Method and apparatus for packaging compressible insulation material
AssigneeOwens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
InventorsGabor Nagy, Kenneth M. Johnson, James W. Scott, Raymond V. Monnin
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Abstract
A method of packaging compressible insulation material includes feeding insulation material into contact with a mandrel, rolling up the insulation material on the mandrel to form an insulation roll, applying pressure on the insulation material, during the rolling of the insulation material, with a pair of opposed belts which are adapted to contact the roll being formed with an increasing area of contact as the diameter of the roll increases, and increasing tension on the belts as the diameter of the roll increases in order to maintain a substantially constant pressure on the insulation material.
Claims15
The method of packaging compressible insulation material comprising:
- feeding insulation material into contact with a mandrel;
- rolling up the insulation material on the mandrel to form an insulation roll;
- applying pressure on the insulation material, during the rolling of the insulation material, with a pair of opposed belts which are adapted to contact the roll being formed with an increasing angle of wrap as the diameter of the roll increases;
- increasing tension on the belts as the diameter of the roll increases in order to maintain a substantially constant pressure on the insulation material, and
- moving a deflector roller, which engages at least one of the belts, during the rolling of the insulation material, to increase the angle of wrap of the belt around the insulation material as the diameter of the roll increases.
The method of packaging compressible fibrous insulation material comprising:
- feeding fibrous insulation material into contact with a mandrel;
- rolling up the insulation material on the mandrel to form an insulation roll;
- applying pressure on the insulation material, during the rolling of the insulation material, with a pair of opposed belts which are adapted to contact the roll being formed with an increasing angle of wrap as the diameter of the roll increases,
- moving a deflector roller, which engages at least one of the belts, during the rolling of the insulation material, to increase the angle of wrap of the belt around the insulation material as the diameter of the roll increases, and
- increasing tension on the belts as the diameter of the roll increases in order to maintain a substantially constant pressure on the insulation material.
The method of packaging compressible insulation material comprising:
- feeding insulation material into contact with a mandrel;
- rolling up the insulation material on the mandrel to form an insulation roll;
- applying pressure on the insulation material, during the rolling of the insulation material, with a traveling belt which is adapted to contact the roll being formed with an increasing angle of wrap as the diameter of the roll increases;
- moving a deflector roller, which engages the belt, during the rolling of the insulation material, to increase the angle of wrap of the belt around the insulation material as the diameter of the roll increases, and
- increasing tension on the belt as the diameter of the roll increases in order to maintain a substantially constant pressure on the insulation material.
Apparatus for packaging compressible insulation material comprising:
- a mandrel mounted for rotation, and adapted to roll up insulation material into a roll;
- a pair of opposed belts adapted to contact the roll being formed on the mandrel to apply pressure to the roll, the belts being positioned so that they contact the roll being formed with an increasing angle of wrap as the diameter of the roll increases;
- a deflector roller mounted for engagement with at least one of the belts to increase the angle of wrap of the belt around the roll of insulation material being formed on the mandrel, and
- means for increasing tension on the belts as the diameter of the roll increases in order to maintain a substantially constant pressure on the insulation material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.