Insulating a building using insulating particles with foam and a web
OwnerHenry Sperberinventor
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Abstract
Installing insulation for a building member using a web member is provided. The web member is attached to a surface of the building member that is to be insulated. The web member has a number of spaces defined between its wire or solid elements. The insulating material is sprayed against the web member. The insulating material can include a foamable substance and insulating particles combined therewith. The insulating material is received in the spaces of the web member. The insulating material can be sprayed to pass through the thickness of the web member. The web member facilitates the holding or capturing of the insulating material.
Claims24
A method for insulating, comprising:
- attaching a web member having a length, a width and a thickness to a building member, said web member having an inner surface adjacent to said building member and an outer surface, said thickness extending in a substantially perpendicular direction away from said building member between said inner and outer surfaces and having a number of voids defined by a number of solid portions, said thickness being substantially less than said length and being substantially less than said width, said solid portions and said voids continuously extending at least for a first extent along said web member length and also at least for a second extent along said web member width, said first extent being closer in magnitude to said length than to said thickness and said second extent being closer in magnitude to said width than to said thickness;
- supplying insulating material including insulating particles to said web member while said insulating material is in an uncured state, wherein during said supplying step and when said web member is being initially contacted by said insulating material, at least some of said insulating material is received by said number of voids;
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- holding at least some of said insulating particles outwardly of said outer surface of said web member including after said insulating material is in a completely cured state.
An insulated building apparatus, comprising:
- a building member;
- a web member having an inner surface adjacent to said building member and an outer surface in which a thickness of said web member is defined between said inner and outer surfaces and said outer surface terminates said thickness of said web member, said web member including solid portions and spaces between said solid portions, said web member also having a length an a width and with said thickness extending in a substantially perpendicular direction away from said building member, each of said length and said width being greater than said thickness, at least some of said spaces being located in said outer surface of said web member;
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- insulating material that comprises a plurality of insulating particles located in at least a majority of said web member spaces including being located in at least some web member outer surface spaces;
- wherein when said insulating material initially contacts said web member, said insulating material is received by said at least a majority of said web member spaces whereby movement of said insulating material relative to the building member is substantially prevented.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.