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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1996
Hideo Nakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Tomohisa Tenra, Yao, JP;
Tsukasa Takushima, Higashiosaka, JP;
Takayoshi Ueno, Katano, JP;
Masaaki Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Fumihiro Inagaki, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Hashida, Osaka, JP;
Yoshio Kishimoto, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Matsushita Refrigeration Company, Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a thermal insulating foamed material with excellent thermal insulating properties and a method of manufacturing the same. The method comprises the steps of: concurrently mixing and blowing a polyurethane material to produce a foamed polyurethane resin composition with a multiplicity of closed cells, the polyurethane material including a reactive blowing agent, a volatile compound having a boiling point of not higher than 150.degree. C. and a molecular weight of not less than 70, an epoxy compound, and a carbon dioxide fixation catalyst, wherein the closed cells are filled with the volatile compound and carbon dioxide produced by a reaction of the reactive blowing agent with a polyisocyanate; and allowing the carbon dioxide to chemically react with epoxy groups of the epoxy compound in the presence of the carbon dioxide fixation catalyst to form a solid or liquid cyclic carbonate. The method gives a foamed material with the closed cells substantially filled with vapor of the volatile compound at a partial pressure of at least 5 mmHg at 25.degree. C.