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US 11,215,311 B2Granted
Tension fit insulation
AssigneeOwens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
InventorJason M. Seward
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Abstract
An exemplary insulator for a flue of a residential oven includes a bendable insulating body having a first end, a second end, and a bending portion. A first cut is disposed between the bending portion and the first end and a second cut is disposed between the bending portion and the second end. The first cut is expandable to form a first opening and the second cut is expandable to form a second opening.
Claims18
An insulator for a flue of a residential oven, the insulator consisting of:
- an insulating body formed of a fibrous material, the insulating body having a first end, a second end, and a bending portion situated between the first end and the second;
- a first cut extending through the insulating body, the first cut disposed between the bending portion and the first end;
- and
- a second cut extending through the insulating body, the second cut disposed between the bending portion and the second end;
- wherein the first cut is expandable to form a first opening surrounded by the fibrous material;
- wherein the second cut is expandable to form a second opening surrounded by the fibrous material;
- wherein the insulating body is capable of being deformed from a flat condition to a bent condition by application of a bending force to the insulating body;
- wherein the first and second cuts are substantially coplanar when the insulating body is in the flat condition;
- and
- wherein the first and second cuts are substantially coaxial when the insulating body is in the bent condition.
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An insulator for a flue of a residential oven, the insulator comprising:
- an insulation blanket formed of a fibrous material that is bendable at a bend location to form a first leg and a second leg;
- a first opening in the first leg, the first opening being surrounded by the fibrous material;
- and
- a second opening in the second leg, the second opening being surrounded by the fibrous material,
- wherein the insulation blanket is operable to have the first opening be substantially aligned with the second opening when the insulator is bent at the bend location;
- wherein the first opening is formed by a first cut and a first plurality of transverse cuts across and perpendicular to the first cut that create a plurality of first fingers at the first opening;
- and
- wherein the second opening is formed by a second cut and a second plurality of transverse cuts across and perpendicular to the second cut that create a plurality of second fingers at the second opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.