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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffery L Barrall, Lancaster, PA (US);
William R Reed, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 84 ; 106D / ;
Abstract
An improved lightweight building material capable of being formed in a continuous sheet operation. The material comprises sodium silicate as a binder and an expanded inorganic aggregate. In addition, an efflorescence inhibitor is included in such composition comprising boric acid, a metal borate selected from the group consisting of zinc borate, calcium borate, magnesium borate and mixtures thereof, a calcium salt selected from the group consisting of calcium sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium phosphate, calcium orthophosphate and mixtures thereof, an alkali metal fluorosilicate, or mixtures of the above.