US5009941A
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Tube or pipe formed a thermoplastic powder impregnated fiberglass roving
Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology Inc
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Filing: 1988-11-09
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Granted: 1991-04-23
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Expires: 2008-11-09
Abstract
Abstract A thermoplastic impregnated fiberglass pipe or tube and the process for making such pipe are disclosed. The pipe or tube is made of thermoplastic impregnated fibrous roving which consists of a plurality of glass filaments, at least a portion of the filaments' surfaces being in contact with the residue produced by evaporating water from an aqueous size composition consisting of an organosilane coupling agent, a polyethylene oxide binder material, and a polypropylene thermoplastic polymer resin, wherein the composition is applied to the glass fiber during the fiber forming process. The pipe forming process includes filament winding the rovings around a spindle and thereafter heating the wound rovings to fuse the thermoplastic polymer resin.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean-Claude Pollet
- 👤 Gary L. Williams
- 👤 Gordon P. Armstrong
- 👤 David G. Miller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:41
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C53/00; B29C53/80; B29C53/84; B29C53/845; C; C08; C08J; C08J5/00; C08J5/04; C08J5/06; C08J5/08; F; F16; F16L; F16L9/00; F16L9/12; F16L9/127; F16L9/128; C08J2323/00; C08J2323/02; C08J2323/10; C08J2323/12; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S138/00; Y10S138/02; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/1369; Y10T428/139; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2935; Y10T428/2936
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A pipe or tube formed from a yarn or strand consisting essentially of a plurality of glass filaments, at least a portion of the filaments' surfaces coated with a coating formed from the residue produced by evaporating water from an aqueous composition for the glass filaments comprising, in weight percent, an organosilane coupling agent in the range of about 0.05 to about 5.0%, by weight, a polyethylene oxide binder or film former material in the range of about 0.5 to about 5.0%, by weight, and a polypropylene thermoplastic polymer resin powder in the range of about 30-50%, by weight, and having an average particle size between about 5 to about 50 microns, the balance being water.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A pipe or tube formed from a yarn or strand consisting essentially of a plurality of glass filaments, at least a portion of the filaments' surfaces coated with a coating formed from the residue produced by evaporating water from an aqueous composition for the glass filaments comprising, in weight percent, an organosilane coupling agent in the range of about 0.05 to about 5.0%, by weight, a polyethylene oxide binder or film former material in the range of about 0.5 to about 5.0%, by weight, and a polypropylene thermoplastic polymer resin powder in the range of about 30-50%, by weight, and having an average particle size between about 5 to about 50 microns, the balance being water.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The pipe of claim 1, in which the organosilane is gamma-aminopropyltriethoxysilane.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The pipe of claim 1 were in the thermoplastic polymer resin is present in average particle size between about 10 to about 30 microns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The pipe of claim 1 in which the composition consists of, in weight percent of the following: polyethylene oxide--1.2 wt. percent; gamma aminopropyltriethoxysilane--0.2 wt. percent; and water--about 58-60 wt. percent.
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