Evacuated building panel and roof deck
OwnerRichard H. Tombinventor
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Abstract
An insulating, substantially rectilinear building panel comprised of a top portion, a bottom portion, and at least three chambers containing interior surfaces disposed between said top portion and said bottom portion. The pressure within each of such chambers is less than about 100 millimeters of mercury; and each of the interior surfaces has a reflectivity of least about 80 percent. Each of the chambers contains a top portion and a bottom portion, and each such portion has at least two legs, each of which ends in a rounded surface. The two portions of each chamber contact each other at their respective rounded portions.
Claims16
An insulating, substantially rectilinear building panel comprised of a top portion, a bottom portion, and at least three chambers containing reflective interior surfaces disposed between said top portion and said bottom portion, wherein:
- (a) said top portion and said bottom portion are each substantially rigid structures comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of glass, ceramic, glass-ceramic, and mixtures thereof;
- (b) the pressure within each of said chambers is less than about 100 millimeters of mercury;
- (c) each of said interior reflective surfaces has a reflectivity of least about 80 percent;
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- (d) each of said chambers is comprised of a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein said top portion is comprised of a first substantially rigid leg and a second substantially rigid leg, wherein said bottom portion is comprised of a third substantially rigid leg and a fourth substantially rigid leg, wherein said first substantially rigid leg terminates in a first rounded portion, wherein said second substantially rigid leg terminates in a second rounded portion, wherein said third substantially leg terminates in a third rounded portion, and wherein said fourth substantially rigid leg terminates in a fourth rounded portion;
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- (d) said first rounded portion is contiguous with and adhesively joined to said third rounded portion;
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- (e) said second rounded portion is contiguous with and adhesively joined to said fourth rounded portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.