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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161703 | Compressible insulation element with reduced friction A compressible mineral fiber insulation element (1) having a first major surface (3) opposed to a second major surface (4), and having side surfaces (5) connecting the two major surfaces (3, 4) and defining a thickness of the insul... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7805901 | Construction material and building The present invention provides a building to be constructed without any troublesome work. The building is a building comprising a construction material 12, which has a plane heat insulation material 14 in which a madreporic core material is encl... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7381456 | Fungi resistant faced insulation assembly and method A kraft paper sheet contains and/or is coated with a fungi growth-inhibiting agent that causes the kraft paper sheet to be fungi growth resistant. The kraft paper sheet alone or as part of a layered sheet material is used as a central field portion of facings for va... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7334375 | Evacuated panel for thermal insulation of a body having non-planar surfaces An evacuated panel is provided for thermal insulation of a body (3, 4) having non-planar surfaces, the panel having two main faces and comprising a flexible envelope (1), made of one or more barrier sheets, and a filling material formed of at least two... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7282252 | Faced insulation assembly and method The facing of a faced building insulation assembly includes a central field portion with a selected water vapor permeance rating that is bonded to an insulation layer to provide the faced building insulation assembly with a selected water vapor permeance rating. The... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278279 | Refrigerator A heat insulating box of a refrigerator includes a non-flammable heat-insulator particularly a vacuum heat-insulator made of a board-shape molded inorganic fiber. Therewith non-flammability of the heat insulator is ensured and a refrigerator box prevented from catch... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7252868 | Reinforced fibrous insulation product and method of reinforcing same An insulation product, and method of making the same, is provided comprising a mat containing randomly oriented fibers bonded by a binder, the mat having first and second major surfaces and a pair of side portions, and at least one flexible reinforcing layer bonded ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250205 | Backing sheet, and system and method of fabrication thereof A backing sheet, and a system and method of manufacturing a backing sheet with stapling tabs. The system includes a roller device configured to apply an adherent material to a first side of the backing sheet continuously fed from a feed roll. The sheet is then fed t... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7222645 | Duct insulation having condensate wicking An insulated duct-wrap insulating product for an air duct that incorporates a wicking media to transport condensed water on the duct surface to be evaporated into the atmosphere. A wicking fabric, or fibrous media, incorporated as part of the insulating duct wrap is... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7140397 | Duct insulation having condensate wicking An insulated duct-wrap insulating product for an air duct that incorporates a wicking media to transport condensed water on the duct surface to be evaporated into the atmosphere. A wicking fabric, or fibrous media, incorporated as part of the insulating duct wrap is... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137596 | Aircraft surface ice inhibitor A surface treatment 10 for application to an aircraft wing surface 12 is provided, including at least one reflective metallic film 22 bonded at least one hollow cell structure 24 to provide a thermal barrier that inhibits non-environmenta... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134254 | Skylight fall protection safety panel and method of making A skylight fall protection safety panel formed from a single sheet of metal having a predetermined surface area A1 and a plurality of apertures are punched out of at least one central perimeter surface area A3. A2 is as great as or greater than ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7026056 | Multicompartment structure for insulation and other materials A structure for encapsulating and protecting fiber insulation material as well as other materials in multicompartment devices in order to provide unitized material which can be applied to any surface desired for insulation or other purposes. A first sheet of materia... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7001005 | Domestic refrigerator with improved thermal insulation A domestic refrigerator or freezer has a food storage compartment delimited by insulated walls and by one or more access doors to the compartment. One or more walls or doors are provided with a metallic film, preferably a metallised polymeric film, capable of enhanc... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6902788 | Insulation fiber based heat-insulating structure The present invention provides a heat-insulating structure using a fluff-like heat-insulating material such as cellulose insulation fibers, capable of allowing convenient handling and preventing a so-called settling-down phenomenon in which the top of the heat-insul... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901711 | Facing and faced building insulation The facing of a faced insulation layer has Z-folded, double-folded, or single-folded lateral tabs extending the length of the facing sheet along or spaced inwardly from lateral edges of the facing sheet. Each lateral tab has multiple segments. One of the segments of... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6898918 | Honeycomb rivet The invention provides a rivet and method of installing the rivet to attach honeycomb material to other materials. The rivet is installed by drilling a hole through the materials. A back side sleeve of the rivet is inserted through one end of the hole while a front ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6863949 | Foil-enveloped evacuated thermal insulation elements The invention relates, on the one hand, to a prismatic, especially panel-formed thermal insulation element which is enveloped in a gas-tight foil and evacuated, whereby a stable core pre-formed from a porous material is completely enveloped in a single cut sheet of ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6782669 | Furnace lining A lining (10) for a furnace the lining (10) having insulating material (12) attached to an inside wall (11) of the furnace, the insulating material (12) in use having a hot face (20) which faces inwardly of the furnace, and ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6739104 | Vacuum heat-insulating block The present invention provides a vacuum heat-insulating block including a honeycomb core, wherein the block structure prevents the honeycomb core having a low bulk specific gravity from collapsing by atmospheric pressure, the block attaining flexibility and sound ab... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6718716 | Thermal insulation pad The thermal insulation pad has a compressible insulation strip, a top flexible cover and a bottom flexible cover. A stapling flange and a flashing flange extend widthwise from the top and bottom cover strips respectively along a first side of the insulation strip an... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6645598 | Cell insulation blanket with phase change material, and method of making Heat insulation blanket (10) includes a layer of inner cells (16) containing a phase change material, and opposed outer cells (18 and 19) containing dead air or other undisturbed gas. When placed in an attic or other insulated area, the phase change mater... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6579586 | Encapsulated insulation batt assembly A fibrous insulation batt is encapsulated within an envelope to form an encapsulated insulation batt assembly. The envelope has pressure sensitive adhesive on lateral flanges or surfaces of the envelope for securing the encapsulated insulation batt assemb... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6562173 | Method and apparatus for forming textile pad for laminate floor underlayment A method and apparatus are provided for forming textile pads from a textile batt. The method includes the steps of splitting an incoming single textile batt and forming partial thickness textile batts, applying an adhesive to outer surfaces of the partial... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6494012 | Acoustical composite steel member This composite building stud combines two metal shapes, inner and outer, with an insulating material to form a composite structural member having excellent acoustical properties. The stud also has an insulating valve (R-value) greater than a similar metal... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6484463 | Pre-cut fibrous insulation batt and method of making the batt A resilient pre-cut fibrous insulation blanket includes first and second insulation blankets. The blankets each have a first major surface with one or more longitudinally extending cuts in the surface that are spaced inwardly from lateral edges of the sur... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6335074 | Low warpage insulated panel design A thermal insulation panel exhibits little or no warping due to temperature differences between different portions of the panel. The panel comprises insulation material and an envelope for encapsulating the insulation material. The envelope comprises a ba... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6256956 | Moisture and air resistant wrap for windows, doors and sliders and method of using same A moisture and air tight barrier for windows, doors and sliders having improved installation and sealing characteristics, comprising a moisture and air tight wrap comprising a capsule portion and flange portion; and insulating material encapsulated in the... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6226943 | Wall system and insulation panel therefor An insulating polymer foam sheet having two major sides and at least one groove in at least one of said sides. At least a portion of the foam sheet adjacent to the groove is compressible and resilient, and has a length and height the same as the adjacent ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6221464 | Flanged insulation assembly and method of making An insulation assembly includes an elongated batt of fibrous insulation material having two opposed major surfaces, where the batt has a first facing secured on its first major surface. The first facing extends beyond the side edges of the batt to form op... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6185895 | Ventilating radiant barrier A ventilating radiant barrier for reducing the solar or thermal load into a home through a rood while also providing ventilation beneath the exterior of the roof to protect the roof from moisture damage. The ventilating radiant barrier includes a panel ha... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6164030 | Fixed vacuum insulation panel An apparatus is described which consists of a rigid plate and a vacuum insulation panel, in which the vacuum insulation panel is fixed to the rigid plate by a polyurethane foam applied as a liquid reaction mixture, wherein the vacuum insulation panel cont... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6158190 | Insulated composite steel member This composite building stud combines two metal shapes, inner and outer, with an insulating material to form a composite structural member having an insulating valve (R-value) greater than a similar metal member normally used as a stud in a residential st... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6128884 | Universal insulation product and method for installing An insulation product includes an elongated comformable body of fibrous insulation having front and rear major surfaces and two elongated side surfaces. A facing is adhered to the front major surface of the conformable body, the facing having sufficient t... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6125608 | Composite insulated framing members and envelope extension system for buildings An insulated framing system for providing improved thermal insulation in a building such as a home includes structural supports such as dimensional lumber studs or metal studs having a rigid insulator attached along at least one edge thereof. The resultin... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125601 | Rollable fire-rated expansion joint A rollable fire-rated expansion joint comprising at least two heat resistant surfaces, at least two screens, each screen coupling together the at least two heat resistant surfaces, the coupled surfaces and screens defining the circumference of at least on... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6119424 | Insulating material A method of providing insulation between joists 31, 32 during building comprises unrolling a batt of mineral fibre which has, at least at its longitudinal edges, top 35, 45 and bottom 33, 43 layers. The bottom layer 33, 43 can be compressed to fit between... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6120873 | Conformable insulation assembly A conformable insulation assembly is provided and includes a mineral fiber batt of a binderless fibrous material of substantially long fibers having low dimensional stability. The insulation assembly is capable of conforming and expanding its shape to an ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6083603 | Flanged insulation assembly and method of making An insulation assembly includes an elongated batt of fibrous insulation material having two opposed major surfaces, where the batt has a first facing secured on its first major surface. The first facing extends beyond the side edges of the batt to form op... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6063471 | Heat insulating bodies A heat-insulating body comprises a) a porous pressed molded part having a bulk density of from 50 to 350 kg/m3, preferably of from 100 to 250 kg/M3, which has been obtained by comminution of plastics foam to powder or flakes, and binding ... | 05/16/2000 |
