Fiberglas Canada Inc.

Paul E Metcalfe

Charles R Weir

Randall W Rollo

Malcolm J Stagg

Laminar insulating foam roofing material (e.g. phenolic resin foam) having improved dimensional stability and which resists warpage when hot asphalt is applied to one surface thereof during installation, is disclosed. A flexible web material such as Kraft paper is bonded to opposing surfaces of the foam material by means of a uniform asphalt coating applied to one surface of the web material, the asphalt being a 'sandwich' layer between the insulating foam material and said web material. This material is made by the steps of: (a) forwardly advancing the aforesaid laminar insulating foam material between a pair of opposed rolls; and (b) simultaneously applying a predetermined quantity of a heat absorbing and bonding material to surfaces of two flexible webs on opposing sides of said laminar foam material and bringing said two flexible webs each of which has a coating of said heat absorbing and bonding material applied to a surface thereof, into contact with said opposing surfaces of said laminar foam material at said opposed rolls, such that after said bringing into contact of the insulating foam material and coated web material, said materials bond together to form said assembly.

Phenolic foam roof insulation of improved dimensional stability

Apparatus for and method of manufacturing a heat insulating material from an uncured, strip-shaped felt of fibres containing a heat hardenable bonding substance firstly form corrugations extending across the entire width of the uncured felt and following one another in succession along the length of the felt. The corrugated felt is then cured as a cured felt containing fibres extending in a serpentine array along the felt, and conveyed along a path of travel extending past a cutter having a cutting blade extending transversely across the path, whereby the felt is cut longitudinally into two partial felts, the corrugations being severed so that the fibres form U-shaped arrays disposed in succession along each of the partial felts. This fibre array provides compressive strength combined with flexibility, enabling the insulating material to be used on various pipe sizes.

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Corunna, Canada

Paul E Metcalfe