Integrated joint sealing system
OwnerBrian St. Germain, Tommy R. Wyattinventors
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Abstract
An integrated joint sealing system that is incorporated into the edges of a sheathing panel, which also may have a factory bonded weather resistive barrier. The edges of each panel are configured as a shiplap joint, or similarly functioning joint, that is present as either an overlap or underlap on each of the four panel edges. The arrangement of the joints are such that one edge will have an overlap and the opposite edge will have an underlap. A flexible gasket material (or materials) is factory applied to one or both sides (underlap and/or overlap) of the shiplap joint. This flexible gasket material, when overlapped with adjacent shiplap panels, provides a weather resistive seal to limit both water and air penetration.
Claims16
A method of making a self-sealing panel product, comprising:
- providing a panel with a front face, a back face, first and second opposing edges, and third and fourth opposing edges;
- machining a first joint section in the first edge and third edge, said first joint section comprising a plurality of faces;
- machining a second joint section in the first edge and third edge, said second joint section comprising a plurality of faces, wherein the second joint section and the first joint section are configured to mate and form a joint;
- bonding, in a factory, a first self-sealing material to and completely covering a first face of the plurality of faces of the first joint sections;
- bonding, in a factory, a second self-sealing material to and completely covering a first face of the plurality of faces of the second joint sections;
- affixing, in a factory, a first gasket to a second face of the plurality of faces of the first joint section;
- wherein first self-sealing material and the second self-sealing material form a water-resistant and air-resistant bond when placed in contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.