Guardian Fiberglass, Inc.

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Guardian Industries Corporation

Charles Chenoweth

Gary E Romes

Joseph T Church

Mark H Vagedes

Mark H Vegedes

A loose-fill insulation product is provided which includes a dry mixture of loose-fill fiberglass and an inorganic (being composed of matter other than plant or animal) adhesive in the form of a redispersible powder. During application, the dry loose-fill mixture is coated with a liquid (e.g. water) so as to activate the adhesive. Thereafter, the loose-fill mixture with activated adhesive is blown or sprayed into a cavity (open or closed) so as to insulate same. According to certain embodiments, this mixture may be blown into open attic areas so as to insulate same and reduce the movement of loose-fill insulation. It has been found that the redispersible powder (RP) dry adhesive mixes more uniformly within the dry mixture and clings better to the glass fibers when the mixture is substantially free of anti-static material. In certain embodiments, a color dye is provided in the mixture, and is activated upon installation.

Method of installing insulation with dry adhesive and/or color dye, and reduced amount of anti-static material

Method of installing insulation with dry adhesive and/ or cold dye, and

A loose-fill insulation product is provided which includes a dry mixture of loose-fill fiberglass and an inorganic adhesive in the form of a redispersible powder. During application, the dry loose-fill mixture is coated with a liquid (e.g. water) so as to activate the adhesive. Thereafter, the loose-fill mixture with activated adhesive is blown or sprayed into a cavity (open or closed) so as to insulate same.

Fiberglass/dry adhesive mixture and method of applying same in a uniform

A loose-fill insulation product is provided which includes a dry mixture of loose-fill fiberglass and an inorganic (being composed of matter other than plant or animal) adhesive in the form of a redispersible powder. During application, the dry loose-fill mixture is coated with a liquid (e.g. water) so as to activate the adhesive. Thereafter, the loose-fill mixture with activated adhesive is blown or sprayed into a cavity (open or closed) so as to insulate same. According to certain embodiments, this mixture may be blown into open attic areas so as to insulate same and reduce the movement of loose-fill insulation.

Method of installing insulation

A rail-draft vehicle employs an ordinary tractor-like apparatus having conventional forwardly extending, boom apparatus and intermediate vehicle means interposed between the tractor-like apparatus and a conventional railroad car for coupling with and moving one or more of the latter along the rails. The boom apparatus is of the type having a pair of power operated, spaced, swingable tool supporting arms extendable to a position substantially forward of the tractor and have mounted thereon a pair of rail wheels which may be selectively lowered into engagement with the rails upon manipulation of the loader attachment, thereby eliminating the need for special rail wheel retracting mechanisms heretofore directly mounted on the tractor. The intermediate vehicle has opposite ends thereof respectively coupled with the three point hitch of the tractor and the railway coupling mechanism of the railroad car, and is provided with a pair of rail wheels which, in combination with the front rail wheels associated with the boom apparatus, provide long wheelbase mounting of the tractor on the rails in a manner to allow highly stabilized operation of the rail-draft vehicle. A compressed air supply for controlling the braking system of the railroad cars is mounted on the tool supporting arms adjacent the forward set of rail wheels in order to improve the weight distribution of the vehicle and thereby further increase operating stability.

Rail draft vehicle employing tractor-like apparatus

An intermediate vehicle intercouples a tractor or the like with an ordinary railroad car for shuttling a number of railroad cars along the rails for purposes of loading, switching, and spotting of same. The intermediate vehicle is supported by rail wheels and has an ordinary railroad-type mechanical coupling on one end thereof for coupling with a railroad car, while the other end possesses a tractor-drawn-implement-type coupling for connection with an ordinary three-point hitch of the tractor. Hydraulically extendible, rail engaging wheels are fitted to the tractor for guidance thereof along the rails while the ordinary rubber driving wheels of the tractor are suitably spaced apart for traction engagement with the rails. An air compressor and reservoir mounted on the intermediate vehicle are pneumatically coupled to the air braking system of the railroad cars and to a brake control valve mounted on the tractor to allow the tractor operator to control the air brakes of the railroad cars during movement thereof. The air compressor is driven by the power-take-off of the tractor and power lift means on the tractor permit elevation of the intermediate vehicle from the rails for transport thereof along the ground to another set of rails.

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Coldwater, MI, United States of America

Charles Chenoweth