Method of manufacture of articles employing tubular braids and resin applicator used therein.

摘要

An electrical fuse includes a fuse casing having a tubular wall including multiple-filament reinforcing yarns that have been braided in the tubular shape of the wall and a synthetic resin bonding the yarns together and impregnating the yarns. A pair of terminals is secured to the ends of the fuse casing, and a fusible element located inside the casing and connected to the terminals. Also disclosed is an applicator for applying resin to fibres being braided in a tubular shape (e.g., in the manufacture of a fuse casing). The applicator has a wiping surface on which the fibres wipe as they travel to a mandrel on which they are braided. The wiping surface is defined by a surface of revolution around the mandrel. The applicator has a continuous orifice for supplying resin continuously around the wiping surface.