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US 6,722,466 B1Granted
Acoustic blanket for machinery and method for attenuating sound
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsWei Tong, Thomas Arthur Wagner, Ian Arthur Hughes, John Michael Gillivan, James Joseph Gibney, III
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Abstract
An acoustic blanket is disclosed for an industrial machine including a plurality of flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a fiber glass material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to an adjacent panel, and the plurality of flexible panels are each assigned a position in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine.
Claims29
An acoustic blanket for an industrial machine comprising:
- a plurality of flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a fiber glass material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to an adjacent panel, and
- said plurality of flexible panels are each assigned a position in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine,
- wherein the panels include a tie-rod extending through the panels to secure the panels together.
An acoustic blanket for an industrial machine comprising:
- a plurality of flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a fiber glass material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to an adjacent panel, and
- said plurality of flexible panels are each assigned a position in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine,
- wherein the panels include a tie-rod extending through the panels to secure the panels together, and the tie-rod further includes one of the attachments.
An acoustic blanket for an industrial machine comprising:
- a plurality of flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a fiber glass material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to an adjacent panel, and
- said plurality of flexible panels are each assigned a position in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine,
- wherein the panels include a tie-rod extending through the panels to secure the panels together, and the tie-rod further include the attachments comprising a hook at an end of the tie-rod.
An acoustic blanket for an industrial machine comprising:
- a plurality of flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a fiber glass material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to an adjacent panel, and
- said plurality of flexible panels are each assigned a position in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine,
- further comprising cabling between the attachment of adjacent panels, wherein cabling secures the panels together in the blanket.
An acoustic blanket for an industrial machine comprising:
- a plurality of flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a fiber glass material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to an adjacent panel, and
- said plurality of flexible panels are each assigned a position in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine,
- further including at least one external strap extending over the blanket and the machine and secured at opposite ends of the strap to a machine base, wherein each end of the strap is secured to opposite sides of the machine.
An acoustic blanket for reducing the sound in an industrial machine comprising:
- an acoustic blanket further comprising a quilt of interconnected flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a sound adsorbing material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to at least one adjacent panel, wherein each of said panels bears an indicia indicating a position of the panel in said blanket, and
- a securing device extending over said blanket to hold the blanket onto said machine,
- wherein the panels include a tie-rod extending through the panels to secure the panels together, and the tie-rod further includes a hook at an end of the tie-rod for connecting the panel to an adjacent panel.
An acoustic blanket for reducing the sound in an industrial machine comprising:
- an acoustic blanket further comprising a quilt of interconnected flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a sound adsorbing material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to at least one adjacent panel, wherein each of said panels bears an indicia indicating a position of the panel in said blanket, and
- a securing device extending over said blanket to hold the blanket onto said machine,
- further comprising cabling between adjacent panels, wherein the cabling secures the panels together in the blanket.
An acoustic blanket for reducing the sound in an industrial machine comprising:
- an acoustic blanket further comprising a quilt of interconnected flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a sound adsorbing material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to at least one adjacent panel, wherein each of said panels bears an indicia indicating a position of the panel in said blanket, and
- a securing device extending over said blanket to hold the blanket onto said machine,
- further comprising a skirt around a lower section of the machine, wherein the skirt is attached along a bottom edge to a machine base and is attached along an upper edge to said blanket.
A method for installing an industrial acoustic blanket on an industrial machine comprising:
- a) forming flexible panels wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a sound adsorbing material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material, and an attachment for connecting the panel to at least one adjacent panel;
- b) marking each of said panel with an indicia indicating a position of the panel in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine;
- c) positioning each of said panels the corresponding location of said industrial machine using the indicia to determine the proper location of the panel on the machine;
- d) attaching the panels to adjacent panels of the blanket,
- e) securing the blanket to the machine;
- f) attaching said plurality of blanket sections to said industrial machine, wherein said blanket substantially conforms to an outer shape of the industrial machine when laying on said machine, and
- wherein steps (a) to (e) are performed sequentially.
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A method for installing an industrial acoustic blanket on an industrial machine comprising:
- a) forming flexible panels wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a sound adsorbing material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material, and an attachment for connecting the panel to at least one adjacent panel;
- b) marking each of said panel with an indicia indicating a position of the panel in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine;
- c) positioning each of said panels the corresponding location of said industrial machine using the indicia to determine the proper location of the panel on the machine;
- d) attaching the panels to adjacent panels of the blanket, and
- e) securing the blanket to the machine,
- f) attaching said plurality of blanket sections to said industrial machine,
- wherein steps (c) and (d) are performed in reverse order.
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A method for installing an industrial acoustic blanket on an industrial machine comprising:
- a) forming flexible panels wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a sound adsorbing material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material, and an attachment for connecting the panel to at least one adjacent panel;
- b) marking each of said panel with an indicia indicating a position of the panel in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine;
- c) positioning each of said panels the corresponding location of said industrial machine using the indicia to determine the proper location of the panel on the machine;
- d) attaching the panels to adjacent panels of the blanket, and
- e) securing the blanket to the machine,
- f) attaching said plurality of blanket sections to said industrial machine,
- wherein step (d) is performed by attaching the panels edge to edge, and applying cabling between the adjacent panels to secure the panels together.
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A method for installing an industrial acoustic blanket on an industrial machine comprising:
- a) forming flexible panels wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a sound adsorbing material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material, and an attachment for connecting the panel to at least one adjacent panel;
- b) marking each of said panel with an indicia indicating a position of the panel in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine;
- c) positioning each of said panels the corresponding location of said industrial machine using the indicia to determine the proper location of the panel on the machine;
- d) attaching the panels to adjacent panels of the blanket, and
- e) securing the blanket to the machine,
- f) attaching said plurality of blanket sections to said industrial machine,
- wherein the blanket is secured to the machine by at least one strap extending over the blanket and machine, and secured at opposite ends to a machine base.
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A method for installing an industrial acoustic blanket on an industrial machine comprising:
- a) forming flexible panels wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a sound adsorbing material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material, and an attachment for connecting the panel to at least one adjacent panel;
- b) marking each of said panel with an indicia indicating a position of the panel in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine;
- c) positioning each of said panels the corresponding location of said industrial machine using the indicia to determine the proper location of the panel on the machine;
- d) attaching the panels to adjacent panels of the blanket, and
- e) securing the blanket to the machine,
- f) attaching said plurality of blanket sections to said industrial machine,
- wherein the blanket is secured to the machine by at least one strap extending around the blanket and machine, and securing a bottom edge of the blanket to a skirt wrapped around a lower section of the machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.