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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:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Colin J. Hudson, Worcester, GB;
Michael Scott Rae, Mildenhall, GB;
Assignee:
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 1/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 1/42 ;
Abstract
A fire-resistant block containing a fire-resistant gel covering one or more interior faces of the block. The gel expands towards the interior of the block when exposed to increased temperatures. This block is lighter, less expensive, and more fire-resistant. A plurality of these blocks may be combined to form a fire-resistant wall or partition.