Pipes and tubular conduits – Distinct layers – With intermediate insulation layer
Patent
1998-01-16
1999-12-14
Kashnikow, Andres
Pipes and tubular conduits
Distinct layers
With intermediate insulation layer
138128, F16L 914, F16L 1112
Patent
active
060004371
ABSTRACT:
An acoustical and thermal energy insulating liner for gas transfer ducts, primarily in heating, ventilating and air conditioning applications is provided for installation within ducts having curvilinear cross section. The liner is made from a rectangular central block of insulating material such as foam or nonwoven web of glass fibers. A plurality of grooves running the full length of the block second major dimension and parallel thereto are cut through the front face of the block to a depth short of the block thickness. The front face is coated with an elastically deformable substance that forms a barrier layer adjacent the substrate insulating material. The barrier layer bridges the gaps of the grooves and thus contains the insulating material at the floor and side walls of the grooves internal to the central block.
The barrier layer can be formed after the grooves are cut by spreading across the front face of the central block a layer of foam. The foam is devolatilized to leave a thin, flexible, contiguous barrier layer coextensive with the front face.
In use, the liner is flexed about pivotal axes parallel to and between the grooves and the back face of the block. The flexed liner can form a tube with the coated front face exhibiting concave curvature in a plane perpendicular to the pivotal axes. The tube can be inserted into a gas transfer duct.
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Pacana David
Ponder Thomas E.
Ruid John O.
Certain Teed Corporation
Hwu Davis
Kashnikow Andres
Lew Jeffrey C.
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