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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Henri Bigot, Creteil, FR;
Bruno Garin, Sainte-Genevieve des Bois, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a tool for sheathing a bundle of elongate elements by wrapping said bundle in a flexible adhesive tape which is wrapped transversely to its long direction about the bundle and which has longitudinal margins that are united by adhesive, the tool comprising a shaping member for shaping the tape, which member comprises a sleeve of substantially circular cross-section that possesses a sloping end portion forming a deflector edge, and remote from the point where the tape reaches it, a longitudinal slot through which the longitudinal margins of the tape pass, the sleeve having at least one longitudinal hinge to enable it to be opened and to enable the tape to be put into place therein.