Insulating apparatus and composite laminates employed therein
OwnerOtis H. Hastings, Otis M. Hastingsinventors
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Abstract
Transaction processing enclosures for containment of electronic data processing equipment, banking apparatus and the like incorporating a housing comprising a composite laminate composed of reflective, refractory and structural elements to provide an enclosure of unique structural integrity, and protection to the environment within and outside said enclosure against adverse factors such as impact and fire, and insulation against wide variations in temperature exterior to said enclosure while sustaining a stable environment within said enclosure.
Claims30
A transaction processing enclosure suitable for housing electronic data processing equipment, banking pay-out and receiving apparatus, documentation valuable articles and the like, that comprises a housing;
- at least one access means in said housing to the interior of said enclosure;
- closure means having outer surface conformance in size and shape, and registrable, with said access means to effect the opening and closing thereof, said housing and closure means comprising one or more panels including at least one outer ply which is reflective of radiant energy;
- at least one heat insulating ply of a ceramic refractory fibrous composition interior to said outer ply;
- and at least one structural support element disposed interior to said insulating ply;
- and a ply of refractory adhesive between each of said outer ply and said insulating ply and said insulating ply and said structural support element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.