Self-adhering duct insulation product
AssigneeJohns Manville
InventorsRiley Peters, Nicholas O'Kane, Ames Kulprathipanja, Jerry Kenneth Powell
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Abstract
A duct insulation product may include an insulation material and a moisture barrier material coupled with the insulation material. The moisture barrier material may form an outer surface of the duct insulation product. The moisture barrier material may include at least one closure flap along at least one side of the moisture barrier material. The closure flap may extend beyond a periphery of the insulation material along at least one side of the insulation material. At least a portion of an inner surface of the closure flap may include an adhesive material.
Claims20
A duct insulation product comprising:
- an insulation material;
- a moisture barrier material coupled with the insulation material, the moisture barrier material forming an outer surface of the duct insulation product and covering an entire exterior surface of the insulation material, wherein the outer surface of the moisture barrier material comprises a foil facing or a poly facing, wherein:
- the moisture barrier material extends continuously between a first edge and an opposed second edge, and comprises at least one closure flap along the first edge, the second edge, or both the first edge and the second edge of the moisture barrier material, the closure flap extending beyond a periphery of the insulation material along at least two adjacent edges of the insulation material;
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- at least a portion of an inner surface of the closure flap comprises an adhesive material disposed along the at least two adjacent edges of the insulation material;
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- a release liner applied atop the adhesive material along the at least two adjacent edges of the insulation material.
A duct insulation system comprising:
- a plurality of duct insulation products, each duct insulation product comprising an insulation material and a moisture barrier material coupled with the insulation material, wherein:
- the moisture barrier material of each duct insulation product covers an entire exterior surface of the insulation material of the respective duct insulation product;
- the moisture barrier material extends continuously between a first edge and an opposed second edge, and beyond a periphery of the insulation material along the first edge, the second edge, or both the first edge and the second edge of the insulation material to form a closure flap that extends beyond a periphery of the insulation material along at least two adjacent edges of the insulation material;
- at least a portion of an inner surface of the closure flap along both of the at least two adjacent edges of the insulation material comprises an adhesive material;
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- the adhesive material of the closure flap of a first duct insulation product couples with and secures a second duct insulation product.
A duct insulation manufacturing method comprising:
- coupling an insulation material to a moisture barrier material to form an insulation product, the moisture barrier material forming an outer surface of the duct insulation, wherein:
- the insulation material comprises a plurality of planar segments that are pivotable relative to one another;
- the outer surface of the moisture barrier material comprises a foil facing or a poly facing;
- the moisture barrier material extends continuously between a first edge and an opposed second edge, and beyond a periphery of the insulation material along the first edge, the second edge, or both the first edge and the second edge to form at least one closure flap;
- the at least one closure flap extending beyond a periphery of the insulation material along at least two adjacent edges of the insulation material;
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- the moisture barrier material covers an entire exterior surface of the insulation material;
- disposing an adhesive material on the at least one closure flap along the at least two adjacent edges of the insulation material;
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- applying a release liner to the adhesive material along the at least two adjacent edges of the insulation material, wherein the release liner protects the adhesive material prior to application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.