Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC

Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.

Jerry M Parks

Clarke Berdan, Ii

Jeffrey A Tilton

Anthony L Rockwell

Weigang Qi

Herbert L Hall, Jr

Jacob T Chacko

Neil Robert Hettler

Timothy Robert Clancy

David Eugene Musick

Randall E Nyhart

Larry E Targett

Stanley J Rusek

Madelyn Elizabeth Gutkoski

Madelyn Elizabeth Gutkowski

Pipe insulation assemblies () comprising tubular insulation () having a longitudinal slit (), a jacket (), releasable tape (), butt sealant strips (), and/or closing adhesives are disclosed. The jacket () overlays the outer surface of the tubular insulation (). The jacket () has an extended lip portion () extending beyond the longitudinal slit (). An adhesive () and an internal release liner () are located on the extended lip portion ().

Pipe insulation assembly

A decorative panel includes a body constructed from a single layer of a polymer based blanket material having a surface zone. Printing is directly applied to an exposed face of that surface zone. The surface zone may be densified relative to the remainder of the body to tune the acoustical and physical properties of the panel for a particular application and/or to allow for high definition printing.

Decorative panel with surface printing

A method of forming a box-like acoustical substrate is provided. Portions of an acoustical substrate having a decorative surface are compressed to form a flange, a first compressed region, a second compressed region, and a third compressed region. First, second, central, and third uncompressed regions are positioned respectively adjacent to the compressed regions. A left first surface and a right first surface of the acoustical substrate may be folded toward the back surface of the substrate until the second compressed region and the third compressed regions are flush with the central uncompressed region. An outer portion of the left surface may then be folded towards the back surface until the flange is flush with the right edge. The acoustical product may be used as an acoustical trap or duct. When the acoustical product is utilized as a duct, an air impermeable sheet may be positioned on the external surface.

Method of fabrication of an acoustical substrate into a three dimensional product

A mold for molding fibrous molding media includes upper and lower mold bodies defining a mold cavity, the upper and lower mold bodies being movable relative to each other to close the mold. The upper and lower mold bodies have respective upper and lower mold surfaces for contacting the fibrous molding media positioned within the mold, and have gas flow openings configured to direct gases into contact with the fibrous molding media. The mold also includes a source of gas connected to the gas flow openings.

Flow through molding apparatus and method

The present invention involves the use of a braze preform (28) for sealing and maintaining a vacuum in an insulation vessel (10). The braze preform (28) comprises particles of a braze material that are at least partially sintered together and at least substantially free of a binder. An assembly is provided for use in a method of manufacturing a vacuum insulation vessel (10). The assembly comprises a metal jacket (12) defining an interior space (20) to be evacuated and one or more evacuation ports (24) formed through a wall of the jacket (12). The evacuation ports (24) provide an opening to the interior space (20). The sintered braze preform (28) is located adjacent to the evacuation ports (24) so as to seal the evacuation ports (24) upon the melting of the brazing material. After the interior space (20) of the jacket (12) is evacuated, the preform (28) can be melted and allowed to solidify and seal the evacuation ports (24). In this way a vacuum can be maintained in the interior space (20).

Vacuum insulation vessels and methods of making same

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Jerry M Parks