Insulation device for protection against heat

Claim 2

AN INSULATING DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LAYERS OF INSULATION MATERIAL, SAID LAYERS OF INSULATION MATERIAL COMPRISING A MINIMUM OF ONE LAYER OF MULTI AIR CELL NON COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL CONSISTING OF HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTRONIC NEEDED FIBERGLASS OR CERAMIC FIBER AND ONE LAYER OF HIGH TEMPERATURE ASBESTOS MILL BOARD WITH ANY ADDITIONAL LAYERS COMPRISING LAYERS OF SAID MULTI AIR CELL NON COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL AND ASBESTOS MILL BOARD CONFIGURED IN AN ALTERNATING SEQUENCE, SAID LAYERS OF SAID MULTI AIR CELL NON COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL AND SAID ASBESTOS MILL BOARD FURTHER CONFIGURED IN A VARIABLE NUMBER OF LAYERS AND THICKNESS PER LAYER TO PROVIDE INSULATION PROTECTION IN CONFORMANCE WITH A VARYING RANGE OF HIGH TEMPERATURES.

Claim 3

An insulating device as claimed by claim 1, said asbestos mill board comprising a density range of 70 through 95 pounds per cubic foot.

Claim 4

An insulating device as claimed by claim 1 comprising an inner insulation portion and an outer insulation portion, said inner insulation portion comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material of said inner insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of said multi air cell non combustible material and one layer of said asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and said asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, said outer insulation portion comprising a pluraliTy of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material for said outer insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of said multi air cell non combustible material and one layer of said asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and said asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence.

Claim 5

An insulating device as claimed by claim 3, said asbestos mill board comprising a density range of 70 through 95 pounds per cubic foot.

Claim 6

An insulating device as claimed by claim 1, said insulating device configured to circumscribe an element being insulated and being of sufficient circumferential length to enable one circumferential end portion of said insulating device to overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said insulating device covering said element, said overlap reducing heat penetration between the juncture of said end portions to said insulated element.

Claim 7

An insulating device as claimed by claim 3 said insulating device configured to circumscribe an element being insulated, said inner insulation portion configured to circumscribe said element and being of sufficient circumferential length to enable one circumferential end portion to overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said inner insulation portion covering said element, said outer insulation portion configured to circumscribe said inner insulation portion and being of sufficient circumferential length to enable one circumferential end portion to overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said outer insulation portion, said overlaps of said end portions of both said inner and outer insulation portions reducing heat penetration between said end portions of both said inner and outer insulation portions.

Claim 8

An insulating device as claimed by claim 3 said insulating device configured to circumscribe an element being insulated, said inner insulation portion comprising first layers of said asbestos mill board and said multi air cell non combustible material circumscribing said element being insulated with each of said layers having a circumferential length of a magnitude short enough to prevent the opposite circumferential end portions thereof from overlapping, said inner insulation portion further comprising second layers of said asbestos mill board and multi air cell non combustible material circumscribing said first layers of said inner insulation portion, said second layers being of sufficient circumferential length to enable one circumferential end portion to overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said second layers, said outer insulation portion configured to circumscribe said inner insulation portion, said outer insulation portion comprising first layers of said asbestos mill board and multi air cell non combustible material with each of said layers having a circumferential length of a magnitude short enough to prevent the opposite circumferential end portions thereof from overlapping, said outer insulation portion further comprising second layers of said asbestos mill board and multi air cell non combustible material circumscribing said first layers of said outer insulation portion, said second layers being of sufficient circumferential length to enable one circumferential end portion to overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said second layers of said outer insulation portion, said non overlapping end portions of said first layers of said inner and outer insulation portions in conjunction with said overlapping of said opposite circumferential end portions of said second layers of said inner and outer insulation portions reducing heat penetrating through said inner and outer insulation portions while limiting the bulkiness of said insulating device.

Claim 9

An insulating device as claimed by claim 7 said first layers of said inner insulation portion circumscribing said element being insulated and having opposite circumferential end portions Of each of said layers in abutment with each other, said first layers of said outer insulation portion configured to circumscribe said inner insulation portion and having opposite circumferential end portions of each of said layers of said outer insulation portion in abutment with each other, the abutment of said first layers of said inner and outer insulation portions reducing heat penetration through said inner and outer insulation portions while limiting the bulkiness of said insulating device.

Claim 10

An insulating device as claimed by claim 2, said insulating device comprising an end section of said inner insulation portion configured to extend beyond the corresponding end section of said outer insulation portion, the opposite end section of said inner insulation portion configured to form a recess in relationship to the corresponding opposite end section of said outer insulation portion, said extended portion of said inner insulation portion and said defined recess being complementary to each other.

Claim 11

An insulating device comprising an inner insulation portion and an outer insulation portion circumscribing said inner insulation portion, said inner insulation portion comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material of said inner insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of multi air cell non combustible material consisting of high temperature electronic needled fiberglass or ceramic fiber and one layer of high temperature asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, said outer insulation portion comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material for said outer insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of said multi air cell non combustible material and one layer of asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, said insulating device configured to circumscribe an element being insulated, said inner insulation portion configured to circumscribe said element and being of sufficient circumferential length to enable one circumferential end portion to overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said inner insulation portion covering said element, said outer insulation portion configured to circumscribe said inner insulation portion and being of sufficient circumferential length to enable one circumferential end portion to overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said outer insulation portion, a plurality of adjacent said inner insulation portions circumscribing said element being insulated, an end section of one of said inner insulation portions in abutment with an end section of a second adjacent inner insulation portion, said outer insulation portion arranged in a staggered relationship with said two abutting inner insulation portions so that said outer insulation portion circumscribes and covers the abutting end sections of said inner insulation portions, said overlaps of said circumferential end portions of both said inner and outer insulation portions combined with said outer insulation portion covering said abutting end sections of said inner insulation portions reducing heat penetration to said element being insulated.

Claim 12

An insulating device comprising an inner insulation portion and an outer insulation portion circumscribing said inner insulation portion, said inner insulation portion comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material of said inner insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of multi air cell non combustible material consisting of high temperature electronic needled fiberglass or ceramic fiber and one layer of high temperature asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, said outer insulation portion comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material for said outer insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of said multi air cell non combustible material and one layer of asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, said insulating device configured to circumscribe an element being insulated, said inner insulation portion configured to circumscribe said element and being of sufficient circumferential length to enable one circumferential end portion to overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said inner insulation portion covering said element, said outer insulation portion configured to circumscribe said inner insulation portion and being of sufficient circumferential length to enable one circumferential end portion to overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said outer insulation portion, a plurality of adjacent said inner insulation portions circumscribing said element being insulated, an end section of one of said inner insulation portions in abutment with an end section of a second adjacent inner insulation portion, said outer insulation portion arranged in a staggered relationship with said two abutting inner insulation portions so that said outer insulation portion circumscribes and covers the abutting end sections of said inner insulation portions, said overlaps of said circumferential end portions of both said inner and outer insulation portions combined with said outer insulation portion covering said abutting end sections of said inner insulation portions reducing heat penetration to said element being insulated.

Claim 13

An insulating device claimed by claim 10 comprising a collar element, said collar element comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material comprising a minimum of one layer of multi air cell non combustible material consisting of high temperature electronic needled fiberglass or ceramic fiber and one layer of high temperature asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, a plurality of adjacent said outEr insulation portions, an end section of one of said outer insulation portions in abutment with an end section of a second adjacent outer insulation portion, said collar element encompassing said abutting end sections of said two adjacent outer insulation portions, said collar element additionally being of sufficient circumferential length to have one circumferential end portion of said collar element overlap the opposite circumferential end portion of said collar element while encompassing said abutting end sections of said outer insulation portions, said encompassing collar element reducing heat penetration between said abutting end sections to said element being insulated.

Claim 14

An insulating device as claimed by claim 11, said asbestos mill board comprising a density range of 70 through 95 pounds per cubic foot.

Claim 15

An insulating device comprising an inner insulation portion and an outer insulation portion circumscribing said inner insulation portion, said inner insulation portion comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material of said inner insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of multi air cell non combustible material consisting of high temperature electronic needled fiberglass or ceramic fiber and one layer of high temperature asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, said outer insulation portion comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material for said outer insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of said multi air cell non combustible material and one layer of said asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, said insulating device configured to circumscribe an element being insulated, a first side of said insulating device, said first side being configured to abut an adjacent second side, said first side configured to open and close with reference to said second adjacent side, said insulating device thereby engaging or disengaging said element being insulated when said first side is in an open position and thoroughly insulating said element when said first side is in a closed position about said element.

Claim 16

An insulating device comprising an inner insulation portion and an outer insulation portion circumscribing said inner insulation portion, said inner insulation portion comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material of said inner insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of multi air cell non combustible material consisting of high temperature electronic needled fiberglass or ceramic fiber and one layer of high temperature asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, said outer insulation portion comprising a plurality of layers of insulation material, said layers of insulation material for said outer insulation portion comprising a minimum of one layer of said multi air cell non combustible material and one layer of said asbestos mill board with any additional layers comprising layers of said multi air cell non combustible material and asbestos mill board configured in an alternating sequence, said insulating device configured to circumscribe an element being insulated, a first side of said insulating device, said first side being configured to abut an adjacent second side, said first side configured to open and close with reference to said second adjacent side, said insulating device thereby engaging or disengaging said element being insulated when said first side is in an open position and thoroughly insulating said element when said first side is in a closed position about said element.

Claim 17

An insulating device as claimed by claim 13 said first side of said insulating device configured with sufficient circumferential length to overlap and cover the adjacent substantially longitudinal edge of said adjacent second side.

Claim 18

An insulating device as claimed by claim 14, said insulating device comprising an end section of said inner insulation portion configured to extend beyond the corresponding end section of said outer insulation portion, the opposite end section of said inner insulation portion configured to form a recess in relationship to the corresponding opposite end section of said outer insulation portion, said extended portion of said inner insulation portion and said defined recess being complementary to each other.

Claim 19

An insulating device as claimed by claim 13 said first side configured to open and close against said second adjacent side by rotational movement about a substantially longitudinal axis to effect a rotational movement of said first side as if affixed to a hinge like element.

Claim 20

An insulating device as claimed by claim 16, said first side of said insulating device comprising a first side of said outer insulation portion to which is affixed a first side of said inner insulation portion, the edges of said first side of said inner insulation portion being unattached to the remainder of said inner insulation portion, said first side of said inner insulation portion being further configured to have its edges in close proximity with the adjacent edges of said remainder of said inner insulation portion when said first side of saId insulating device is in a closed position, this configuration providing great flexibility in opening and closing said first side of said insulating device while reducing heat penetration between said edges when said first side is in a closed position.

Claim 21

An insulating device as claimed by claim 13, said asbestos mill board comprising a density range of 70 through 95 pounds per cubic foot.