Abstract: A glass fiber insulation product includes irregularly-shaped glass fibers of two different glasses having differing coefficients of thermal expansion, with the irregularly-shaped dual-glass fibers exhibiting a substantially uniform volume filling nature, and providing improved recovery and thermal conductivity abilities even in the absence of a binder material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 1994
Date of Patent:
May 13, 1997
Assignee:
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
Inventors:
Clarke Berdan, II, Ronald A. Houpt, Russell M. Potter, David P. Aschenbeck