Patent Application
20200299955
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The disclosure and prior art relates to insulated devices and more particularly pertains to a new insulated device for improving the thermal efficiently between the joint of a framing member and sheathing.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a framing member for constructing the framing a building. An insulating layer is coupled to the framing member and the insulating layer is comprised of a thermally insulating material. A sheathing panel is positioned against the insulating layer and the insulating layer inhibits thermal communication between the framing member and the sheathing panel. In this way the insulating layer enhances thermal efficiency of the building. Additionally, the sheathing panel defines a planar component of the structure of the building.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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An insulating layer 18 is provided and the insulating layer 18 is coupled to the framing member 12. The insulating layer 18 has a thickness of approximately 1.0 inches and the insulating layer 18 is attached to the front surface 14 of the framing member 12. Moreover, the insulating layer 18 is coextensive with a length of the front surface 14 and the insulating layer 18 has a distal surface 20 with respect to the front surface 14 of the framing member 12. The insulating layer 18 is comprised of a thermally insulating material 18, such as insulating foam or the like.
The framing member 12 with the thickness of approximately 4.5 inches and the insulating layer 18 form a unit having a thickness of approximately 5.5 inches in the convention of existing 2×6 framing members. The framing member 12 with the thickness of approximately 2.5 inches and the insulating layer 18 form a unit having a thickness of approximately 3.5 inches in the convention of existing 2×4 framing members. The framing member 12 may have the traditional thickness of either 5.5 inches or 3.5 inches, and the insulating layer 18 may be a liquefied, insulating material that is infused into the framing member 12, extending from the front surface 14 of the framing member 12 toward the back surface 16 of the framing member 12. In this way the load bearing capacity of the framing member 12 is not compromised due to a reduction in thickness between the front 14 and back 16 surfaces.
A sheathing panel 22 is provided and the sheathing panel 22 is positioned against the insulating layer 18. The insulating layer 18 inhibits thermal communication between the framing member 12 and the sheathing panel 22. In this way the insulating layer 18 enhances thermal efficiency of the building. The sheathing panel 22 has a rear surface 24 and the rear surface 24 abuts the distal surface 20 of the insulating layer 18 when the sheathing panel 22 is applied to define the wall of the building. Fasteners 26, such as framing nails or the like, can be extended through the sheathing panel 33, the insulating layer 18 and the framing member 12 for attaching the sheathing panel 22 to the framing member 12.
In use, the framing member 12 and insulating layer 18 are employed to construct a building in accordance with either the International Commercial or Residential Code. The sheathing panel 22 is attached to the insulating layer 18 on the framing member 12 to construct the building. Thus, the insulating layer 18 inhibits thermal communication between the framing member 12 and the sheathing panel 22. In this way the insulating layer 18 enhances the thermal efficiency of the building.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
