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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Usg Interiors, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Wenqi Luan, Kildeer, IL (US);
Martin Brown, Gurnee, IL (US);
Qing Yu, Libertyville, IL (US);
Scott A. Bogen, Ellsworth, WI (US);
Carlos Figi, River Falls, WI (US);
USG INTERIORS, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of preparing a fibrous panel including surface treating a mineral wool with a water repellent agent to provide a water-repellent surface treated mineral wool, admixing the water-repellent surface-treated mineral wool with water to provide a slurry, and dewatering and drying the slurry to provide a fibrous panel. A method of preparing a mineral wool having a surface treated with a water repellent agent including contacting a water repellent agent emulsion with a mineral wool and drying the mineral wool, and a method of preparing a water-repellent surface-treated fibrous panel including mineral wool having a surface pre-treated with a water repellent agent are also provided.