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Process of making a cloth takeup mandrel
Assignee: Burlington Industries Inc
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Filing: 1984-04-23
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Granted: 1988-07-05
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Expires: 2004-04-23
Abstract
Abstract A cloth take-up mandrel is fabricated by cutting pipe of a thermoplastic polymeric material (e.g. PVC) to a desired length, heating the ends of the pipe to a temperature at which the polymeric material softens (as by insertion into a bath of glycerine), inserting end caps into the thus softened pipe ends (having a cross-sectional dimension greater than the dimension of the pipe), and cooling the ends with the end caps inserted therein. The invention avoids problems such as splintering associated with conventional wooden mandrels.
Inventors
- 👤 Curtis L. Lee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 18:51
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/56; B29C65/565; B29C65/66; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/53; B29C66/534; B29C66/5344; B29C66/61; B29C66/612; B29C66/70; B29C66/71; B65; B65H; B65H75/00; B65H75/02; B65H75/04; B65H75/08; B65H75/10; B65H75/18; B65H75/185; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/32; B29L2031/322; B29L2031/704; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S264/00; Y10S264/68; Y10S264/71; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49544; Y10T29/49547; Y10T29/49549; Y10T29/49552; Y10T29/49556; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49863; Y10T29/49865
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
A process for fabricating a cloth take-up roll, comprising the steps of: (a) heating the end of a pipe fabricated of a thermoplastic polymeric material to a temperature at which said polymeric material softens; (b) inserting an end cap into the thus softened end, said end cap having a cross-sectional dimension slightly greater than the inside diameter of said pipe; (c) cooling said pipe end; and (d) repeating said steps (a), (b), and (c) on the other end of said pipe.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
81 words
A process for fabricating a cloth take-up roll, comprising the steps of: (a) heating the end of a pipe fabricated of a thermoplastic polymeric material to a temperature at which said polymeric material softens; (b) inserting an end cap into the thus softened end, said end cap having a cross-sectional dimension slightly greater than the inside diameter of said pipe; (c) cooling said pipe end; and (d) repeating said steps (a), (b), and (c) on the other end of said pipe.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said thermoplastic material is polyvinyl chloride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said heating is effected by placing said pipe end in an organic liquid heated to a temperature above that necessary to soften said thermoplastic material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said organic liquid is glycerin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 4 wherein said thermoplastic material is polyvinyl chloride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said thermoplastic material is polyvinyl chloride.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as recited in claim 1 wherein each end cap has a polygonal shaped opening therein concentric with said pipe.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as recited in claim 7 comprising the further steps of inserting shafts in said end cap openings, and taking cloth up on said mandrel.
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