Abstract:
An insulative nonwoven battery cover and method of construction thereof is provided. The cover includes a plurality of nonwoven sections bonded together to form a desired structural configuration. The nonwoven sections are mats of heat-settable textile fibers and green materials including natural fibers, recycled materials and/or waste stream materials. The mats are formed having a bonded seam of the melted heat-settable textile fibers such that the cover is provided with a circumferentially continuous wall.
Abstract:
A tool for aligning a plurality of flexible elongate items is disclosed. The tool has first and second frame members positioned in spaced apart relation to one another. A plurality of cross pieces extends between the frame members. The cross pieces are in spaced relation to one another and define a plurality of openings for receiving the elongate items. The frame members are angularly adjustable relative to the elongate members about an axis parallel to one of the cross pieces so as to vary the apparent size of the openings to accommodate varying thickness of the elongate members. The tool guides the elongate members as they are fed from a supply so that they lie neatly atop one another as they are drawn through the openings.
Abstract:
A hand wrappable heat shield and method of construction thereof has outer and inner layers of metal embossed with peaks and valleys. An intermediate layer of insulation material is sandwiched between the outer and inner layers of metal. The peaks embossed in the outer layer are offset relative to the peaks embossed in the inner layer.
Abstract:
A tool for aligning a plurality of flexible elongate items is disclosed. The tool has first and second frame members positioned in spaced apart relation to one another. A plurality of cross pieces extends between the frame members. The cross pieces are in spaced relation to one another and define a plurality of openings for receiving the elongate items. The frame members are angularly adjustable relative to the elongate members about an axis parallel to one of the cross pieces so as to vary the apparent size of the openings to accommodate varying thickness of the elongate members. The tool guides the elongate members as they are fed from a supply so that they lie neatly atop one another as they are drawn through the openings.
Abstract:
A hand wrappable heat shield and method of construction thereof has outer and inner layers of metal embossed with peaks and valleys. An intermediate layer of insulation material is sandwiched between the outer and inner layers of metal. The peaks embossed in the outer layer are offset relative to the peaks embossed in the inner layer.
Abstract:
A heat shield (40) is disclosed having a first layer (42) with a reflective surface, a second, heat fusible layer (44), a third insulating and reinforcing layer (46), and a fourth layer formed of pressure sensitive adhesive (48). The edges of the layers align with one another to form a common perimeter to which heat and pressure are applied to fuse the heat fusible layer to the other layers and bond the layers to one another. The heat fusible layer forms a seal on the perimeter that prevents the diffusion of fluids between the layers.
Abstract:
A heat shield is disclosed having a first layer with a reflective surface, a second, heat fusible layer, a third insulating and reinforcing layer, and a fourth layer formed of pressure sensitive adhesive. The edges of the layers align with one another to form a common perimeter to which heat and pressure are applied to fuse the heat fusible layer to the other layers and bond the layers to one another. The heat fusible layer forms a seal on the perimeter that prevents the diffusion of fluids between the layers.
Abstract:
A textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced monofilament and/or multifilament yarns. Opposite edges of the wall extend along a central axis of the sleeve. The opposite edges are biased into a self-wrapping, overlapping relation with one another to bound a tubular cavity in an in-use first configuration. A plurality of elongate hinges formed with the interlaced yarns extend along the length of the sleeve in substantially parallel relation with the central axis, with the hinges separating relatively rigid, arcuate regions of the wall from one another. The hinges allow the arcuate regions to be moved from the expanded in-use tubular first configuration to a collapsed, second configuration nested with one another to allow significantly increased numbers of the sleeves to be shipped and stowed in a significantly reduced volume of space.
Abstract:
A heat shield is disclosed having a first layer with a reflective surface, a second, heat fusible layer, a third insulating and reinforcing layer, and a fourth layer formed of pressure sensitive adhesive. The edges of the layers align with one another to form a common perimeter to which heat and pressure are applied to fuse the heat fusible layer to the other layers and bond the layers to one another. The heat fusible layer forms a seal on the perimeter that prevents the diffusion of fluids between the layers.