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.
Claims20
An insulator for a flue of a residential oven, the insulator comprising:
- a bendable insulating body having a first end, a second end, and a bending portion;
- a first cut disposed between the bending portion and the first end;
- and
- a second cut disposed between the bending portion and the second end;
- wherein the first cut is expandable to form a first opening;
- and
- wherein the second cut is expandable to form a second opening.
An insulator for a flue of a residential oven, the insulator comprising:
- a rectangular insulation blanket that is bendable at a bend location to form a first leg and a second leg;
- a first opening in the first leg;
- and
- a second opening in the second leg that is substantially aligned with the first opening in the first leg when the insulator is bent at the bend location.
A method of assembling an insulator to a flue of a residential oven, the method comprising:
- providing an insulator comprising:
- a bendable insulating body having a first end, a second end, and a bending portion;
- a first cut disposed between the bending portion and the first end;
- and
- a second cut disposed between the bending portion and the second end;
- wherein the first cut is expandable to form a first opening;
- and
- wherein the second cut is expandable to form a second opening;
- bending the insulator along the bending portion;
- and
- inserting the flue through the first and second openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.