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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig Cheney, Lapeer, MI (US);
Frank L Mitchell, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
ITT Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
138137 ; 138140 ; 138141 ;
Abstract
An elongated fuel and vapor tube suitable for conveying fluids containing hydrocarbons having a first layer disposed radially innermost and having an inner surface capable of prolonged exposure to the hydrocarbon-containing fluid made up of a melt processible fluoroplastic terpolymer composed of a polyfluorinated alkylene, an .alpha.-fluoro-olefin and a fluorinated vinyl compound and a second layer bonded directly to the outwardly oriented face of the first layer. The second layer is composed of a resinous thermoplastic material which is preferably a polyamide such as Nylon 12, Nylon 11, Nylon 6 or Nylon 6.6.