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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5935879 | Non-woven fiber mat and method for forming same The present invention is a non-woven fiber mat suitable for reinforcing resilient sheet floor coverings, such as vinyl floor coverings. The non-woven fiber mat is in the form of a sheet of reinforcement fibers which at least includes semi-coiled fibers an... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5911385 | Tapered roller guide for apparatus for paying out an insulation support sheet An apparatus for providing a roof structure having a plurality of purlins spaced apart from one another in a parallel arrangement is disclosed. The apparatus includes a carriage which is movable in a downstream direction along the length of the purlins. T... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5900206 | Method of making a fibrous pack A method of making a fibrous pack includes centrifuging at least two sets of mineral fibers from molten mineral material using at least two rotary mineral fiber spinners that are arranged in a machine direction along a collection surface, directing each s... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5894773 | System for forming and cutting a mineral fiber tow A system is provided for forming a continuous mineral fiber wool tow and cutting the tow into discrete lengths. The system comprises a conveying apparatus for pulling a mineral fiber wool tow from a mineral fiber pack at a first location and transporting ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5885390 | Processing methods and products for irregularly shaped bicomponent glass fibers An irregularly shaped glass fiber is provided which enjoys improved resiliency, and openness in pack structures. Wool packs and other wool portions having such irregularly shaped fibers may be processed directly through needling to form a non-woven materi... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5884449 | Wind protection for apparatus for paying out an insulation support sheet A method for providing a roof structure of the type having a plurality of purlins spaced apart from one another in a parallel arrangement is disclosed. A first section of the roof structure, which includes purlins, a support sheet, insulation material, an... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5876529 | Method of forming a pack of organic and mineral fibers A method of forming an integrated pack of organic and mineral fibers includes centrifuging mineral fibers from molten mineral material using a mineral fiber spinner, directing the mineral fibers into a downwardly moving veil, generating an array of aligne... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875599 | Modular insulation panels and insulated structures An insulation panel has a modular thermal insulation vacuum panel and a frame structure secured to the outer periphery. An outer edge portion of the panel and frame assembly is provided with a profile and is adapted to mate with an edge of an adjacent the... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5871830 | Needled encapsulated fibrous product A fibrous product is produced by providing a collection of fibrous material, and encapsulating the fibrous material by covering the fibrous material with a film to form an encapsulated blanket of the fibrous material. The encapsulated blanket is then need... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5869407 | Fibrous insulation product having inorganic binders A fiber insulation product is provided which includes a fibrous material having a binder dispersed throughout. The binder comprises an inorganic material having thermoplastic properties. Preferably, the binder is a low-melting glass composition or a glass... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5868891 | Peel and stick insulation having a common carrier sheet An adhesive is applied to a material under compression such that the adhesive penetrates the material when the material is a porous material (e.g., a fiberglass batt). Upon release from being compressed, the material returns to nearly its original size an... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5862650 | Method for removing objects from a transportation or storage container A method of placing compressed insulation material into a container for subsequent removal includes selecting a group of packages of compressed insulation material to be put into the container, attaching a line to the group, where the line is attached sub... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5855353 | Vibration damping system A method of and apparatus for damping vibration such as sound in a vibration generating device such as an appliance. A constraining layer and an adhering layer are provided. The adhering layer including a viscosity enhancing material such as a cellulose f... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5846284 | Spinner with eyelets having multiple orifices A spinner for centrifuging mineral fibers from molten mineral material is disclosed. The spinner includes a generally annular peripheral wall, the peripheral wall having a plurality of apertures formed therethrough, and a plurality of eyelets mounted in t... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5832696 | Method and apparatus for packaging compressible insulation material A method of packaging compressible insulation material includes feeding insulation material into contact with a mandrel, rolling up the insulation material on the mandrel to form an insulation roll, applying pressure on the insulation material, during the... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5802779 | Vermin control method A termite shield according to the present invention provides a physical barrier between a foundation and a wooden building structure, a detection mechanism for detecting termite presence, and a chemical termiticide in the form of a bait block. The termite... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5795639 | Vacuum insulation panel having blended wool filler and method for manufacturing A vacuum insulation panel includes a blended wool media made up of fibers having at least two different average fiber diameters. The blended wool media includes small fibers which improve thermal performance of a vacuum insulation panel and large fibers w... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5791551 | Vacuum insulation vessels and methods of making same The present invention involves the use of a braze preform (28) for sealing and maintaining a vacuum in an insulation vessel (10). The braze preform (28) comprises particles of a braze material that are at least partially sintered together and at least sub... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5787677 | Garage door insulation system A garage door insulation system includes a garage door having a major surface, an insulation layer of mineral fiber insulating material having a major surface, and an asphalt layer positioned between the major surfaces of the garage door and the insulatio... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5786398 | Manufacture of insulating foams containing film forming additives This invention relates to insulating foams and to a process for producing the foams. Preferably, the foams are made from phenol formaldehyde resins. The blowing agents for making the foams include film forming coating material which coats the interior sur... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5786082 | Loose-fill insulation having irregularly shaped fibers A loose-fill insulation product having irregularly shaped glass fibers is provided. The loose-fill insulation product shows improved recovery, lower thermal conductivity and requires lower product densities than prior art loose-fill insulation at equivale... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5785996 | Fiber manufacturing spinner and fiberizer A fiber manufacturing apparatus including a spinner, mounted on one end of a rotatable shaft, and a source supplying two streams of at least one molten thermoplastic material to the spinner. The spinner includes a radial extension, a radial wall, and an o... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5779760 | Fiber manufacturing spinner A spinner is adapted to be fixed at one end of a rotatable shaft in a fiberizer, the spinner including a radial wall extending radially out from the shaft and having an upper surface, a dam separating the upper surface into an inner portion and an outer p... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5773143 | Activated carbon coated ceramic fibers Ceramic fibers having a coating of activated carbon thereon are disclosed. A process involving coating the ceramic fibers with a carbon source, carbonizing the fibers, and then activating the carbon makes the fibers. The preferred carbon source is asphalt... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5770309 | Hollow multi-component insulation fibers and the manufacturing of same A fiber insulation product comprising hollow fibers. Each hollow fiber may be composed of at least two different thermoplastic insulating materials, such as glasses, having differing coefficients of thermal expansion, with each of the hollow fibers being ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5756179 | Insulating modular panels incorporating vacuum insulation panels Improved insulating modular panels are manufactured to incorporate into each insulating modular panel at least one vacuum insulation panel. Vacuum insulation panels are conveyed seriatim toward a pultrusion die which ultimately produces the insulating mod... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755900 | Method of making multilayer insulation product A method of making a multilayered insulation product includes applying a retention layer to a first fibrous insulation layer, where the retention layer is porous to enable liquids to pass therethrough, applying a hardenable liquid to the retention layer, ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755851 | Direct forming method of collecting long wool fibers A method for collecting long glass fibers produces substantial lattice uniformity, eliminates the need for binder, and results in a generally rectangular wool pack which displays significant compressibility and recovery desired for commercial products. Ge... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5749254 | Air bearing assist in pneumatic forming of thin foil materials A method for pneumatic forming of foil workpieces includes the steps of positioning a foil workpiece between a first and a second forming element, the second forming element having at least one forming cavity, moving the first and second forming elements ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5743985 | Method of making an asphalt and fiber laminated insulation product A method of forming an insulation product includes heating a thermoplastic material to a softened condition, and applying the thermoplastic material to a blanket of fibrous insulation material to form a laminated insulation material comprising a layer of ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5743932 | Method of making an insulation product from hollow fibers A method of making an insulation product of hollow fibers whereby molten insulation material is centrifuged through a plurality of orifices and gas is directed into the molten insulation material through a plurality of gas conduits, wherein each gas condu... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5743157 | Method for making a strengthened spinner having integrally formed ribs A method of forming a spinner for centrifuging fibers from molten material is disclosed. A dispersion strengthened metal is warm worked at a temperature above the minimum warm working temperature and below the recrystallization temperature of the metal to... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5736475 | Mineral fiber product containing polymeric material A method for manufacturing a mineral fiber product includes establishing a stream of mineral fibers, directing polymeric fibers toward the stream of mineral fibers to cause intermingling of the polymeric material, and applying heat to the polymer fibers s... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5724780 | Metal building roof structure A metal building roof structure includes a plurality of purlins in a parallel arrangement in which the purlins have a generally vertical leg and a generally horizontal top leg. An insulation support sheet depends from the horizontal legs of adjacent purli... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5720147 | Method of insulating metal deck roof structures A method for providing a roof structure having a plurality of trusses spaced apart from one another in a parallel arrangement is disclosed. The trusses each have a top portion. A support sheet is payed out so that the support sheet depends from the top po... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5704191 | Low stress batt folder An apparatus for folding a fibrous insulation batt having a length and a width is disclosed. The batt has first and second sections, where each section is approximately one half the length of the batt. The apparatus comprises a lower conveyor for conveyin... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5702658 | Bicomponent polymer fibers made by rotary process In a method for making bicomponent polymer fibers, first and second molten polymers are supplied to a rotating spinner having an orificed peripheral wall. The molten polymers are centrifuged through the orifices as molten bicomponent polymer streams. The ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5693280 | Method of producing organic fibers from a rotary process A method for fiberizing organic material includes rotating a spinner having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that extends upwardly from the bottom wall and terminates in an upper end, wherein the spinner has a cavity defined by the bottom wall, the per... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5693117 | Radial rotary fiberizer A rotary fiberizer includes a spinner for centrifuging fibers from molten material along a path generally coplanar with the spinner, and a pair of opposed annular blowers positioned on opposite sides of the path of the centrifuged fibers, with the blowers... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5688302 | Centrifuging process for forming fibers The method for forming fibers by introducing molten material into a spinner having a peripheral wall having a plurality of orifices and centrifuging the molten material through the orifices to create fibers, discharging gases from an opening in a first an... | 11/18/1997 |
