Prefabricated insulating and ventilating panel
OwnerThomas W. Moore, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A prefabricated insulating and ventilating panel used between the exterior covering and framing components of a roof or wall in building construction has a rectangular plywood or oriented strand board deck spaced above a rectangular substrate of rigid closed foam thermal insulating material to provide air passageways to relieve heat buildup that causes wear of asphalt shingles and other roofing or wall covering materials, An alternative form includes a rectangular plywood or oriented strand board underdeck attached in contact with and below the insulating substrate to serve as sheathing for direct attachment to the building frame.
Claims16
A prefabricated insulating and ventilating panel for use between the exterior covering and framing components of a roof or outside wall in building construction, said panel having edges and comprising a rigid, unitary structure having:
- a deck portion, including an outer surface suitable for attachment of exterior covering materials, and an inner surface;
- a substrate of rigid, thermal insulating material including an outer surface;
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- a plurality of spacing elements set between said inner surface of said deck portion and said outer surface of said substrate in laterally separated positions inwardly of the edges of the panel, said spacing elements securing said deck portion in fixed, spaced, superposed relationship above said substrate to present an unobstructed marginal edge air channel circumferentially around said panel and a plurality of adjacent interconnecting channels for the flow of ventilating air through the panel between said deck portion and said substrate, and among said channels.
A prefabricated insulating and ventilating panel for use between the roofing and framing components of a roof in building construction, comprising a rigid, integral structure having:
- a generally planar substrate of rigid insulating material and including an outer surface having edges;
- a generally planar deck of rigid nailable material superposed over said substrate and including an inner surface having edges;
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- a plurality of elongated spacers secured between said outer surface of said substrate and said inner surface of said deck, and serving to define the spacing therebetween, said spacers being positioned inwardly of the edges of the surfaces to present unobstructed marginal edge air channel between said substrate and said deck at least adjacent the ends of said spacers, and said spacers being separated from each other to present a plurality of adjacent interconnecting channels for the flow of ventilating air through the panel between said substrate and said deck, and among said channels.
A roof construction for a building, comprising:
- a framing structure;
- a plurality of prefabricated insulating and ventilating panels attached to said framing structure, each panel comprising a rigid, integral structure having:
- a rectangular sheet of rigid insulating material and including an outer surface;
- a rectangular sheet of rigid nailable material superposed in edge-to-edge alignment above said sheet of insulating material and including an inner surface;
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- a plurality of furring strips secured in parallel positions inwardly of said aligned edges between said outer and inner surfaces of said sheets, and serving to define the spacing between said sheets, said strips being separated from each other and being positioned inwardly of the aligned edges of the sheets to present a plurality of adjacent interconnecting parallel channels for the flow of air through said panels between said sheets and among said channels, and to present an unobstructed marginal edge air channel between said sheets at least adjacent the ends of said strips;
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- a quantity of roofing nailed to the sheets of nailable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.