Coupling method for thermoplastic components
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1. METHOD FOR JOINING COMPONENTS OF THERMOPLASTIC RESINOUS MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING BETWEEN AND WITHIN THE ENGAGING SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID PLASTIC COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP IN COUPLED CONBINATION A HOLLOW ELEMENT CONTAINING AN EXOTHERMIC, AUTO-COMBUSTIBLE SUBSTANCE, SAID HOLLOW ELEMENT COMFORMING GENERALLY TO THE ENGAGING CONFIGURATIONS OF SAID COMPONENTS, IGNITING SAID EXOTHERMIC SUBSTANCE IN SAID ELEMENT TO GENERATE SUFFICIENT HEAT TO FUSE THE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL ADJACENT TO SAID ELEMENT ON THE ADJOINING SURFACES OF SAID COMPONENTS, INTERFUSING A CORRESPONDING PORTION OF THE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL ON THE ADJOINING SURFACES OF SAID COMPONENTS, INTERFUSING A CORRESPONDING EXOTHERMIC SUBSTANCE, AND WELDING SAID COMPONENTS TOGETHER BY COOLING THE INTERFUSED PORTION OF THE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL IN SAID ADJOINED COMPONENTS.
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1. METHOD FOR JOINING COMPONENTS OF THERMOPLASTIC RESINOUS MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING BETWEEN AND WITHIN THE ENGAGING SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID PLASTIC COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP IN COUPLED CONBINATION A HOLLOW ELEMENT CONTAINING AN EXOTHERMIC, AUTO-COMBUSTIBLE SUBSTANCE, SAID HOLLOW ELEMENT COMFORMING GENERALLY TO THE ENGAGING CONFIGURATIONS OF SAID COMPONENTS, IGNITING SAID EXOTHERMIC SUBSTANCE IN SAID ELEMENT TO GENERATE SUFFICIENT HEAT TO FUSE THE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL ADJACENT TO SAID ELEMENT ON THE ADJOINING SURFACES OF SAID COMPONENTS, INTERFUSING A CORRESPONDING PORTION OF THE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL ON THE ADJOINING SURFACES OF SAID COMPONENTS, INTERFUSING A CORRESPONDING EXOTHERMIC SUBSTANCE, AND WELDING SAID COMPONENTS TOGETHER BY COOLING THE INTERFUSED PORTION OF THE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL IN SAID ADJOINED COMPONENTS.
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