanted exposure of the underlying yam(s) to prevent abrasion and damage from occurring to the yam(s).
• the depth of the indicia can be formed being greater than 50 percent of the thickness of the coating, thereby enhancing the ability to prevent the inadvertent wearing away of the indicia, with the depth not extending through the full thickness of the coating to avoid unwanted exposure of the underlying yam(s), thus, preventing abrasion and damage from occurring to the yam(s).
• the elastomeric material is a silicone-based material.
• the yam(s) can be interlaced via being woven, braided or knitted.
• a method of constructing a textile protective sleeve includes interlacing yam to form a wall having an inner surface and an outer surface extending between opposite ends. Further, bonding a coating of elastomeric material to the outer surface and forming an indicia extending inwardly into an outer surface of the coating to provide the indicia with depth so as to avoid being easily worn away.
• the method can further include forming the indicia so it does not extend through an entire thickness of the coating so as to avoid exposing the underlying outer surface of the interlaced yam(s).
• the method can further include the depth of the indicia to be between about 25-75 percent of the thickness of the coating, thereby avoiding the wearing away of the indicia, while at the same time, avoiding unwanted exposure of the underlying yam(s) to prevent abrasion and damage from occurring to the yam(s).
• the method can further include forming the depth of the indicia being greater than 50 percent of the thickness of the coating, thereby enhancing the ability to prevent the inadvertent wearing away of the indicia, with the depth not extending through the full thickness of the coating to avoid unwanted exposure of the underlying yam(s), thus, preventing abrasion and damage from occurring to the yam(s).
• the method can further include providing the elastomeric material as a silicone-based material.
• the method can further include interlacing the yam(s) via one of a weaving, braiding or knitting process.
• the method can further include forming the indicia with a laser.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a protective sleeve having a circumferentially continuous, seamless wall in accordance with one aspect of the disclosure shown fixed about an elongate member to be protected;
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of a protective sleeve having a wrappable wall in accordance with another aspect of the disclosure shown fixed about an elongate member to be protected;
• Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken generally along the line 3-3 of Figure 1.
• Figures 1 and 2 illustrate sleeves 10, 10’ having a circumferentially continuous, seamless wall 12 and a wrappable wall 12’, respectively, for routing and protecting an elongate member 14, such as a cable, wire harness, or tube, by way of example and without limitation.
• the elongate wrappable wall 12’ has opposite inner and outer free sides or side edges, also referred to simply as edges 16, 17, extending generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis 18, while both walls 12, 12’ extend between opposite open ends 19, 20; 19’, 20’, respectively.
• the opposite edges 16, 17 of the wrappable wall 12’ can be biased into overlapping relation with one another in "cigarette wrapped” fashion, such as via a heat-set formed in yams of the wall 12’, to fully enclose the elongate member(s) 14 within a central cavity C of the sleeve 10’.
• the walls 12, 12’ have an innermost face or surface, also referred to as inner surface 21, 21’ and an outermost face or surface, also referred to as outer surface 23, 23’, wherein the cavity C is defined and bounded by the innermost surface 21, 2 .
• the walls 12, 12’ are formed of interlaced yam(s) 25 (shown in separate partially broken away areas of FIGS.
• the yam(s) 25 can be woven, knit or braided, as shown, wherein it is to be understood that the illustrations shows the different mechanisms for interlacing the yam(s), however, only one is performed for any one sleeve), which can include monofilaments and/or multifilaments, and a coating 27 of elastomeric material bonded to an outer surface 29, 29’ of the walls 12, 12’.
• the coating 27 has an indicia 28, including any desired symbol(s), number(s), letter(s), and the like, therein to provide a viewer viewing an outer surface 30 of the coating 27 with information, wherein the indicia 28 extends radially inwardly into the outer surface 30 of the coating 27 toward the central longitudinal axis 18 to provide the indicia 28 with depth (d) so as to avoid being easily worn away. Accordingly, the sleeves 10, 10’ can be shipped, stored and used without concern of the indicia 28 being worn away.
• the indicia 28 does not extend through an entire thickness (t) of the coating 27 so as to avoid exposing the underlying outer surface 29, 29’ of the interlaced yam(s) 25. Accordingly, the depth d is less than the thickness t such that the yams 25 remain fully protected by the coating 27 over the entirety of the sleeve 10, 10’, including the region of the indicia 28, thereby avoiding exposure of the yam 25 to environmental elements (debris, thermal conditions.
• the depth d of the indicia 28 is between about 25-75 percent of the thickness t of the coating 27, and in accordance with a further aspect, to best ensure the indicia 28 is not worn away, the depth d of the indicia 28 is greater than 50 percent of the thickness t of the coating 27, but less than 75 percent of the thickness t to avoid unwanted exposure of the underlying yam(s) 25.
• the elastomeric material of the coating 27 can be provide as a silicone-based material, and the yam(s) 25 can be interlaced via being woven, braided or knited.
• a method of constructing a textile protective sleeve 10, 10’ includes interlacing yam(s) 25 to form a wall 12, 12’ having an inner surface 21, 2 and an outer surface 29, 29’ extending between opposite ends 19, 20; 19’, 20’. Further, bonding a coating 27 of elastomeric material to the entirety of the outer surface 29, 29’ and forming an indicia 28 extending radially inwardly into an outer surface 30 of the coating 27 to provide the indicia 28 with a depth (d) so as to avoid being easily worn away.
• the method can further include forming the indicia 28 so it does not extend through an entire thickness (t) of the coating 27, such that the depth d is less than the thickness t so as to avoid exposing the underlying outer surface 29, 29’ of the interlaced yam(s) 25.
• the method can further include providing the elastomeric material of the coating 27 as silicone or a silicone-based material.
• the method can further include interlacing the yam(s) 25 via one of a weaving, braiding or kniting process.
• the method can further include forming the indicia 28 with a laser.
• the wall 12, 12’ can be constructed having any suitable size, including length and diameter. If the wall 12’ is formed as a self-wrapping wall, at least some of the weft-wise, circumferentially extending yam(s) 25, whether multifilament and/or monofilament, can be provided as any suitable heat-setable polymeric material, such as polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) or polyethyleneterephthalate (PET), for example.
• PPS polyphenylene sulfide
• PET polyethyleneterephthalate

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