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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:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2003
Applicant:
Mark C. Caron, Bath, ME (US);
Inventor:
Mark C. Caron, Bath, ME (US);
Assignee:
Saint- Gobain Technical Fabrics Canada, LTD, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Reusable vacuum bags are provided which include a fabric layer containing reinforcement fibers and a release surface disposed on at least the first side of the fabric layer. The vacuum bag is capable of withstanding multiple mold cycles of the vacuum of less than ambient pressure without significant leakage. In addition, the described vacuum bag can be used in resin transfer molding and standard bagging operations with commercial benefit.