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Fire protective tape
Assignee: QUELCOR Inc A CORP OF
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Filing: 1981-11-02
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Granted: 1983-10-25
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Expires: 2001-11-02
Abstract
Abstract A fire protective tape using a halogen-free mastic coating on a fabric support is provided, the essential components of the mastic being solids including a low fusing ceramic frit, hydrated solids having chemically bonded water which is released as a fire protective water vapor when heated, solids which expand or intumesce during the same heat application to form a porous, expanded or foamy insulating body, solids which have a fire break effect, such as antimony oxide and zinc tetraborate, and binder solids which are thermoplastic resins and serve to bind the solids into a flexible coating when applied, the binder solids being dispersed as an emulsion in water and mixed with the other solids to form a mastic. With further addition of water the mastic is converted to a selected viscosity for application by troweling, coatingor spraying. The mastic is applied as a coating upon the sheet-like carrier, which may be wound as a tape upon single or grouped electric power and control cables to restrict fire propagation and to prevent self ignition of cables from fires due to overloading or other electrical faults, or from oil, waste or trash fire sources, thereby minimizing the danger of self ignition of gases or combustible materials such as other cable jacketing, insulation or other flammable materials.
Inventors
- 👤 J. Watson Pedlow
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 01:19
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D5/00; C09D5/34; C09D5/18; C09D5/185; H; H02; H02G; H02G3/00; H02G3/02; H02G3/04; H02G3/0406; H02G3/0412; H02G3/22; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24967; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/252; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31826; Y10T428/31833; Y10T428/31855; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/20; Y10T442/2631; Y10T442/2648
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
242 words
An electrical arc and fire protective tape for disposition about electrical equipment, cables, cable splices, appurtenant equipment or the like, comprising a resinous mixture coated as a wet mastic mixture and dried upon a fabric base or plastic sheet or film substrate, said mastic comprising an essentially halogen-free mixture of solids and thermoplastic binder resins dispersed as an emulsion in water, said solids including heat intumescing and expanding substances in approximate quantity of 4 to 25% to expand the mastic to porous heat insulating foam, ceramic frits in approximate quantity of 5 to 40% to provide a ceramic glaze upon the surface of the dry expanded mastic when exposed to high temperatures developed by fire, hydrated substances in approximate quantity of 10 to 40% and having bonded water evolvable only by application of sufficient heat to decompose and evolve water vapors, .Iadd.fire protective solids of the character of antimony oxide and zinc borate in approximate quantity of about 2 to 15%, .Iaddend.and a resinous thermoplastic binder in approximate quantity of 5 to 40% to bind said solids to the form of a flexible film in coated form of the mastic, said binder being dispersed as an emulsion in water, there being sufficient water in the emulsion to convert said solids into a fluidized form for application as a coating upon said base or substrate, said percentages being by weight, the said solids quantity being based on the total solids of the composition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
242 words
An electrical arc and fire protective tape for disposition about electrical equipment, cables, cable splices, appurtenant equipment or the like, comprising a resinous mixture coated as a wet mastic mixture and dried upon a fabric base or plastic sheet or film substrate, said mastic comprising an essentially halogen-free mixture of solids and thermoplastic binder resins dispersed as an emulsion in water, said solids including heat intumescing and expanding substances in approximate quantity of 4 to 25% to expand the mastic to porous heat insulating foam, ceramic frits in approximate quantity of 5 to 40% to provide a ceramic glaze upon the surface of the dry expanded mastic when exposed to high temperatures developed by fire, hydrated substances in approximate quantity of 10 to 40% and having bonded water evolvable only by application of sufficient heat to decompose and evolve water vapors, .Iadd.fire protective solids of the character of antimony oxide and zinc borate in approximate quantity of about 2 to 15%, .Iaddend.and a resinous thermoplastic binder in approximate quantity of 5 to 40% to bind said solids to the form of a flexible film in coated form of the mastic, said binder being dispersed as an emulsion in water, there being sufficient water in the emulsion to convert said solids into a fluidized form for application as a coating upon said base or substrate, said percentages being by weight, the said solids quantity being based on the total solids of the composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The tape as defined in claim 1, said mastic further containing a small quantity, less than about 5% of organic fiber said composition further containing from about 1 to 10% of emulsifying agents, rust inhibitors, fungicides, viscosity controlling, thickening, and wet strength enhancing agents.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
109 words
The tape as defined in claim 1, wherein the binder resin solids are in the range of 20 to 30%, dispersed in water, being substantially 45 to 65% resin solids and 55 to 35% water, the low fusible solids are ceramic frits in quantity of 10 to 25%, the hydrated substances are hydrous oxides in the ranges of 15 to 30%, the intumescing and expanding substances are cenospheres in the range of 7-25%, said mastic further containing a small quantity of about 0.5 to 2.0% of organic fiber, and fire retardants antimony oxide and zinc tetraborate, each present in quantity of 4 to 10% and 5 to 10% respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The electrical arc and fire protective tape as defined in claim 1, wherein the fabric base is organic fiber in woven, knitted, netted or non-woven matted form.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electrical arc and fire protective tape as defined in claim 1, wherein the fabric base is polyester fiber in woven, knitted, netted or non-woven form.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The electrical arc and fire protective tape as defined in claim 1, wherein the fabric base is formed of carbonized acrylic fiber in woven, knitted, netted or matted form.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The electrical arc and fire protective tape as defined in claim 1, wherein substrate is a cellulose or polyester film such as cellophane or mylar in the thickness range of 0.001 to 0.005".
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electrical arc and fire protective tape as defined in claim 1, wherein the coating has a thickness in the range of 0.005 to 0.150 inches.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
The electrical arc and fire protective tape as defined in claim 1, wherein the heat intumescing substances are cenospheres. .[.10. The electrical arc and fire protective tape is defined in claim 1 further including about 2 to 15% of protective solids of the character of antimony
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
oxide and zinc borate..]. 11. The electrical arc and fire protective tape as defined in claim 1, wherein the fabric base is formed of inorganic
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
fiber in woven, knitted netted or matted form. 12. The electrical arc and fire protective tape as defined in claim 1, wherein the fabric base is formed of glass fiber in woven, knitted, netted or matted form.
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