Dallas L Dudgeon

US Patent:

61910570, Feb 20, 2001

Filed:

Aug 31, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/386806

Inventors:

Bharat D. Patel - Reynoldsburg OH
Weigang Qi - Westerville OH
Dallas L. Dudgeon - Newark OH
Matthew C. Brokaw - Bellville OH
Larry J. Grant - Westerville OH
Russell M. Potter - Hebron OH

Assignee:

Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. - Summit IL

International Classification:

B32B 2728
D04H 100

US Classification:

442398

Abstract:

An insulation product includes an elongated batt of fibrous insulation material, and a facing adhered to a major surface of the batt, wherein the facing is a coextruded polymer film of barrier and bonding layers, with the bonding layer having a softening point lower than the softening point of the barrier layer, with the bonding layer being one or more materials of the group consisting of ethylene N-butyl acrylate, ethylene methyl acrylate and ethylene ethyl acrylate, and wherein the facing has been heated to a temperature above the softening point of the bonding layer, but below the softening point of the barrier layer, whereby the facing is adhered to the batt by the attachment of the bonding layer to the fibers in the batt due to the softening of the bonding layer.