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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B / ; C08J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 54 ; 264564 ; 264 459 ; 264232 ; 264320 ; 521134 ; 521140 ; 521149 ; 521150 ; 525211 ; 525222 ; 525227 ; 525240 ;
Abstract
A heat-shrinkable, tubular foam can be produced from a composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin-nonconjugated diene copolymer, 1 to 20 parts by weight of a foaming agent, 5 to 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin having a vicat softening point of 50.degree. to 200.degree. C., and up to 10 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent, by shaping the composition into a tube, crosslinking and foaming the tube and pressurizing the tube in the interior to inflate it. This heat-shrinkable, tubular foam is best suited for jacketing pipes, hoses, and the like.