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Electric and communications cables

CA 2074572 C · Owner: Roberts, David Geraint · Inventors: Roberts, David Geraint; Lloyd, Mark Stephen

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A cable comprising a core enclosed in an external sheath of a char-forming low-smoke-and-fume composition is characterised by a tape of flexible mineral material preferably a woven glass-fibre tape, wrapped round the core and by an adhesive bonding the tape to the sheath. Hot-melt adhesives based on ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers with tackifier resins are suitable. By bonding the sheath to the underlying tape, retention of the charred remains of the sheath under fire conditions is considerably improved with consequent improvements in flame retardance, smoke levels and fire survival.

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  • Filed July 23, 1992 and granted March 18, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 2012.
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FiledJuly 23, 1992
GrantedMarch 18, 1997
Term endedJuly 23, 2012
Patent numberCA 2074572 C
Classification (IPC)H01B11/00 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJuly 23, 1992Patent grantedMarch 18, 1997Term endedJuly 23, 2012

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