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US 12,163,010 B2Granted
Cellulose-based admix and processes for fabricating a lightweight concrete substitute and building components for construction
OwnerJoshua Allen McGuire, Leslie Abdalla McGuireinventors
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Abstract
A lightweight insulative and fire-retardant building material and component and manufacturing process are disclosed. The building material is based on cellulose impregnated with clay and can be formed in the form of posts, columns, bricks, blocks, and panels.
Claims5
An insulative fire-retardant construction component comprising a sawdust material impregnated with fine clay, wherein the sawdust material comprises particles and fibers and wherein voids between the sawdust particles and fibers are filled with the fine clay-,
- a plurality of layers of wood strips impregnated with fine clay and oriented in specific axes;
- a first outer layer of wood strips generally oriented along a first axis the wood strips being impregnated with fine clay;
- a plurality of center layers of wood strips generally oriented along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis the wood strips being impregnated with fine clay;
- a second outer layer of wood strips generally oriented along the first axis, the wood strips being impregnated with fine clay;
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- the above layers of wood strips being bonded together using a resin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.