Claims
- 1. A heat-recoverable soldering device comprises:
- (a) a hollow heat-recoverable tubular article having an open end and containing a solder insert for forming a solder connection between a plurality of elongate bodies inserted through said open end; and
- (b) a curable, polymer adhesive insert positioned between said solder insert and said open end, said adhesive comprising
- (1) about 30 to about 80% by weight of a thermoplastic fluoropolymer;
- (2) about 5 to about 40% by weight of an elastomeric fluoropolymer;
- (3) about 5 to about 25% by weight of a thermoplastic ethylene copolymer comprising at least 50 mole % of units derived from ethylene and at least 5 mole % of units derived from at least one unsaturated comonomer containing at least one polar group;
- (4) about 1 to about 10% by weight of a crosslinking agent component; and
- (5) 0 to about 20% by weight of a tackifier; all percentages by weight being based on the total weight of the five components (1) through (5);
- wherein during heat recovery of said article, said solder melts and forms said connection, and said adhesive melts and flows to fill any voids between said elongate bodies and the recovered article, and cures such that flow of the adhesive into the solder connection or through the open end of the articles is inhibited; said cured adhesive environmentally sealing said open end when the article has recovered.
- 2. A heat-recoverable soldering device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the adhesive melts and increases in viscosity by at least about 1.5 times during installation of the device.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/443,094 filed Nov. 27, 1989, now abandoned, and which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 288,335, filed Dec. 21, 1988, now abandoned.
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