Finish-Ready Structural Insulating Panels
AssigneeVantem Composite Technologies, LLC.
InventorsChun Ke Zheng, Cato Wang, Chris Anderson
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Abstract
A reinforced tapered edge cementitious skin for use in a SIP panel provides a recessed edge having an underlying reinforcing web. When panels having the reinforced tapered edges are to be joined together and fastened to underlying shims, the resulting joint has both structural integrity and a recess for receiving joint compound that can be made flush with the skins.
Claims16
A novel panel comprising:
- a SIP panel skin having a plurality of underlying reinforcing mesh layers extending a full width and length of the SIP panel skin, wherein opposing edge portions of the SIP panel skin are narrower than a central portion of the SIP panel skin, whereby when panels having said reinforced tapered edges are to be joined together and fastened to underlying shims, the resulting joint has structural integrity and a recess for receiving joint compound that can be made flush with said SIP panel skins.
A SIP panel comprising a structural SIP panel having reinforced tapered edges that provide a recess adapted to receive joint compound to be smoothed flush with the skin of said panel when adjacent SIP panels are to be joined together.
A method of producing skins for a SIP panel, with the skins having reinforced tapered recessed edges, comprising the steps of:
- forming a mold having at least two raised edges;
- introducing a cementitious slurry onto the mold;
- embedding a reinforcing mesh web in the slurry;
- calendaring the slurry to compress the slurry onto the mold such that the top surface of the slurry is flat and such that the slurry is compressed onto the mold with the bottom surface of the slurry conforming to the raised edge mold;
- curing the slurry on the mold;
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- removing the cured slurry as a SIP skin having a recessed tapered edge that is reinforced with the reinforcing mesh web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.