Board with pre-applied sealing material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10017941-B2
Application number	US-201615177664-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2016
Priority date	Mar 28, 2011
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

A board with preformed seals. In an exemplary embodiment, a sealing material is applied to at least one edge of a board to form a preformed seal on that edge. The board is configured such that when the board is attached to a frame adjacent to a another board, at least a portion of the sealing material applied to the edge of the board seals against at least a portion of an edge another board. In one exemplary embodiment, the boards are configured to seal against edges of substantially identical boards. A plurality of the sheathing boards may be installed on a building frame to form a sheathing system that provides a moisture and/or gas barrier between and interior and exterior of a building.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A board assembly comprising:
a rigid board having front and back faces and first, second, third, and fourth edges; and
a compressible foam sealing material pre-applied to and in direct contact with substantially an entirety of the back face,
wherein the rigid board is configured to be attached to a plurality of frame members such that at least a portion of the sealing material applied to the back face of the board forms an airtight seal and a moisture tight seal directly against the frame members, and wherein the sealing material is a gasket that is attached to the board by an adhesive before the board is attached to the frame members.

2. The board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the rigid board is a polystyrene foam board and the board assembly consists of:
the polystyrene foam board;
the gasket;
the adhesive; and
a protective layer provided over the gasket.

3. The board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the board comprises one or more of a foam board, an oriented strand board, a fiberglass reinforced sheet, and a plywood board.

4. The board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sealing material is applied only to the back face.

5. The board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the board comprises extruded polystyrene foam.

6. The board assembly of claim 5 , wherein the board further comprises oriented strand board.

7. A wall system comprising:
a plurality of frame members forming a structural framework for a wall; and
a first board having a gasket composed of compressible foam sealing material pre-applied to and in direct contact with substantially an entire back face of the first board;
wherein the first board is attached to one or more of the plurality of frame members by conventional mechanical fasteners which compress the compressible foam sealing material and form at least one of an air tight seal and a moisture tight seal directly against the one or more frame members.

8. The wall system of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of frame members forming a structural framework for a wall are spaced-apart, outer wall studs.

9. The wall system of claim 7 , wherein the sealing material is cured to the first board before the first board is attached to the one or more frame members.

10. The wall system of claim 7 , wherein the gasket is attached to the first board by an adhesive before the first board is attached to the one or more frame members.

11. The wall system of claim 7 , wherein the first board comprises one or more of a foam board, an oriented strand board, a fiberglass reinforced sheet, and a plywood board.

12. The wall system of claim 7 wherein the first board comprises extruded polystyrene foam.

13. The wall system of claim 7 wherein the compressible foam sealing material directly contacts the one or more of the plurality of frame members.

14. The wall system of claim 7 , further comprising a second board having compressible foam sealing material pre-applied to and in direct contact with substantially an entire back face of the second board, wherein the second board is attached to one or more of the plurality of frame members such that the back face of the second board faces the one or more frame members and the compressible foam sealing material forms a seal against the one or more frame members.

15. The wall system of claim 14 , wherein the compressible foam sealing material of the first board forms a seal against a first frame member of the plurality of frame members and the compressible foam sealing material of the second board also forms a seal against the first frame member.

Assignees

• Owens Corning Intellectual Capital Llc
• Owens Corning Intellectual Capital Llc

Inventors

• Clancy Timothy Robert
• Budinscak John Frank
• Burlingame Lee John

Classifications

• B32B37/12

  characterised by using adhesives · CPC title

• E04F13/0892

  with means for aligning the outer surfaces of the covering elements (E04F13/0894 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E04F13/0803

  with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements · CPC title

• E04F13/0894

  with tongue and groove connections · CPC title

• E04B2/7457

  with wallboards attached to the outer faces of the posts, parallel to the partition (E04B2/7459 takes precedence) · CPC title