US5834082A
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Reinforced foam cores and method and apparatus of production
Assignee: Milliken and Co
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Filing: 1996-12-30
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Granted: 1998-11-10
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Expires: 2016-12-30
Abstract
Abstract Rigid foam pieces or boards and alternating porous fibrous web sheets are adhered to form core panels or billets. Porosity is maintained in the webs for forming integral structural ties by absorbing resin applied under differential pressure to the webs and to overlying sandwich panel skins. Beveled foam recesses adjacent web edge portions form structural resin fillets, and protruding edge portions form expanded connections to the skins. Core panels with intersecting webs form enhanced panels. Boards or core panels and web sheets arranged in inclined stacks form second core panels having webs intersecting panel edges or faces at acute angles. Boards of alternating different physical properties and web sheets are bonded to form reinforced panels having differing interior and exterior densities. Compressible foam panels are used in place of or with web sheets to make bendable core panels. Foam between web edge portions is recessed for bonding a settable material to the edge portions.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen W. Day
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 16:44
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C44/00; B29C44/02; B29C44/04; B29C44/06; E; E04; E04C; E04C2/00; E04C2/02; E04C2/10; E04C2/20; E04C2/22; E04C2/26; E04C2/284; E04C2/296; E04C2/30; E04C2/34; E04C2/36; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/18; Y10T428/183; Y10T428/187; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249981
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A reinforced foam core panel assembly having opposite sides formed by corresponding rigid skins, comprising a core panel of closed cell plastics foam material having opposite side surfaces adjacent said skins, a plurality of spaced fibrous reinforcing members extending through said core panel, each of said reinforcing members having fibers extending through said core panel and having portions terminating adjacent said opposite side surfaces of said core panel, said foam material confining said reinforcing members while maintaining voids between said fibers throughout said reinforcing members within said foam material, a curable adhesive resin attaching said skins to said side surfaces of said core panel of foam material and to said adjacent portions of said reinforcing members, the same said resin also extending continuously through said voids between said fibers and through said core panel, and all of said resin being simultaneously cured to form integrally connected resin and separate tie members integrally connecting said skins.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
A reinforced foam core panel assembly having opposite sides formed by corresponding rigid skins, comprising a core panel of closed cell plastics foam material having opposite side surfaces adjacent said skins, a plurality of spaced fibrous reinforcing members extending through said core panel, each of said reinforcing members having fibers extending through said core panel and having portions terminating adjacent said opposite side surfaces of said core panel, said foam material confining said reinforcing members while maintaining voids between said fibers throughout said reinforcing members within said foam material, a curable adhesive resin attaching said skins to said side surfaces of said core panel of foam material and to said adjacent portions of said reinforcing members, the same said resin also extending continuously through said voids between said fibers and through said core panel, and all of said resin being simultaneously cured to form integrally connected resin and separate tie members integrally connecting said skins.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A panel assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said panel of foam material defines fillet recesses adjacent said skins and said terminating portions of said reinforcing members, and said recesses receive said resin for increasing the bond strength of said reinforcing members to said skins.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A panel assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said terminating portions of said reinforcing members protrude outwardly from said side surfaces of said foam panel and flare laterally outwardly against said skins.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
A panel assembly as defined in claim 3 wherein said panel of foam material defines fillet recesses adjacent said skins and said protruding portions of said reinforcing members, and said recesses receive said resin for increasing the bond strength of said reinforcing members to said skins.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A panel assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said panel includes intersecting said fibrous reinforcing members all having said fibers with end portions terminating adjacent said opposite said side surfaces of said panel, and all said reinforcing members receive said resin to form a grid-like pattern of intersecting said tie members.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
A panel assembly as defined in claim 1 and including a fibrous reinforcing web material extending through said core panel between said opposite side surfaces in generally parallel spaced relation to said skins, and said reinforcing members extend through said reinforcing web material for supporting said tie members against buckling.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A panel assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein adjacent said reinforcing members converge within said core panel, and said fibers within adjacent said reinforcing members have adjacent said terminating portions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A panel assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said reinforcing members cross within said core panel between said opposite side surfaces and form tie members with an X-shaped configuration.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A panel assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said reinforcing members comprise a plurality of spaced bundles of said fibers extending through said core panel.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A panel assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said skins and said core panel are generally cylindrical, and said fibers of said reinforcing members extend generally radially between concentric said skins.
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