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US 5,424,118 AGranted
Interlocking insulative panel construction
AssigneeMid-South Industries, Inc.
InventorRandolph W. McLaughlin
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Abstract
Refrigeration units such as walk-in coolers and freezers, particularly interlocking insulative panels used in construction of such units. The individual insulative panels are characterized by a densified urethane perimeter and a core of low density insulating urethane abutting the perimeter and held in place by a thin outer skin. The densified urethane perimeters of the panels have a tongue-in-groove configuration, as well as a cam locking means, securing abutting panels together.
Claims1
A pair of interlocking, insulative panels comprising:
- A. a first panel including:
- i. an inner and outer metallized skin;
- ii. a high density urethane perimeter having sides, top and bottom secured by said inner and outer metallized skin;
- iii. a four inch thick core of low density insulating urethane of closed cell foam prepared by a froth foaming technique, interposed between said inner and outer skins and abutting and bonded to said densified urethane perimeter, and
- iv. a vertically extending tongue defined in a side of said first panel perimeter and limited by a complementary tongue defined in said densified perimeter top and bottom;
- B. a second panel including:
- i. an inner and outer metallized skin;
- ii. a high density urethane perimeter having sides, top and bottom secured by said inner and outer metallized skin;
- iii. a four inch thick core of low density insulating urethane of closed cell foam prepared by a froth forming technique interposed between said inner and outer skins and abutting and bonded to said densified urethane perimeter, and
- iv. a vertically extending groove defined in one side of said second panel perimeter, and limited by a complementary tongue defined in said densified perimeter top and bottom panel, such that said vertically extending groove is complementally engagable with said vertically extending tongue defined in said first panel;
- C. locking means in the form of a cam pivotally supported in said first panel perimeter adjacent said tongue, and engagable with a locking pin supported within said second panel adjacent said groove so as to lock said panels together, and
- D. vertically extending sealing gaskets mounted on either side of said vertically extending tongue defined in a side of said first panel perimeter, so as to engage sealingly the abutting vertical surface of said second panel.
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