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Structural laminate and method for making same
Assignee: Celotex Corp
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Filing: 1981-05-22
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Granted: 1982-08-24
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Expires: 2001-05-22
Abstract
Abstract A structural laminate comprises at least one planar facing sheet with a rigid foam attached to one surface of the facing sheet. The rigid foam may be any polymeric material which is capable of being foamed. Distributed substantially evenly throughout the foam is a mat of long glass fibers arranged in layers substantially parallel to the facing sheet. The process for producing this structural laminate comprises the steps of contacting a thin, substantially incompressible yet expansible mat of long glass fibers with a foam-forming mixture, positioning a facing sheet on each face of the mat, and passing the facing sheets having the mat and the foam-forming mixture therebetween through means for metering the amount of foam-forming mixture and causing it to fully penetrate between the fibers of said glass mat.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald E. Hipchen
- 👤 Michael J. Skowronski
- 👤 Joseph R. Hagan
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CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C44/00; B29C44/20; B29C44/30; B29C44/32; B29C44/326; B29C70/00; B29C70/003; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/02; B32B5/12; B32B5/18; B29K; B29K2309/00; B29K2309/08; B29L; B29L2007/00; B29L2009/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24058; Y10T428/24074; Y10T428/24091; Y10T428/24099; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/24496; Y10T428/24504; Y10T428/24512; Y10T428/24612; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249955; Y10T428/249956; Y10T428/249986; Y10T428/249987; Y10T428/24999
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A structural laminate comprising: A. at least one planar facing sheet; B. a rigid foam attached to one surface of the facing sheet, the rigid foam formed from a foam-forming mixture; and C. glass fibers wherein: I. the glass fibers are distributed substantially evenly throughout the rigid foam, II. the glass fibers are greater than one foot in length, III. the glass fibers are arranged in layers, IV. each layer of glass fibers is substantially parallel to the facing sheet, and V. the rigid foam completely fills the interstices between the glass fibers, the glass fibers being held in fixed relationship with respect to each other solely by the rigid foam.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
A structural laminate comprising: A. at least one planar facing sheet; B. a rigid foam attached to one surface of the facing sheet, the rigid foam formed from a foam-forming mixture; and C. glass fibers wherein: I. the glass fibers are distributed substantially evenly throughout the rigid foam, II. the glass fibers are greater than one foot in length, III. the glass fibers are arranged in layers, IV. each layer of glass fibers is substantially parallel to the facing sheet, and V. the rigid foam completely fills the interstices between the glass fibers, the glass fibers being held in fixed relationship with respect to each other solely by the rigid foam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The structural laminate of claim 1 wherein there are two parallel facing sheets, one on each face of the rigid foam.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The structural laminate of claim 1 wherein the facing sheet is a metal foil between 0.010 and 0.00025 inches thick.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The structural laminate of claim 1 wherein the surface of the facing sheet obverse to that attached to the rigid foam is decoratively embossed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The structural laminate of claim 1 wherein the glass fibers within each layer are substantially parallel to each other.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The structural laminate of claim 1 wherein the glass fibers in each layer are at an angle to the glass fibers in each next adjacent layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The structural laminate of claim 1 wherein the glass fibers have an average length of from five to twelve feet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The structural laminate of claim 1 wherein the foam-forming mixture contains a foamable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, polyisocyanurate, phenolic, rubber, polyvinyl chloride, urea-aldehyde, melamine-aldehyde, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene, cellulose acetate, epoxy, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer and silicone.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The structural laminate of claim 1 wherein the foam-forming mixture contains a foamable phenolic polymer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
124 words
A structural laminate comprising: A. two planar facing sheets; B. a rigid foam attached between the facing sheets, the rigid foam formed from a foam-forming mixture; and C. glass fibers wherein: I. the glass fibers are distributed substantially evenly throughout the rigid foam, II. the glass fibers are greater than one foot in length, III. the glass fibers are arranged in layers, IV. each layer of glass fibers is substantially parallel to the facing sheet, V. the glass fibers in each layer are at an angle to the glass fibers in each next adjacent layer, and VI. the rigid foam completely fills the interstices between the fibers, the fibers being held in fixed relationship with respect to each other solely by the rigid foam.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
124 words
A structural laminate comprising: A. two planar facing sheets; B. a rigid foam attached between the facing sheets, the rigid foam formed from a foam-forming mixture; and C. glass fibers wherein: I. the glass fibers are distributed substantially evenly throughout the rigid foam, II. the glass fibers are greater than one foot in length, III. the glass fibers are arranged in layers, IV. each layer of glass fibers is substantially parallel to the facing sheet, V. the glass fibers in each layer are at an angle to the glass fibers in each next adjacent layer, and VI. the rigid foam completely fills the interstices between the fibers, the fibers being held in fixed relationship with respect to each other solely by the rigid foam.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein each facing sheet is a metal foil between 0.010 and 0.00025 inches thick.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the surface of one facing sheet obverse to that attached to the rigid foam is decoratively embossed.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the glass fibers have an average length that exceeds five feet.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the glass fibers have an average length of from five to twelve feet.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the glass fibers in each layer are at an acute angle to the glass fibers in each next adjacent layer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the glass fibers in each layer are at an angle of less than 60° to the glass fibers in each next adjacent layer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the glass fibers are included in an amount of 1-24 grams per board foot of structural laminate.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the glass fibers in each layer are arranged in non-contiguous undulations in a plane parallel to the facing sheets.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the glass fibers within each layer are substantially parallel to each other.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
38 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the foam-forming mixture contains a foamable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, polyisocyanurate, phenolic, rubber, polyvinyl chloride, urea-aldehyde, melamine-aldehyde, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene, cellulose acetate, epoxy, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer and silicone.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
15 words
The structural laminate of claim 10 wherein the foam-forming mixture contains a foamable phenolic polymer.
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