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(11) EP 0 331 455 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.09.1989 Bulletin 1989/36

(21) Application number: 89302022.2

(22) Date of filing: 01.03.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B05D 1/32, B05C 21/00, B24C 1/04, C23C 18/16, C25D 5/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR LI NL

(30) Priority: 03.03.1988 GB 8805053

(71) Applicant: BOWTHORPE-HELLERMANN LIMITED
Crawley West Sussex RH10 2RZ (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Stevens, Michael John
    Ivybridge Devon (GB)
  • Fitzsimmons, Paul William
    Beacon Park, Plymouth, Devon (GB)

(74) Representative: Gibson, Stewart Harry et al
URQUHART-DYKES & LORD, Three Trinity Court, 21-27 Newport Road
Cardiff CF2 1AA
Cardiff CF2 1AA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Mask and masking method


    (57) A tubular component 10, particularly a heat-­shrinkable tubular component, is masked over a selected area before surface-treatment of the other areas, by fitting a re-usable masking element e.g 12 to the component 10, the tubular component 10 and/or the masking element 12 resiliently deforming so as to be urged together over the selected area of the component 10.







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