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AssigneeTherma-Plex
InventorJay S. Wyner
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A thermally insulated masonry wall comprising a plurality of thermally insulated barrier layers extending laterally inwardly from the surface of the wall. This is accomplished by placing a nozzle against the surface of the wall and blasting a pulsating air stream containing a thermal insulating liquid which penetrates through the surface of the wall to provide a first barrier layer embedded deeply in the wall and laterally spaced inwardly from its surface. A second operation provides a second but shallower barrier layer. This can be followed by a third or more applications. Each of the resulting barrier layers comprises particles of masonry material coated with thermal insulating liquid and entrapping air in the interstices formed by the coated masonry particles.
The method of insulating an existing masonry granular structure without substantially altering the outward appearance of the structure, comprising the steps of injecting an insulating liquid within the structure, in situ, to form a first barrier layer at a relatively deep penetration with respect to an exposed accessible surface of the structure, and subsequently injecting an insulating liquid within the structure, in situ, to form a second barrier layer at a relatively shallow penetration with respect to the surface of the structure, the barrier layers being in juxtaposition with one another, thereby entrapping dead air between the granules of the masonry structure, wherein the insulating liquid is injected into the structure by means of a liquid-air stream, wherein the first relatively-deep layer is applied under given parameters of viscosity and temperature of the insulating liquid, velocity of the liquid-air stream, and time of application, and wherein any of said given parameters may be varied to apply the second relatively-shallow layer.
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