摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/GB92/00578 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 6, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 6, 1993 PCT Filed Apr. 1, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/17928 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 1992.A method of protecting a substrate, which comprises: (a) providing an article having a first portion that has means allowing that portion to be deformed from a larger cross-sectional size to a smaller cross-sectional size and maintained at that smaller size, and that comprises a heat-shrinkable material, (b) positioning the article such that a first portion encloses at least a part of the substrate, (c) deforming the first portion to the smaller cross-sectional size at which it corresponds closely to the part of the substrate, and (d) heat-shrinking the material to cause the first portion of the article to engage the substrate. |