Electric cable shield

Abstract From the Canadian patent

This invention provides a wraparound tubular article for EMI/RFI shielding of electrical conductors and cables which comprises a fabric sheet which may be woven braided, or warp knitted and which has two opposing edges which are held together in the wraparound configuration by a zipper. The fabric sheet and zipper closure are nonconductive materials which have been coated or plated with a conductive metal, thereby providing electrical shielding which is of substantially uniform effectiveness around the circumference of the wraparound tubular article when the zipper closure is closed. The preferred fabric sheet is a woven nylon fabric. The preferred zipper material is nylon and the preferred …