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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
John-Peter Ludwig Fuhr, Wilmington, DE (US);
Michele Marie Gentile, Newark, DE (US);
Ross Kennedy Hutter, West Grove, PA (US);
Michael Earl Kennedy, Elkton, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 357 ; 428 662 ; 428 664 ; 428 666 ; 428422 ; 277227 ; 277D / ; 526255 ; 285910 ;
Abstract
A creep resistant article is provided which is dimensioned from a stock material consisting essentially of a plurality of layers of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which has been densified. The expanded polytetrafluoroethylene exhibits remnants of a fibril and node structure. The article is resistant to creep at high temperatures and under high loads.