Siding panel assembly
AssigneeAssociated Materials, LLC
InventorsCharles Bryan Moses, Jr., Michael Danny Ziemer, Randall Jay Brown, Nicholas Daniel Thompson, Daniel H. Green
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Abstract
A thermoplastic composite sheet for exterior cladding applications includes an outer layer with a thermoplastic resin composition reinforced with a high aspect ratio filler such that the outer layer has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of no more than approximately 2.33×10−5 in/in/deg F., and a backing layer bonded to the outer layer, the backing layer defined by a foam material. The outer layer and the backing later define a body having a substantially planar outer surface.
Claims16
A thermoplastic composite sheet for exterior cladding applications, comprising:
- an outer layer comprising a thermoplastic resin composition reinforced with a filler having an aspect ratio of at least 5 to 1 such that the outer layer has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of no more than approximately 2.33×10−5 in/in/deg F., wherein the filler is fiberglass in an amount of between 5% and 20% of the composition;
- a preformed backing panel bonded to the outer layer, the backing panel being substantially rigid and defined by a foam material;
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- a thermoset adhesive disposed between the outer layer and the backing panel to bond the backing panel to the outer layer,
- wherein the outer layer and the backing panel define a flat body having a flat outer surface, and wherein the thermoset adhesive maintains adhesion between the backing panel and the outer layer and the body maintains the flat outer surface when exposed to a temperature of between 180 degrees and 210 degrees Fahrenheit.
The composite sheet of claim wherein filler has an aspect ratio of at least 10 to 1.
A thermoplastic composite sheet for exterior cladding applications, comprising:
- an outer layer comprising a Poly(vinyl chloride) thermoplastic resin composition reinforced with a filler having an aspect ratio of at least 5 to 1 such that the outer layer has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of no more than approximately 2.33×10″5 in/in/deg F., wherein the filler is fiberglass in an amount of between 5% and 20% of the composition;
- a preformed backing panel attached to the outer layer, the hacking panel defined by a foam material and being substantially rigid;
- and
- a thermoset adhesive disposed between the outer layer and the backing panel to bond the backing panel to the outer layer,
- wherein the outer layer and the backing panel define a flat body having a flat outer surface, and wherein the thermoset adhesive maintains adhesion between the backing panel and the outer layer and the body maintains the flat outer surface when exposed to a temperature of between 180 degrees and 210 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.