EP0168774A2
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Composite rope and manufacture thereof
Assignee: Teijin Ltd
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Filing: 1985-07-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-07-11
Abstract
Abstract 57 A composite rope obtained by a process comprising (1) impregnating a fiber core of a reinforcing fiber bundle with a thermosetting resin, (2) coating the outer periphery of the resin-impregnated fiber core with fibers, and (3) curing the thermosetting resin with heat.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Honda
- 👤 Tadaaki Sawafuji
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 18:48
CPC Classifications
D; D07; D07B; D07B1/00; D07B1/16; D07B1/165; D07B1/02; D07B1/025; D07B2201/00; D07B2201/10; D07B2201/1012; D07B2201/1014; D07B2201/104; D07B2201/1096; D07B2201/20; D07B2201/2083; D07B2201/209; D07B2205/00; D07B2205/20; D07B2205/2046; D07B2205/205; D07B2205/30; D07B2205/3003; D07B2205/3007; D07B2205/3017
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
42 words
A composite rope obtained by a process comprising (1) impregnating a fiber core of a reinforcing fiber bundle with a thermosetting resin, (2) coating the outer periphery of the resin-impregnated fiber core with fibers, and (3) curing the thermosetting resin with heat.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
42 words
A composite rope obtained by a process comprising (1) impregnating a fiber core of a reinforcing fiber bundle with a thermosetting resin, (2) coating the outer periphery of the resin-impregnated fiber core with fibers, and (3) curing the thermosetting resin with heat.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the reinforcing fiber has a tensile strength of more than 100 kgf/mm 2 and an elongation of less than 10%.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the reinforcing fiber bundle comprises at least one of fibers selected from carbon aramide, glass and silicon carbide fibers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the fiber core comprises a strand, yarn, braided fiber or plaited fiber consisting of from about 200 to 24,000 filaments.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the diameter of the filaments is from 7 to 12 µm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the thermosetting resin is selected from the group consisting of unsaturated polyester, epoxy resin, polyurethane, polyimide, phenol resin and furan resin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the amount of thermosetting resin is from 10 to 80% based on the total weight of the resin-impregnated fiber coreo
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the fibers for coating have tensile strength of more than 50 kgf/mm 2 and a tensile elongation of less than 30%.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the fibers for coating is a strand of fiber, yarn of fiber, braided fiber or plaited fiber comprising from 10 to 24,000 filaments.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the diameter of the filaments of the fiber for coating from 6 to 20 pm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the fiber for coating is selected from the group consisting of polyamide, polyester, polyvinyl alcohol, carbon fiber, aramide fiber, and glass fiber.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the outer periphery of the fiber core is coated with the fibers for coating by the formation of braided structure of the fibers on the surface of the fiber core.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the fibers for coating are wound on the outer periphery of the fiber core.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the thickness of the fiber coating layer is from 0.1 to 1 mm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the rope consists of one fiber core coated with fibers.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the rope has more than two fiber cores coated with fibers.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composite rope as in claim 16 wherein the more than two fiber cores coated with fibers are twisted or plaited prior to curing the thermosetting resin.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composite rope as in claim 1 wherein the fibers for coating are bonded to each other by the resin.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process for making a composite rope comprising (11 impregnating a fiber core of a reinforcing fiber bundle with a thermosetting resin, then, (2) coating the outer periphery of the resin-impregnated fiber core with fibers, and (3) curing the thermosetting resin with heat.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process for making a composite rope comprising (11 impregnating a fiber core of a reinforcing fiber bundle with a thermosetting resin, then, (2) coating the outer periphery of the resin-impregnated fiber core with fibers, and (3) curing the thermosetting resin with heat.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
42 words
20, A process for making composite rope as in claim 19 wherein the surface of the fiber core impregnated with resin is treated with a powder to remove the tackiness of the resin and the fiber core is then coated with fibers.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process for making composite rope as in claim 19 wherein said powder is at least one selected from the group consisting of talc, powdered alumina, powdered silica, and powdered thermosetting resino
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process for making composite rope as in claim 19 wherein more than two fiber cores, the outer periphery of each of which is coated with fibers, are twisted or plaited, and the resin is then cured with heat.
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