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Acoustical surfaces

Assignee: Owens Corning
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Filing: 1960-08-01
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Granted: 1964-09-22
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Expires: 1980-08-01
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Fred C Keller
  • 👤 Ronald R Harris

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 11:07
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/62; E04B1/74; E04B1/82; E04B1/84; E04B1/86; E04B2001/8263; E04B2001/8457; E04B2001/8461; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24355; Y10T428/24372; Y10T428/2438

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 175 words
A SOUND-ABSORBING WALL STRUCTURE FOR A WALL, CEILING, OR THE LIKE, AND HAVING AN APPEARANCE SIMILAR TO THAT OF A TEXTURED PLASTERED SURFACE, SAID WALL STRUCTURE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY NON-PERVIOUS LAYER SUBSTANTIALLY PREVENTING FLOW OF AIR THERETHROUGH, A PLURALITY OF FIBROUS BOARDS, ADHESIVE ATTACHING SAID BOARDS TO SAID LAYER IN ABUTTING, COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP, SAID BOARDS HAVING APPARENT DENSITIES BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT AND TWELVE POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT, A PLURALITY OF SHEETS OF FIBROUS MAT OF LONG GLASS FILAMENTS BONDED TOGETHER BY A BINDER PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM 10 TO 25%, BY WEIGHT, A SECOND ADHESIVE ADHERING SAID SHEETS OF FIBROUS MAT TO SAID FIBROUS BOARDS IN SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP, WITH JOINTS OF SAID SHEETS BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE JOINTS OF SAID FIBROUS BOARDS, AND A COATING OF ACOUSTICAL PAINT ON THE EXPOSED SURFACES OF SAID SHEETS, SAID COATING OF PAINT BEING ON SAID SHEETS IN THE FORM OF SMALL GLOBULES WHICH LEAVE THE SURFACES OF SAID SHEETS POROUS AND PROVIDE A TEXTURED APPEARANCE FOR SAID WALL STRUCTURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 175 words
A SOUND-ABSORBING WALL STRUCTURE FOR A WALL, CEILING, OR THE LIKE, AND HAVING AN APPEARANCE SIMILAR TO THAT OF A TEXTURED PLASTERED SURFACE, SAID WALL STRUCTURE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY NON-PERVIOUS LAYER SUBSTANTIALLY PREVENTING FLOW OF AIR THERETHROUGH, A PLURALITY OF FIBROUS BOARDS, ADHESIVE ATTACHING SAID BOARDS TO SAID LAYER IN ABUTTING, COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP, SAID BOARDS HAVING APPARENT DENSITIES BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT AND TWELVE POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT, A PLURALITY OF SHEETS OF FIBROUS MAT OF LONG GLASS FILAMENTS BONDED TOGETHER BY A BINDER PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM 10 TO 25%, BY WEIGHT, A SECOND ADHESIVE ADHERING SAID SHEETS OF FIBROUS MAT TO SAID FIBROUS BOARDS IN SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP, WITH JOINTS OF SAID SHEETS BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE JOINTS OF SAID FIBROUS BOARDS, AND A COATING OF ACOUSTICAL PAINT ON THE EXPOSED SURFACES OF SAID SHEETS, SAID COATING OF PAINT BEING ON SAID SHEETS IN THE FORM OF SMALL GLOBULES WHICH LEAVE THE SURFACES OF SAID SHEETS POROUS AND PROVIDE A TEXTURED APPEARANCE FOR SAID WALL STRUCTURE.

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