IP Library Granted Patent US 7,998,442
Granted Patent B2
US 7,998,442 · App. 11/280,629 · Granted Aug 16, 2011

Sound insulating board

Assignee: Kronotec AG
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Patent No.
US 7,998,442
App. No.
11/280,629
Granted
Aug 16, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a sound-insulating board, in particular a footfall insulating board for laminate floors or similar applications. The sound-insulating board is distinguished by a continuous transition of its density from the one large-area side to the other large-area side of the board and comprises a mixture of unglued wood fibers, a binder and/or supporting fibers and a mixed plastic, such as arises from the dual system during the recovery of plastic parts.

Claims (23)

1. A sound-insulating board, comprising:

50 to 60% of a mixture of unglued wood fibers, 42 to 30% of a mixed plastic of a type arising during a recovery of plastic parts from a dual system, and 8 to 10% of binders formed of thermoplastic synthetic resins and/or supporting fibers;

the board having a substantially continuous gradient in a density thereof from one large-area side to an opposite large-area side thereof, with the mixed plastic substantially forming a lower layer of the board, the wood fibers substantially forming an upper surface layer of the board, and the mixed plastic and the wood fibers being mixed therebetween with the substantially continuous density gradient,

with the mixed plastic having been enriched on a lower side of the board.

2. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , which further comprises a hydrophobicizing agent and/or flame prevention agent.

3. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture partially contains binders and supporting fibers or supporting fibers and substantially no binder.

4. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , wherein said supporting fibers are selected from the group of plant fibers consisting of hemp, straw, flax, and sisal, or synthetic resin fibers.

5. The sound-insulating board according to claim 4 , wherein said supporting fibers are polyamide fibers.

6. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , wherein said supporting fibers have lengths of 1 to 20 cm.

7. The sound-insulating board according to claim 6 , wherein said supporting fibers have lengths of 13 to 15 cm.

8. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , wherein said unglued wood fibers have a particle size from 0.3 to 1.2 cm and said mixed plastic has a particle size of 2.0 to 0.1 mm.

9. The sound-insulating board according to claim 8 , wherein said unglued wood fibers have a particle size from 0.7 to 1.0 cm.

10. The sound-insulating board according to claim 8 , wherein said unglued wood fibers have a particle size from 0.85 to 0.95 cm.

11. The sound-insulating board according to claim 8 , wherein said mixed plastic has a particle size of substantially 0.2 mm.

12. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , constructed with a thickness of 3 to 20 mm and a bulk density of 130 to 260 kg/m 3 .

13. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , constructed with a thickness of 3 to 6 mm and a bulk density of 200 to 260 kg/m 3 .

14. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , constructed with a thickness of 7 to 20 mm and a bulk density of 130 to 220 kg/m 3 .

15. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , which further comprises a fiber nonwoven disposed on one or both of said first and second large-area sides of the board.

16. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , which further comprises structuring formed on one or both of said first and second large-area sides of the board.

17. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , which further comprises a fiber nonwoven disposed on one large-area side and structuring on the other large-area side of the board.

18. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , formed by blowing a mixture of the initial products comprising unglued wood fibers, mixed plastics from the dual system and binders and/or supporting fibers in a desired composition out of one or more storage containers onto a continuously moved transport belt, and allowing same to harden in an oven with temperatures in a flow transition range of the thermoplastic adhesive fibers used as binders or parts of the mixed plastics, and cutting off boards to a desired length.

19. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , formed by blowing a mixture of the initial products comprising unglued wood fibers, optionally provided with a hydrophobicizing agent and/or a flame prevention agent, mixed plastics from the dual system, adhesive fibers and/or supporting fibers in a desired composition out of one or more storage containers onto a continuously moved transport belt, possibly structuring and/or applying a fiber nonwoven to one or both large-area sides of the mass stream, allowing same to harden in an oven with temperatures in the flow transition range of the thermoplastic adhesive fibers used as binders or parts of the mixed plastics, and cutting off boards to a desired length.

20. The sound-insulating board according to claim 1 , which comprises finishing the board as a sound-insulating board for laminate floors.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: KRONOTEC AG
To: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
Reel/Frame 040085/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2011
From: POHLMANN, CEVIN MARC
To: KRONOTEC AG
Reel/Frame 026469/0495 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2004 056 131 · Nov 16, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
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