Claims
- 1. A panel formed from strands of fiberglass,
- said panel including continuous aligned strands of glass in a plurality of layers, at least some of said strands extending completely across said panel,
- said panel including a periphery, a thickness, a recessed face, a projecting face, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and side edges; said panel being porous to allow air passage through one of said faces, into said panel and out through the other of said faces,
- said panel being formed from a flat panel into a patterned panel having a relief between each edge and said recessed face, and
- said panel being retained as a patterned panel by a thermosetting resin binder.
- 2. The formed panel of claim 1 wherein said formed panel has a rectangular periphery.
- 3. The formed panel of claim 2 wherein said formed panel has a weight of about 0.25 oz. to about 4 oz. per square foot.
- 4. The formed panel of claim 3 wherein said formed panel has a thickness in the range of about 1/16 to about 1 inch.
- 5. The formed panel of claim 1 wherein said formed panel has a non-rectangular periphery.
- 6. The formed panel of claim 1 wherein said formed panel has a weight of about 0.25 oz. to about 4 oz. per square foot.
- 7. The formed panel of claim 1 wherein said formed panel has a thickness in the range of about 1/16 to about 1 inch.
- 8. The formed panel of claim 1 wherein said relief is up to fourteen inches.
- 9. The formed panel of claim 1 wherein said thermosetting resin binder has a weight and said strands have a weight, the weight of said thermosetting resin binder being between about five and about fifteen percent of said weight of said strands.
- 10. The formed panel of claim 9 wherein said formed panel has a rectangular periphery.
- 11. The formed panel of claim 9 wherein said formed panel has a non-rectangular periphery.
- 12. The formed panel of claim 1, wherein said resin is a mixture comprised of between about 65% and about 75% polyester, between about 12% and about 18% isopropyl alcohol, between about 0.8% and about 1.2% trimethyoxysilan, between about 0.4% and about 0.8% triethylammonium catalyst, between about 0.4% and about 0.6% triethylamine, and between about 10% and about 15% melamine.
- 13. The formed panel of claim 1 wherein said resin is a mixture comprised of between about 65% and about 85% polyester, between about 8% and about 20% xylene, between about 4% and about 12% diallylphthalatemonomer, up to 1.0% silane (trimethyoxysilan), up to 2.0% acetone, up to 1.0% cao-3(2, 6-de-tert-butyl-p-cersol), and up to 1.0% benzoyl peroxide.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/361,187 filed Dec. 21, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,639,411.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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