Abstract An improved process for manufacturing plastic coated wire which comprises heating the wire to be coated to an elevated temperature, passing the heated wire through an extrusion zone maintained at an elevated temperature and pressure in which a polyester plastic in molten condition is coated on the heated wire, and cooling the plastic coated wire at a rate sufficient to maintain the plastic primarily in the amorphous state. In a preferred embodiment, a steel wire is coated with polyethylene terephthalate in which the coating is at least 95% amorphous and 0.1 to 0.3 mm in thickness. An improved wire product is produced which may be advantageously utlized for the manufacture of barbed wire, wire mesh, wire netting, wire fences and the like.
AS A ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURING A MECHANICALLY PROCESSED WIRE PRODUCT COMPRISING BARBED WIRE, WIRE FENCE, WIRE MESH, WIRE NETTING OR THE LIKE, MANUFACTURED FROM A STEEL WIRE COATED WITH A COATING OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE WHEREIN SAID POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE COATING IS AT LEAST 95% AMORPHOUS AND HAS A THICKNESS RANGING FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO 0.3 MM. AND WHEREIN SAID STEEL WIRE HAS A DIAMETER GREATER THAN ABOUT 1 MM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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AS A ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURING A MECHANICALLY PROCESSED WIRE PRODUCT COMPRISING BARBED WIRE, WIRE FENCE, WIRE MESH, WIRE NETTING OR THE LIKE, MANUFACTURED FROM A STEEL WIRE COATED WITH A COATING OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE WHEREIN SAID POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE COATING IS AT LEAST 95% AMORPHOUS AND HAS A THICKNESS RANGING FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO 0.3 MM. AND WHEREIN SAID STEEL WIRE HAS A DIAMETER GREATER THAN ABOUT 1 MM.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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An article of manufacturing according to claim 1 wherein said coating is at least 98% amorphous.