Thermal insulating foamed material having carbon dioxide adsorbents and method for manufacturing the same

• US 5,877,226 A
• Filed: 04/28/1998
• Issued: 03/02/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Refrigeration Company (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Refrigeration Company (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tenra, Tomohisa, Tsuda, Yoshiyuki, Takushima, Tsukasa, Uekado, Kazutaka, Nakamoto, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): Foelak, Morton
• Application Number:
  US09/067,519
• Time in Patent Office: 308 Days
• Field of Search: 521/76, 521/57, 521/109.1, 521/125
• US Class Current: 521/76
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 18/088 Removal of water or carbon dioxide from the reaction mixture or reaction components
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 18/482 Mixtures of polyethers containing at least one polyether containing nitrogen
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 2110/0025 rigid
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 2110/005 < 50kg/m3
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 2205/052 Closed cells, i.e. more than 50% of the pores are closed
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 2375/04 Polyurethanes
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 9/0066 Use of inorganic compounding ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 9/009 Use of pretreated compounding ingredients

Abstract

A thermal insulating foamed material is a polyurethane foam having closed cells, and produced by mixing, agitating and foaming a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a foam stabilizer, a catalyst, a blowing agent and a carbon dioxide adsorbent. The carbon dioxide adsorbent is produced by mixing and granulating powders of at least one member of alkali metal hydroxides and alkaline-earth metal hydroxides and organic or inorganic powders having a water absorbing property and soaked with water in advance, and formed by a resin film, such as a methacrylic acid ester, which is permeable to carbon dioxide but hardly permeable to water.

Claims

1. A thermal insulating foamed material, which comprises a foamed polyurethane resin composition having closed cells, which has therein carbon dioxide adsorbents formed by at least one member of carbonates of alkali metal and carbonates of alkaline-earth metal, covered with resin coating, and has volatile blowing agent in said closed cells.

2. A thermal insulating foamed material in accordance with claim 1, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent has at least one member of hydroxides of alkali metal and hydroxides of alkaline-earth metal forming a mixture with said carbonates of alkali metal or said carbonate of alkaline-earth metal.

3. A thermal insulating foamed material in accordance with claim 1, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent contains water within said resin coating.

4. A thermal insulating foamed material in accordance with claim 1, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent is formed with a coating resin film, which is permeable to carbon dioxide but hardly permeable to water.

5. A thermal insulating foamed material in accordance with claim 1, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent is formed with a coating resin film consisting of at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid ester, polymethacrylic acid ester, ethyl cellulose, and carboxymethyl ethyl cellulose.

6. A thermal insulating foamed material in accordance with claim 1, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent has an outer dimension of from 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm.

13. A thermal insulating foamed material in accordance with claim 2, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent contains water within said resin coating.

14. A thermal insulating foamed material in accordance with claim 2, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent is formed with a coating resin film, which is permeable to carbon dioxide but hardly permeable to water.

15. A thermal insulating foamed material in accordance with claim 2, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent is formed with a coating resin film consisting of at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid ester, polymethyacrylic acid ester, ethyl cellulose, and carboxymethyl ethyl cellulose.

16. A thermal insulating foamed material in accordance with claim 2, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent has an outer dimension of from 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm.

7. A thermal insulation cabinet comprising:

a first wall member,

a second wall member and

a foamed polyurethane resin composition which is filled in a space formed between said first wall member and said second wall member, has therein carbon dioxide adsorbents formed by at least one member of carbonates of alkali metal and carbonates of alkaline-earth metal, covered with resin coating, and has volatile blowing agent in closed cells of said foamed polyurethane resin composition.

8. A thermal insulation cabinet in accordance with claim 7, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent further contains at least one member of hydroxides of alkali metal and hydroxides of alkaline-earth metal forming a mixture with said carbonates of alkali metal or said carbonates of alkaline-earth metal.

9. A thermal insulation cabinet in accordance with claim 7, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent contains water within said resin coating.

10. A thermal insulation cabinet in accordance with claim 7, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent is formed with a coating resin film, which is permeable to carbon dioxide but hardly permeable to water.

11. A thermal insulation cabinet in accordance with claim 7, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent is formed with a coating resin film of at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid ester, polymethacrylic acid ester, ethyl cellulose, and carboxymethyl ethyl cellulose.

12. A thermal insulation cabinet in accordance with claim 7, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent has an outer dimension of from 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm.

17. A thermal insulation cabinet in accordance with claim 8, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent contains water within said resin coating.

18. A thermal insulation cabinet in accordance with claim 8, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent is formed with a coating resin film, which is permeable to carbon dioxide but hardly permeable to water.

19. A thermal insulation cabinet in accordance with claim 8, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent is formed with a coating resin film of at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid ester, polymethacrylic acid ester, ethyl cellulose, and carboxymethyl ethyl cellulose.

20. A thermal insulation cabinet in accordance with claim 8, wherein said carbon dioxide adsorbent has an outer dimension of from 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm.