US5155959A
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Firedoor constructions including gypsum building product
Assignee: Georgia Pacific Gypsum LLC
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Filing: 1991-05-14
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Granted: 1992-10-20
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Expires: 2011-05-14
Abstract
Abstract Firedoor constructions manufactured from board compositions containing calcium sulfate in hemi-hydrate or anhydrous form and fibrous additives, including pulped paper fibers preferably derived from waste newspaper, capable of being formed into firedoor members having superior mechanical properties and/or fire resistance.
Inventors
- 👤 Turner W. Richards
- 👤 Hubert C. Francis
- 👤 George F. Fowler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-04 22:22
CPC Classifications
B; B28; B28B; B28B19/00; B28B19/0092; B28B1/00; B28B1/52; B28B1/525; B28B1/526; B28B5/00; B28B5/02; B28B5/026; B28B5/027; B32; B32B; B32B13/00; B32B13/04; C; C04; C04B; C04B28/00; C04B28/14; E; E06; E06B; E06B5/00; E06B5/10; E06B5/16; C04B2111/00; C04B2111/00474; C04B2111/00612; C04B2111/0062; C04B2111/10; C04B2111/12; C04B2111/20; C04B2111/28; C04B2111/285; C04B2111/30; E06B3/00; E06B3/70; E06B3/7015; E06B3/7017; Y; Y02; Y02W; Y02W30/00; Y02W30/50; Y02W30/91; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/92; Y10S428/921; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1089; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249924; Y10T428/249932
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A solid fire door which has a core bounded by facings on each major surface and edge banding which includes vertical stiles and horizontal rails, the improvement in which the edge banding includes by weight about 68% to about 78% set gypsum derived from calcined nonfibrous gypsum, about 7% to about 30% pulped paper fiber, up to about 15% binder polymer, up to about 7% inorganic fiber, up to about 6% clay, and up to about 6% vermiculite, said edge banding having a density of at least about 70 lbs./cu. ft. and screw-holding capacity of at least about 700 lb., whereby the fire door attains a 1.5 hour fire endurance rating when tested according to ASTM E-152, said edge banding prepared, at least in part, by mixing said calcined nonfibrous gypsum with a quantity of water in excess of that required to completely hydrate the calcined nonfibrous gypsum to form said set gypsum.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A solid fire door which has a core bounded by facings on each major surface and edge banding which includes vertical stiles and horizontal rails, the improvement in which the edge banding includes by weight about 68% to about 78% set gypsum derived from calcined nonfibrous gypsum, about 7% to about 30% pulped paper fiber, up to about 15% binder polymer, up to about 7% inorganic fiber, up to about 6% clay, and up to about 6% vermiculite, said edge banding having a density of at least about 70 lbs./cu. ft. and screw-holding capacity of at least about 700 lb., whereby the fire door attains a 1.5 hour fire endurance rating when tested according to ASTM E-152, said edge banding prepared, at least in part, by mixing said calcined nonfibrous gypsum with a quantity of water in excess of that required to completely hydrate the calcined nonfibrous gypsum to form said set gypsum.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The solid fire door according to claim 1 wherein said paper fiber is derived from waste newspaper and said inorganic fiber consists essentially of about 2% chopped textile fiber.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The solid fire door according to claim 2 wherein said binder polymer consists essentially of about 1% polyvinyl acetate by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
131 words
A fire door having a partially hollow core bounded by facings on each major surface and edge banding which includes vertical stiles and horizontal rails, the improvement in which the facings comprise by weight about 75% to about 90% set gypsum derived from calcined nonfibrous gypsum, about 10% to about 14% pulped paper fiber, up to about 9% binder polymer, and about 0.8% to about 2% inorganic fiber, said facings having a density of at least about 60 lbs./cu. ft., whereby the door attains a 20 min. fire endurance rating when tested according to ASTM E-152, said facings prepared, at least in part, by mixing said calcined nonfibrous gypsum with a quantity of water in excess of that required to completely hydrate the calcined nonfibrous gypsum to form said set gypsum.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
131 words
A fire door having a partially hollow core bounded by facings on each major surface and edge banding which includes vertical stiles and horizontal rails, the improvement in which the facings comprise by weight about 75% to about 90% set gypsum derived from calcined nonfibrous gypsum, about 10% to about 14% pulped paper fiber, up to about 9% binder polymer, and about 0.8% to about 2% inorganic fiber, said facings having a density of at least about 60 lbs./cu. ft., whereby the door attains a 20 min. fire endurance rating when tested according to ASTM E-152, said facings prepared, at least in part, by mixing said calcined nonfibrous gypsum with a quantity of water in excess of that required to completely hydrate the calcined nonfibrous gypsum to form said set gypsum.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The fire door of claim 4 wherein said paper fiber is derived from waste newspaper.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The fire door of claim 4 wherein said binder polymer contains polyvinyl acetate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The fire door of claim 4 wherein said inorganic fiber includes both chopped glass textile fiber and glass wool.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The fire door of claim 7 wherein said glass wool is incorporated into said board without preblending with gypsum.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
62 words
A firedoor comprising a fiberboard element having a screw-holding capacity of at least about 650 lbs. and including at least about 7 wt. % homogeneously distributed paper pulp and at least about 65 wt. % set gypsum dihydrate derived substantially from gypsum hemihydrate, said firedoor having a fire endurance rating of at least 20 minutes when tested in accordance with ASTM E-152.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
62 words
A firedoor comprising a fiberboard element having a screw-holding capacity of at least about 650 lbs. and including at least about 7 wt. % homogeneously distributed paper pulp and at least about 65 wt. % set gypsum dihydrate derived substantially from gypsum hemihydrate, said firedoor having a fire endurance rating of at least 20 minutes when tested in accordance with ASTM E-152.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
The firedoor of claim 9 wherein said fiberboard element comprises a portion of at least one of a core, facing, or edge banding of said door.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The firedoor of claim 9 wherein said fiberboard element comprising glass fiber in a sufficient amount to impart an improvement in fire resistance.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The firedoor of claim 11 wherein said fiberboard element comprises up to 7 wt. % glass fibers and up to 6 wt. % clay.
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