CPC D03D 1/0043 (2021.05) [D03D 3/02 (2013.01); D03D 15/00 (2013.01); D03D 15/283 (2021.01); D03D 15/292 (2021.01); D03D 15/47 (2021.01); D03D 15/587 (2021.01); H01B 7/0045 (2013.01); H01B 7/185 (2013.01); D10B 2401/04 (2013.01); D10B 2401/041 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. An end fray resistant textile sleeve for protecting elongate members, comprising:
an elongate wall having warp yarns woven with weft yarns, said warp yarns extending lengthwise in generally parallel relation to a longitudinal central axis between opposite ends and said weft yarns extending generally transversely to said warp yarns, said warp yarns including a plurality of activateable warp yarns and a plurality of non-activateable warp yarns, said activateable warp yarns being activateable by at least one of heat, fluid and/or pressure, wherein said activateable warp yarns are activated and bonded with adjacent ones of said non-activateable warp yarns and with said weft yarns, at least some of said activated warp yarns being arranged in side-by-side, abutting relation with one another to form a plurality of bundled activated warp yarns, each of said bundled activated warp yarns being spaced circumferentially from one another by at least some of said non-activateable warp yarns.
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