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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoshi Shukushima, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Kishimoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; C08J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
138140 ; 521 87 ; 428332 ;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a heat-shrinkable foam tube, wherein a two-layer tube, having a foaming agent outer layer and non-foaming inner layer, is extruded and heated simultaneously to activate the foaming agent. This process condenses the two steps of extruding and foaming into one step and results in a tube which can be manufactured to exact and consistent standards and be shrunk onto a pipe at a low temperature in a short period of time.