Patent ID: 6270083
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: F16J,Y10T

Abstract:
A packing yarn, comprising:at least two bands each having a width of at most 5 mm, said bands formed of a laminate, and said bands joined to one another by a yarn manufacturing method;said laminate formed of two mutually joined layers of alternately disposed laminar materials;said layers including a top layer and a bottom layer with outer flat sides; andsaid layers including at least one first layer of flexible graphite having a thickness of at most 1 mm and a bulk density in the region of 0.7 to 1.8 g/cm.sup.3, and at least one second layer of a reinforcing agent formed of a plastic foil having a tensile strength of at least 25 MPa and an elastic modulus of at least 0.4 GPa.