Method and apparatus for forming mineral wool products

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR FORMING A MINERAL WOOL PRODUCT HAVING GLASS FIBERS IN INTIMATE AND COMINGLED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MINERAL WOOL FIBERS THEREIN COMPRISING: (A) MEANS DEFINING A COLLECTION CHAMBER, (B) MEANS ADJACENT SAID COLLECTION CHAMBER FOR CONVERTING A STREAM OF MOLTEN RAW MATERIAL INTO MINERAL WOOL FIBERS. (C) MEANS FOR TRANSFERING SAID MINERAL WOOL FIBERS INTO SAID COLLECTION CHAMBER, (D) AT LEAST ONE OPEN-ENDED TUBE ADJACENT SAID COLLECTION CHAMBER AND HAVING ONE END THEREOF OPENING INTO SAID COLLECTION CHAMBER. (E) MEANS ADJACENT THE OTHER END OF SAID TUBE FOR ATTENUATING GLASS FIBUMENTS INTO GLASS FIBERS, (F) SAID GLASS FIBERS FLOWING IN A FIBER STREAM THROUGH SAID TUBE AND INTO SAID COLLECTION CHAMBER, AND (G) MEANS FOR INTERMIXING AND COLLECTING SAID MINERAL WOOL AND GLASS FIBERS.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF IMPROVING FELTED MINERAL WOOD PRODUCTS COMPRISING IMPROVING THEIR RESILIENCY AND REGAIN FROM COMPRESSION, SAID METHOD COMPRISING: (A) PRODUCING MINERAL WOOL FIBER FROM A SOURCE OF MOLTEN MINERAL MATERIAL AND FORMING AN AERIFORM SUSPENSION OF THE FIBER WITH AN AIR CURRENT CARRYING THE AIR SUSPENDED MINERAL FIBER TO A COLLECTION MEANS;