Method of enclosing an object within a homogeneous block
AssigneeMicropore International Limited
InventorJohn T. Hughes
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Abstract
An object such as a fuse is enclosed within a homogeneous block of microporous thermal insulation material by a method which includes forming first and second blocks of insulation material having a relatively low density, arranging the object between co-operating faces of the blocks, and compacting the blocks around the object so as to cause the blocks to merge and to form a homogeneous block of microporous thermal insulation material having a relatively high density. The first and second blocks may be incorporated into first and second housings respectively, one of the housings being provided with a protruding tab and the other of the housings being provided with a corresponding slot.
Claims9
A method of enclosing an object within a homogeneous block of microporous thermal insulation material, which method comprises the steps of:
- forming independent first and second blocks of dry particulate microporous thermal insulation material, the first and second blocks having a first density;
- arranging an object to be insulated between cooperating faces of the first and second blocks;
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- compacting the first and second blocks around the object so as to cause the first and second blocks to merge and to form a homogeneous block of microporous thermal insulation material having a second density higher than said first density.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.