Insulating composite gasket
AssigneeUnion Carbide Corporation
InventorRobert A. Mercuri
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Abstract
A composite sheet suitable for manufacturing thermally insulating gaskets for use between an aluminum head and steel muffler of an internal combustion engine, comprising a thermally insulating refractory fiber layer disposed between a metal layer and a flexible graphite layer.
Claims12
A composite sheet which comprises a sheet of metal, a sheet of thermally insulating refractory fiber, a sheet of flexible graphite, and a bonding means for bonding the sheets together with the thermally insulating refractory fiber sheet disposed between the sheet of metal and the sheet of flexible graphite.
A method for manufacturing a composite sheet suitable for use as a gasket which method comprises bonding a sheet of metal, a sheet of thermally insulating refractory fiber, and a sheet of flexible graphite together, with the thermally insulating refractory fiber sheet disposed between the sheet of metal and the sheet of flexible graphite.
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