Patent ID: 9481156
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B29C,B32B,E21B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A mounting method for attaching a covering member to an inner wall of a cylindrical tube, the covering member having a first sheet and a laminated sheet assembly, the method comprising: causing the first sheet to memorize a shape of curvature having a predetermined radius of curvature by curing a first resin while holding the first sheet with the predetermined radius of curvature, the first sheet being impregnated with the first resin; wrapping the first sheet around a radially expandable cylindrical packer and tentatively fastening the first sheet to the packer, wherein the first sheet memorizes the shape of curvature and the packer has a radius that is smaller than the predetermined radius of curvature; forming a laminated sheet assembly by attaching a plurality of sheets to each other with a second resin; forming the covering member by wrapping the laminated sheet assembly around an outer surface of the first sheet via a third resin and tentatively fastening the laminated sheet assembly, the first sheet being wrapped around the packer; applying a fourth resin to an outer surface of the laminated sheet assembly of the covering member; inserting the packer into a cylindrical tube having a radius that is smaller than the predetermined radius of curvature and that is larger than a radius of an outer surface of the fourth resin; radially expanding the packer in the cylindrical tube to release the tentative fastening of the first sheet and the laminated sheet assembly, thereby pressing the covering member against the inner wall of the cylindrical tube via the fourth resin; pulling out the packer from the cylindrical tube; and curing the second, third, and fourth resins to attach the covering member to the inner wall of the cylindrical tube.