Acoustical door

• US 5,416,285 A
• Filed: 12/17/1993
• Issued: 05/16/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eggers Division, LLC
• Original Assignee: Eggers Industries Incorporated (VT Industries, Inc.)
• Inventors: Niehaus, Paul W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gellner, M. L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dang, Khanh
• Application Number:
  US08/168,863
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 181/292, 181/284, 181/286, 181/287, 181/288, 181/290, 181/291, 181/294, 181/295, 52/144
• US Class Current: 181/287
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 5/20 for insulation against noise

Abstract

An acoustical door including a multiple ply core with individual plies separated from one another by intervening spacer networks. The networks provide generally uniform sound damping spaces between the core plies and are glued in position between the plies to bond the core together.

Claims

1. An acoustical wall construction comprising

a core including opposite sides, said core having a multiple ply construction including multiple panel plies, each of said panel plies including a periphery having opposite lateral edge portions and opposite longitudinal edge portions, and a plurality of separate spacer plies each fixed between a pair of said panel plies, said panel plies and said spacer plies being coextensive with each other to form a laminated construction, said spacer plies alternating with said panel plies so that each of said panel plies is separated from an adjacent one of said panel plies by an intervening air space, and each of said spacer plies including a pair of opposite lateral spacer strips fixed to the lateral edge portions of a pair of said panel plies, and a pair of opposite longitudinal spacer strips fixed to the longitudinal edge portions of a pair of said panel plies and

opposite exterior panels affixed to the opposite sides of said core.

2. An acoustical wall construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said spacer plies includes an inner spacer member fixed between a pair of said panel plies, said inner spacer member being spaced inwardly of said lateral and longitudinal edge portions of the pair of said panel plies to which said inner spacer member is fixed.

3. An acoustical wall construction as set forth in claim 2 wherein each of said lateral spacer strips, said longitudinal spacer strips, and said inner spacer member of each of said spacer plies is adhesively bonded to a pair of said panel plies.

4. An acoustical wall construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said panel plies include a first outer panel ply made of medium density fiberboard, a second outer panel ply made of hardboard, and a first inner panel ply sandwiched between said first and second outer panel plies, said inner panel ply being made of a sound-insulating material.

5. An acoustical door comprising

a laminated multiple ply core including a plurality of panel plies, each of said panel plies including a periphery including opposite lateral edge portions and opposite longitudinal edge portions, and said core including a plurality of spacer plies, said panel plies and said spacer plies being coextensive, and said spacer plies being positioned between successive ones of said panel plies to provide intervening air spaces between said panel plies, and each of said spacer plies including a pair of lateral spacer strips each bonded to said lateral edge portions of a pair of said panel plies, a pair of longitudinal spacer strips each bonded to said longitudinal edge portions of a pair of said panel plies, and inner spacer members each bonded between a pair of said panel plies, said inner spacer members being spaced inwardly from the peripheries of said panel plies, and

opposite multiple ply exterior panels fixed to said core.

6. An acoustical door as set forth in claim 5 wherein said core includes at least three of said panel plies and at least two of said spacer plies.

7. An acoustical wall construction comprising

a core including opposite sides, said core including a first outer panel ply made of medium density fiberboard, a second outer panel ply made of hardboard, a first inner panel ply sandwiched between said first and second outer panel plies, said first inner panel ply being made of a sound-insulating material, and a second inner panel ply made of vinyl, said second inner panel ply being sandwiched between said first inner panel ply and one of said first outer panel ply and said second outer panel ply, and said core including at least two separate spacer plies, each of said spacer plies including a plurality of spacer members, and each of said spacer plies being fixed between a pair of said panel plies so that said pair of panel plies are separated from one another by an intervening air space, and

opposite exterior panels affixed to the opposite sides of said core.