Patent ID: 6385956
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
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 mutually joined, alternately disposed layers of at least two laminar materials; said layers including a top layer and a bottom layer with outer flat sides; and said 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/cm3, and at least one second layer of a reinforcing agent formed of metal foil selected from the group consisting of nickel, nickel alloys, iron, iron alloys, steel, stainless steel, copper, copper alloys, aluminum and aluminum alloys having a thickness in the region of 5 to 50 &mgr;m and a tensile strength of at least 250 MPa.