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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1983
Kikuo Sumiyoshi, Fujisawa, JP;
Kingo Miyasaka, Ayase, JP;
Oiles Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sliding member is disclosed wherein a sheet-like heat resistant material comprising expanded graphite, mica, etc. singularly or in combination, and a reinforcing material comprising either a combination of a mesh made of metal fine wires with a mesh made by weaving or knitting metal fine wires and fluoroplastic yarns together, or a mesh made by weaving knitting metal fine wires and fluoroplastic yarns together are integrally shaped so that at least on the sliding surface the metal fine wires and the fluoroplastic yarns are exposed, both constituting the reinforcing material, and the heat resistant material held by the metal fine wires and filling the meshes of the mesh as well as the voids formed between the metal fine wires in a mutually intermingled state, exhibiting a smooth surface.