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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth B Pithouse, Wiltshire, GB;
Assignee:
Raychem Limited, London, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
138110 ; 174D / ; 428 36 ; 428194 ; 428913 ;
Abstract
A wrap-around device for enclosing at least part of an elongate substrate such as a pipe comprises a dimensionally-recoverable cover, preferably a dimensionally heat-recoverable cover, having an adhesive closure arrangement comprising two closure portions which can be brought into abutment to form an adhesive bond but which, when pulled in a direction away from each other after the adhesive bond has been formed, will change in configuration to form a lap joint. The device according to the invention enables an adhesive wrap-around device to be installed about a substrate in a simple manner without the possibility of misalignment of the closure portions.