Protective textile sleeve with hot melt fixation, end fray prevention layer and methods of construction and application thereof

Abstract

A protective textile sleeve having enhanced end fray resistance and being adapted to be bonded to an elongate member extending therethrough, and method of construction thereof, are provided. The sleeve has a wall with a cavity bounded by an innermost surface extending between opposite open ends. A first material, including a hot melt adhesive material, facilitating bonding the wall to an outer surface of an elongate member extending therethrough, is bonded to the wall immediately adjacent the opposite ends, and a second material, facilitating prevention of end fray of the wall ends, including an elastomeric material is bonded to the wall immediately adjacent the opposite ends.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of constructing a textile protective sleeve, including:
 interlacing yarn to form a wall having a cavity bounded by an innermost surface extending between opposite open ends;   bonding a first material including a hot melt adhesive material to said wall immediately adjacent the opposite ends; and   bonding a second material including an elastomeric material to said wall immediately adjacent the opposite ends.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further including providing the first material and the second material as a mixture and bonding the mixture to the wall immediately adjacent the opposite ends. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  further including leaving an intermediate section of said wall extending between said opposite ends free of said first and second materials. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  further including forming the wall having opposite edges adapted to be wrapped in overlapping relation with one another. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  further including forming the wall having a circumferentially continuous, seamless wall. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2  further including braiding said wall. 
     
     
         7 . A method of fixing a textile sleeve to an elongate member extending through a cavity of the sleeve, wherein the textile sleeve is formed by a wall of interlaced yarn having an innermost surface extending between opposite open ends with a hot melt adhesive material applied to the innermost surface of the wall adjacent the opposite ends, comprising:
 extending the elongate member through the cavity; and   manually compressing the innermost surface of the wail into abutment with the elongate member with a heated member and causing the hot melt adhesive material to melt and bond with the elongate member.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7  further including compressing the wall with the heated member adjacent the opposite open ends of the wall. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  further including leaving an intermediate section of the wall extending between the opposite ends in unbonded relation with the elongate member. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7  further including applying an elastomeric material to the wall immediately adjacent the opposite ends. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  further including applying the hot melt adhesive material and the elastomeric material to the wall as a mixture.