Sound damping door
AssigneeCatalyst Acoustics Group, Inc.
InventorMichael D. Daut
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Abstract
A sound damping door system having a door frame, a compression seal, a door slab, a bottom seal, and a concealed hinge assembly. The door frame includes male and female components adapted to engage each other in a rough door opening between first and second wall faces; and at least one isolation gasket adapted to be disposed between the male and female components. The compression seal is mounted to the door frame. The door slab includes an outer skin; an arched constrainment sheet inside the outer skin; a damping fill material inside the outer skin; and an acoustic insert inside the outer skin. The bottom seal is mounted to a bottom surface of the door slab such that the bottom seal is permitted to move relative to the door slab.
Claims13
A door system comprising a door frame and a door slab,
- wherein the door frame comprises:
- a male component adapted to engage with a first wall face;
- a female component adapted to engage with a second wall face, wherein the male and female components are adapted to engage each other in a rough door opening between the first and second wall faces;
- at least one angle bracket having a first panel for securing to the rough door opening and a second panel for securing to at least one of the male and female components;
- and
- at least one isolation gasket adapted to be disposed between the male and female components;
- and
- wherein the door slab comprises:
- an outer skin;
- a curved constrainment sheet inside the outer skin;
- and
- a damping fill material inside the outer skin.
A door frame, comprising:
- a male component adapted to engage with a first wall face;
- a female component adapted to engage with a second wall face, wherein the male and female components are adapted to engage each other in a rough door opening between the first and second wall faces;
- at least one angle bracket having a first panel for securing to the rough door opening and a second panel for securing to at least one of the male and female components;
- and
- at least one isolation gasket adapted to be disposed between the male and female components such that there is no direct contact between the male and female components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.