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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
William W. Barton, Greendale, WI (US);
Bruce C. Polzin, Greendale, WI (US);
Kenneth L. Shehow, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jaime Alvarez Garcia, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
Newell Operating Company, Freeport, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/102 ; B32B 3/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/102 ; B32B 3/104 ;
Abstract
The invention consists of bonding a strip of pile fabric to a plastic tube which is mounted over a mandrel, by an adhesive substance. The adhesive substance may take many forms, and heat derived from a multitude of heat sources, such as infra red, radio frequency, open flame, quartz, induction, ultrasonic or a plasma jet may be used to ensure a good bond between the plastic tube and the pile fabric.