Claims
- 1. A process for preparing a cylinder, which comprises:
- (a) unwinding a linear bamboo tape from a reel, which linear bamboo tape comprises a series of adhesively connected bamboo sections, each section being of a predetermined width and thickness, and wherein the tape is coated with a binder,
- (b) passing the tape through a resin bath containing a resin to coat the tape with the resin, and
- (c) applying the tape to an inner or outer surface of a predetermined material in cylindrical form to produce a layer of predetermined material and a layer comprising resin-coated bamboo tape.
- 2. The process of claim 1, wherein the binder is at least one member selected from the group consisting of maleated polypropylene, maleated polyethylene, maleic anhydride, hydroxyl methacrylate, silane compounds, N-vinyl pyridine, N-vinyl caprolactam, N-vinyl carbazole, methacrylic acid, ethyl methacrylate, isobutyl methacrylate, sodium styrene sulfonate, bis-vinyl phosphate, divinyl ether-ethylene glycol, vinyl acetate, vinyl toluene, vinylidene chloride, chloroprene, isoprene, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, isocetylvinyl ether, acrylonitrile, glycidyl methacrylate, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylic acid, ethyl acrylate, itaconic acid, methyl acrylate, sodium vinyl sulfonate, cetyl vinyl ether, divinyl etherbutanediol, and octadecyl vinyl acetate.
- 3. The process of claim 1, which comprises the additional step (d), which is:
- (d) applying a predetermined cosmetic outer surface to the layer comprising resin-coated bamboo tape.
- 4. The process of claim 1, wherein the predetermined material comprises a glass/resin composition in filament form wound around a mandrel.
- 5. The process of claim 3, wherein the cosmetic outer surface comprises a glass/resin composition.
- 6. The process of claim 3, wherein the cosmetic outer surface is applied by winding glass/resin fibers.
- 7. The process of claim 3, wherein the cosmetic outer surface is applied by spraying a resin coat.
- 8. The process of claim 1, wherein the linear bamboo tape is wound directly upon a liner which will form part of the cylinder.
- 9. The process of claim 3, wherein the cylindrical form is removed following step (d).
- 10. The process of claim 1, wherein the cylinder is a storage tank.
- 11. The process of claim 1, wherein the cylinder is a pipe.
- 12. The process of claim 1, wherein the binder is acrylic acid.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/714,420 filed Sep. 16, 1996, now abandoned.
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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46-40741 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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