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US 6,316,087 B1Granted
Synthetic structural panel and method for manufacture
OwnerWarren Lehaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention comprises an improved structural panel with synthetic ingredients, such as vermiculite and fibers. The improved structural panel achieves enhanced lateral and surface integrity by the use of fibers within the core of the structural panel and adhesives and smooth materials (such as foil) as a surface coating. The invention further describes a method and apparatus for assembling such a structural panel.
Claims4
An improved structural panel useful in interior portions of building construction, the structural panel comprising;
- a blend of any one or combinations of the following standard building cement constituents to selected from the group of clay grog and Portland Cement I, II, or III;
- said standard building cement constituents being supplemented with vermiculite particles as a filler;
- said blend of standard building cement constituents and vermiculite filler existing in two or more layers of at least one-quarter-inch thickness within the width of said structural panel, each said layer having between them a binding layer comprising an adhesive and a disposition of synthetic fibers made of polypropylene which may of random lengths of at least one-quarter-inch which are laid between the layers of said standard building cement constituents supplemented with said vermiculite filler so that such fibers lay along the plane of each said layer 's surface;
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- a foil surfacing on at least one side of the structural panel.
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