Rafter baffles
AssigneeKnauf Insulation, Inc.
InventorsCarl Jason Thomas, Paul T. Zink
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Abstract
A rafter baffle includes a first plate portion and a second plate portion facing a common plane. An arched portion extends between the first plate portion and the second plate portion and defines a flow channel. The arched portion may include a plurality of hourglass shaped projections extending inwardly into and along a length of the flow channel, an upstream dome extending inwardly into the first flow channel at a position upstream of a narrowed neck region of the plurality of hourglass shaped projections, and a downstream dome extending inwardly into the first flow channel at a position downstream of the narrowed neck region.
Claims20
A rafter baffle comprising:
- a first plate portion and a second plate portion facing a common plane;
- and
- an arched portion extending between the first plate portion and the second plate portion and defining a flow channel, the arched portion including a plurality of hourglass shaped projections extending inwardly into and along a length of the flow channel, an upstream dome extending inwardly into the first flow channel at a position upstream of a narrowed neck region of the plurality of hourglass shaped projections, and a downstream dome extending inwardly into the first flow channel at a position downstream of the narrowed neck region.
A process comprising:
- providing a rafter baffle comprising a first plate portion and a second plate portion facing a common plane, and an arched portion extending between the first plate portion and the second plate portion and defining a flow channel, the arched portion including a plurality of hourglass shaped projections extending inwardly into and along a length of the flow channel, an upstream dome extending inwardly into the first flow channel at a position upstream of a narrowed neck region of the plurality of hourglass shaped projections, and a downstream dome extending inwardly into the first flow channel at a position downstream of the narrowed neck region;
- positioning the rafter baffle into a roof rafter;
- and
- attaching the rafter baffle to a roof surface with a plurality of fasteners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.