Patents Assigned to Celotex
  • Patent number: 4319921
    Abstract: Metallic scrap contaminated with combustibles is melted in a reverberatory melting furnace having two communicating wells; one being an enclosed sidewell, which is the receiving well for scrap material during melting, and the other being an enclosed main holding well for molten metal. The main well has burner means to provide heat for melting the metal and treating the scrap material. Heat from molten metal flowing between the main well and the sidewell produces exhaust gases by vaporizing the combustibles of the scrap material. An external passage circulates the exhaust gases from the sidewell to the main well for incineration by the main well's burner means. The external passage has an eductor means which draws the exhaust gases from the sidewell and propels them towards the main well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry C. Pryor, Roger E. Jenson
  • Patent number: 4319792
    Abstract: A shelf structure includes a shelf body having a pair of spaced gripping and strengthening projections, each projection extending longitudinally from one side edge to the other along the undersurface of said shelf body and being integrally attached to said undersurface. The shelf structure is removably attached to two opposed side supports, as, e.g., the side walls of a bathroom cabinet, by engagement of each of the gripping projections at its sides with opposed lateral projections on each of the side supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald L. Britt, Delmar E. Benjamin
  • Patent number: 4316935
    Abstract: A foam characterized by the presence of isocyanurate groups which is the reaction product of a polymethylene polyphenyl isocyanate, such as that of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from 1 to 8 inclusive, and a furan resin of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R is --CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2 --, and the average value of m is such that the furan resin has a viscosity of up to 50,000 centipoises at 25.degree. C. The foam exhibits a low friability and an improved capacity to maintain its structural integrity when exposed to fire, and can be used in structural laminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1982
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventor: Ernest K. Moss
  • Patent number: 4311801
    Abstract: A process for producing a laminate of polyisocyanurate foam which is the reaction product of a polymethylene polyphenylisocyanate and a polyol which is ethoxylated trimethylol propane, ethoxylated trimethylol ethane, ethoxylated pentaerythritol or ethoxylated glycerin. Laminates of such foams exhibit improved adhesion of the facing sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Skowronski, Alberto DeLeon
  • Patent number: 4306927
    Abstract: A process for producing a laminate comprising a metal sheet having thermoplastic material on both sides thereof is described. The thermoplastic material is calendered to produce an upper thermoplastic sheet and a lower thermoplastic sheet. A metal sheet is fed into the nip between the calender rolls in order to contact the metal sheet simultaneously with the upper and lower thermoplastic sheets, thus producing a laminate. Processes for producing a pipe-wrapping material, a roofing structure and a solvent-welded joint are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Smith A. Funk, Charles J. Klasen, Ilmars Vilmanis
  • Patent number: 4284683
    Abstract: A structural laminate comprises at least one planar facing sheet with a rigid foam attached to one surface of the facing sheet. The rigid foam may be any polymeric material which is capable of being foamed. Distributed substantially evenly throughout the foam is a mat of long straight glass fibers arranged in layers substantially parallel to the facing sheet. The process for producing this structural laminate comprises the steps of contacting a thin, substantially incompressible yet expansible mat of long straight glass fibers with a foam-forming mixture on each face of the mat, and passing the facing sheets having the mat and the foam-forming mixture there between through the nip of two rotating rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Hipchen, Michael J. Skowronski, Joseph R. Hagan
  • Patent number: 4282920
    Abstract: To a grille of standard construction there are added plastic slats to provide a solid barrier creating maximum security and visibility, wherein opposite ends of the added slats are merely crimpled to prevent their removal from the construction. The crimping, however, is not vulnerable to tampering due to their out-of-reach location in the tracking structure of the grille.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Jim Walter Doors North American, Div. of The Celotex Corp.
    Inventor: Paul E. Kremm
  • Patent number: 4277926
    Abstract: An insulating wall structure for installation over an existing outer wall of a structure comprises an insulating material spaced from said outer wall with a closure means at the bottom and sides of said outer wall and an opening adjacent the top of said insulating wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1981
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Morton Sherman, James A. Berry
  • Patent number: 4266388
    Abstract: A template for positioning an array of overlapping shingles on a roof comprises a body member having a side edge contoured to fit the side edge pattern of the array of shingles to be established on the roof, whereby the shingle positioning is accomplished by setting on the roof a first shingle of the array, positioning the template on the roof so that a portion of its contoured side edge abuts the corresponding side edge portion of the first shingle of the array and thereafter guiding the placement on the roof of each of the remaining shingles of the array by abutting a side edge portion of each against the corresponding side edge portion of the template's contoured side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventor: David N. Flood
  • Patent number: 4266528
    Abstract: A range hood for an enclosure, which may be either ducted or ductless, comprises a hood having an inner compartment, said inner compartment having an air inlet aperture and first and second air outlet apertures; a blower means disposed within said hood and adapted to draw air from said enclosure through said air inlet aperture into said inner compartment and to discharge the air from said inner compartment through said outlet apertures; a damper member mounted for movement between a first position blocking said first outlet aperture, sand a second position not blocking said first outlet aperture, said damper member being normally biased to said first, blocking position; a first means for selectively locking or unlocking said damper member in said first position; and a second means for selectively opening or closing said second outlet aperture, such that, when said second outlet aperture is open and said damper member is locked in said first position, the air drawn into said inner compartment by said blower me
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Barnhart, Ronald L. Britt, John E. Kroger, David A. Walters
  • Patent number: 4247413
    Abstract: A closed cell phenolic-resin foam material comprising phenolic-resin foam forming reactants, a blowing agent, and a surfactant which is the capped reaction product of an alkoxylated amine and a copolymerizable mixture of dialkyl maleate with N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone or N-vinyl caprolactam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Beale, Ernest K. Moss
  • Patent number: 4242241
    Abstract: A method for making a slurry containing particulate matter and fibers for a preformed insulation product comprises mixing dry particulate matter with a binder which is a liquid containing dispersed fibers. An apparatus suitable for practicing the method comprises a means for disposing the particulate matter in the form of a falling curtain and a means for spraying the binder on the particulate matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Murray Rosen, Alan R. Koenig, John D. Copham
  • Patent number: 4239310
    Abstract: A door for attachment to a container, particularly a medicine cabinet, includes a frame having slotted openings and an object, especially a medicine cabinet mirror, fitted therein; and a door back mounted against the object back surface, said door back including tabs adapted to engage with said slotted openings to hold said object in place and a latch adapted to secure said door in a closed position to said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventor: Delmar E. Benjamin
  • Patent number: 4217380
    Abstract: A process for producing a raised embossed effect on a substrate comprising contacting the substrate with a pattern roll having depressions therein. The depressions are filled with a coating composition comprising a filler, a binder for the filler, water, and montmorillonite. The coating composition is transferred to the substrate in an embossed pattern while retaining the shape of the coating composition. Water is then removed from the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph J. Medica, William T. Hahn
  • Patent number: 4213487
    Abstract: A process for producing a laminate comprising a metal sheet having thermoplastic material on both sides thereof is described. The thermoplastic material is calendered to produce an upper thermoplastic sheet and a lower thermoplastic sheet. A metal sheet is fed into the nip between the calender rolls in order to contact the metal sheet simultaneously with the upper and lower thermoplastic sheets, thus producing a laminate. Processes for producing a pipe-wrapping material, a roofing structure and a solvent-welded joint are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Smith A. Funk, Charles J. Klasen, Ilmars Vilmanis
  • Patent number: 4212917
    Abstract: A process for producing a laminate of polyisocyanurate foam which is the reaction product of a polymethylene polyphenylisocyanate and a polyol which is ethoxylated trimethylol propane, ethoxylated trimethylol ethane, ethoxylated pentaerythritol or ethoxylated glycerin. Laminates of such foams exhibit improved adhesion of the facing sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Skowronski, Alberto DeLeon
  • Patent number: 4205135
    Abstract: A process for producing a closed cell phenolic-resin foam material comprising a phenolic-resin polymer and a surfactant which is branched, non-ionic, with a hydroxyl value less than 50 achieved by capping excess hydroxyl groups; the material, and a structural laminate employing the material. The material has a thermal conductivity which is low initially and remains low for a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Beale, Ernest K. Moss
  • Patent number: 4204020
    Abstract: A closed cell phenolic-resin foam material comprising phenolic-resin foam forming reactants, a blowing agent, and a surfactant which is the capped reaction product of an alkoxylated amine and a copolymerizable mixture of dialkyl maleate with N-vinyl-2- pyrrolidone or N-vinyl caprolactam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Beale, Ernest K. Moss
  • Patent number: 4169921
    Abstract: An improved polyisocyanurate comprising polymethylene polyphenylisocyanate having a functionality of 2.1 to 3.2 and having an equivalent weight between 120 and 180; a polyol having an equivalent weight between 30 and 100; certain tertiary amino phenols; an alkali metal carboxylate, and a blowing agent.These compositions exhibit an advantageous cream time, firm time, tack free time, and a low friability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1979
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest K. Moss, Alberto DeLeon, Michael J. Skowronski
  • Patent number: 4168919
    Abstract: A method for making a slurry containing particulate matter and fibers for a preformed insulation product comprises mixing dry particulate matter with a binder which is a liquid containing dispersed fibers. An apparatus suitable for practicing the method comprises a means for disposing the particulate matter in the form of a falling curtain and a means for spraying the binder on the particulate matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1979
    Assignee: The Celotex Corporation
    Inventors: Murray Rosen, Alan R. Koenig, John D. Copham