Claims
- 1. A composite yarn comprising:
- a core comprising a longitudinal synthetic fiber strand, a longitudinal wire strand and a wire strand wrapped about said synthetic fiber strand of said core;
- a liquid adhesive coating positioned radially outwardly of said core and comprising a thermoplastic liquid component; and
- a primary core containment barrier positioned radially outwardly of said liquid adhesive coating and comprising a synthetic fiber strand wrapped about said liquid adhesive coating in a direction opposite to the direction of said wire strand of said core.
- 2. The composite yarn of claim 1 further comprising:
- an outer layer positioned radially outwardly of said primary core containment barrier and comprising a synthetic fiber strand wrapped about said primary core containment barrier in a direction opposite to the direction of said synthetic fiber strand of said primary core containment barrier.
- 3. The composite yarn of claim 2 wherein:
- said synthetic fiber strand of said core is extended chain polyethylene and said longitudinal wire strand and said wire strand wrapped about said synthetic fiber strand of said core are stainless steel;
- said thermoplastic liquid component of said liquid adhesive coating comprises polyurethane;
- said synthetic fiber strand of said primary core containment barrier is extended chain polyethylene; and
- said synthetic fiber strand of said outer layer is extended chain polyethylene.
- 4. The composite yarn of claim 3 wherein:
- said extended chain polyethylene fiber strand of said core has a denier of about 650 and said longitudinal stainless steel wire strand and said stainless steel wire strand wrapped about said extended chain polyethylene fiber strand of said core have a diameter of about 0.0045 inches;
- said thermoplastic liquid component of said liquid adhesive coating is polyester-based polyurethane with isocyanate crosslinker;
- said extended chain polyethylene fiber strand of said primary core containment barrier has a denier of about 650 and is wrapped about said liquid adhesive coating at about 9 turns per inch; and
- said extended chain polyethylene fiber strand of said outer layer has a denier of about 650 and is wrapped about said primary core containment barrier at about 9 turns per inch.
- 5. A composite yarn comprising:
- a core comprising a longitudinal synthetic fiber strand;
- a liquid adhesive coating positioned radially outwardly of said core and comprising a thermoplastic liquid component; and
- a primary core containment barrier positioned radially outwardly of said liquid adhesive coating and comprising a synthetic fiber strand wrapped about said liquid adhesive coating.
- 6. The composite yarn of claim 5 further comprising:
- an outer layer positioned radially outwardly of said primary core containment barrier and comprising a synthetic fiber strand wrapped about said primary core containment barrier in a direction opposite to the direction of said synthetic fiber strand of said primary core containment barrier.
- 7. The composite yarn of claim 6 wherein:
- said synthetic fiber strand of said core is extended chain polyethylene;
- said thermoplastic liquid component of said liquid adhesive coating comprises polyurethane;
- said synthetic fiber strand of said primary core containment barrier is extended chain polyethylene; and
- said synthetic fiber strand of said outer layer is extended chain polyethylene.
- 8. The composite yarn of claim 7 wherein:
- said extended chain polyethylene fiber strand of said core has a denier of about 650;
- said thermoplastic liquid component of said liquid adhesive coating is polyester-based polyurethane with isocyanate crosslinker containing about 30 percent by volume of silicon grit;
- said extended chain polyethylene fiber strand of said primary core containment barrier has a denier of about 650 and is wrapped about said liquid adhesive coating at about 10 turns per inch; and
- said extended chain polyethylene fiber strand of said outer layer has a denier of about 650 and is wrapped about said primary core containment barrier at about 10 turns per inch.
- 9. A composite yarn comprising:
- a core comprising at least one longitudinal thermoplastic fiber strand, a longitudinal wire strand and a wire strand wrapped about said at least one thermoplastic fiber strand of said core;
- a liquid adhesive coating positioned radially outwardly of said core and comprising a thermoplastic liquid component; and
- a primary core containment barrier positioned radially outwardly of said liquid adhesive coating and comprising a synthetic fiber strand wrapped about said liquid adhesive coating in a direction opposite to the direction of said wire strand wrapped about said thermoplastic fiber strand of said core.
- 10. The composite yarn of claim 9 further comprising
- an outer layer positioned radially outwardly of said primary core containment barrier and comprising a synthetic fiber strand wrapped about said primary core containment barrier in a direction opposite to the direction of said synthetic fiber strand of said primary core containment barrier.
- 11. The composite yarn of claim 10 wherein:
- said at least one thermoplastic fiber strand of said core is polyethylene and said longitudinal wire strand and said wire strand wrapped about said at least one thermoplastic fiber strand of said core are stainless steel;
- said thermoplastic liquid component of said liquid adhesive coating comprises polyurethane;
- said synthetic fiber strand of said primary core containment barrier is nylon; and
- said synthetic fiber strand of said outer layer is nylon.
- 12. The composite yarn of claim 11 wherein:
- said at least one polyethylene fiber strand of said core comprises a plurality of low density polyethylene fiber strands and said longitudinal stainless steel wire strand and said stainless steel wire strand wrapped about said plurality of low density polyethylene fiber strands of said core have a diameter of about 0.0045 inches;
- said thermoplastic liquid component of said liquid adhesive coating is polyester-based polyurethane with isocyanate crosslinker;
- said nylon fiber strand of said primary core containment barrier has a denier of about 840 and is wrapped about said liquid adhesive coating at about 8 turns per inch; and
- said nylon fiber strand of said outer layer has a denier of about 840 and is wrapped about said primary core containment barrier at about 8 turns per inch.
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/027,395 filed Mar. 8, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/981,282 filed Nov. 25, 1992, and now abandoned, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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