Cross-linked polyethylene foam insulation for window and door frames
AssigneeKatch Kan Holdings Ltd.
InventorQuinn A. J. Holtby
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Abstract
There is a frame insulator that covers a window or door frame. A door or window has one or more panels that are supported by frame members. The frame members have interior surfaces and exterior surfaces. The one or more panels are mounted on the frame members. The interior surfaces or the exterior surfaces or both are enclosed by sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam extending adjacent to the one or more panels and forming frame insulators.
Claims20
A window or door having one or more panels supported by frame members, the frame members having interior surfaces and exterior surfaces, the one or more panels being mounted on the frame members, the interior surfaces or the exterior surfaces or both being enclosed by pre-fabricated sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam extending adjacent to the one or more panels and forming frame insulators,
- wherein the pre-fabricated sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam have a density between 25 and 200 kg/m3, and
- wherein the pre-fabricated sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam are custom designed to match the shape of the frame members.
A window or door having one or more panels supported by frame members, the frame members having interior surfaces and exterior surfaces, the one or more panels being mounted on the frame members, the interior surfaces or the exterior surfaces or both being enclosed by pre-fabricated sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam extending adjacent to the one or more panels and forming frame insulators,
- wherein the frame insulators include co-planar surfaces meeting at junctions,
- wherein the frame insulators include surfaces meeting at right angles and sheets of the cross-linked polyethylene foam that line the surfaces that meet at right angles form butt joints,
- wherein the sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam have matching tapers at the junctions,
- wherein the pre-fabricated sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam have a density between 25 and 200 kg/m3, and
- wherein the pre-fabricated sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam are custom designed to match the shape of the frame members.
A window or door having one or more panels supported by frame members, the frame members having interior surfaces and exterior surfaces, the one or more panels being mounted on the frame members, the interior surfaces or the exterior surfaces or both being enclosed by pre-fabricated sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam extending adjacent to the one or more panels and forming frame insulators,
- further comprising a window,
- wherein the one or more panels are one or more window panes mounted between the exterior surfaces and interior surfaces,
- wherein the one or more window panes are multiple transparent panes,
- wherein the frame members include outer frame members adjacent to a structure which the door or window is placed,
- wherein the frame members include at least one member between two transparent panes of the multiple transparent panes,
- wherein the cross-linked polyethylene foam covers the outer frame members extending between the structure and the one or more transparent panes of the multiple transparent panes,
- wherein the cross-linked polyethylene foam encloses the at least one member extending between the two transparent panes,
- wherein the pre-fabricated sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam have a density between 25 and 200 kg/m3, and
- wherein the pre-fabricated sheets of cross-linked polyethylene foam are custom designed to match the shape of the frame members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.