Resilient elastomeric electrical insulating tape

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A RESILIENT, ELASTOMERIC INSULATING TAPE FROM BIAS WOVEN GLASS FABRIC HAVING INTERWOVEN THREADS FORMED OF GLASS FILAMENTS COATED WITH A SIZE, WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING TO SAID GLASS FABRIC A THIN BINDER COATING IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO SET AND MAINTAIN THE INDIVIDUAL THREADS OF THE FABRIC IN A PREDETERMINED BIAS WEAVE CONFIGURATION, APPLYING A COATING OF ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE GEL TO AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE FABRIC, HEATING THE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE GEL TO CURE THE SAME TO AN ELASTOMER WHICH ADHERES TENACIOUSLY TO SAID FABRIC, AND THEREAFTER PLACING THE FABRIC UNDER TENSION OF FROM 5 POUNDS UP TO ABOUT 60 POUNDS PER INCH WIDTH OF THE FABRIC TO BREAK THE BINDER COATING THEREIN WITHOUT BREAKING THE COATING OF CURED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE WHEREBY THE INDIVIDUAL THREADS ARE RELEASED FROM THE PREDETERMINED SET CONFIGURATION ORIGINALLY MAINTAINED BY THE BINDER, AND CUTTING THE FABRIC INTO TAPES OF SUITABLE WIDTHS, THE COATING OF CURED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE ELASTOMER PERMITTING THE TAPES TO BE ALTERNATELY ELONGATED AND RELAXED AND SERVING TO BOND THE TAPE INTO A UNITARY WHOLE.