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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick Hetzel, Brookpark, OH (US);
William G McCracken, Jr, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338 20 ; 338296 ; 338301 ;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a reinforced strip of insulative material comprising the steps of extruding a thermoplastic insulative material in the shape of a tube or spaced apart strips about a plurality of separated and substantially parallel reinforcing strands positioned within said tube or strips and compressing and cooling the tube or strips to form a flattened single strip having opposed flattened sides with the reinforcing strands firmly secured therebetween is disclosed. A reinforced support for a ballast resistor manufactured in accordance with the described method is also disclosed.