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Heat insulator

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1984-09-26
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Granted: 1986-06-10
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Expires: 2004-09-26
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Abstract

Abstract A heat insulator comprises a vacuum-filled pliable container containing a mass of flaky pearlite particles. The flaky pearlite particles have a thickness not greater than 0.5 micrometer and an average particle size not greater than 100 micrometers.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hiroshi Yoneno
  • 👤 Yoshihiro Matsuo
  • 👤 Shoichi Ishihara

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 19:56
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/62; E04B1/74; E04B1/76; E04B1/78; E04B1/80; E04B1/803; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A30/00; Y02A30/24; Y02A30/242; Y02B; Y02B80/00; Y02B80/10; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/92; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23; Y10T428/231; Y10T428/233; Y10T428/239

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 51 words
A heat insulator comprising a vacuum-filled container containing a mass of flaky pulverized particles of expanded pearlite having a thickness of not greater than 0.5 micrometer and an average particle size of not greater than 100 micrometers, said vacuum in the container being within the range of 0.01 to 10 Torr.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 51 words
A heat insulator comprising a vacuum-filled container containing a mass of flaky pulverized particles of expanded pearlite having a thickness of not greater than 0.5 micrometer and an average particle size of not greater than 100 micrometers, said vacuum in the container being within the range of 0.01 to 10 Torr.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 63 words
A heat insulator having a thermal conductivity of not more than 0.01 Kcal/mh° C., comprising a laminated vacuum-filled container containing a mass of flaky pulverized particles of expanded pearlite having a thickness of not greater than 0.5 micrometer and an average particle size of not greater than 100 micrometers, said vacuum in the container being within the range of 0.01 to 10 Torr.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 63 words
A heat insulator having a thermal conductivity of not more than 0.01 Kcal/mh° C., comprising a laminated vacuum-filled container containing a mass of flaky pulverized particles of expanded pearlite having a thickness of not greater than 0.5 micrometer and an average particle size of not greater than 100 micrometers, said vacuum in the container being within the range of 0.01 to 10 Torr.

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