Water stain and sag resistant acoustic building panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9702142-B1
Application number	US-201615140266-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 27, 2016
Priority date	Apr 27, 2016
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

Described herein is an stain and sag resistant acoustic ceiling panel comprising a porous body formed from mineral and cellulosic fibers having an upper surface opposite a lower surface and at least one side surface extending between the upper surface and the lower surface; a first layer applied to the upper surface, the first layer comprising a hygroscopic component and a hydrophobic component; and a second layer applied to the lower surface, the second layer comprising a hydrophobic component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An acoustic ceiling panel comprising:
a porous body having an upper surface opposite a lower surface and at least one side surface extending between the upper surface and the lower surface;
a first layer applied to the upper surface, the first layer comprising a hygroscopic component and a first hydrophobic component.

2. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 1 , wherein a second layer is applied to the lower surface, the second layer comprising a second hydrophobic component, the second hydrophobic component comprising at least one of a silicone, wax, fluoro-surfactant, and combinations thereof.

3. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 2 , wherein the second layer is discontinuous.

4. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first hydrophobic component comprises at least one of a silicone, wax, fluoro-surfactant, and combinations thereof.

5. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 1 , wherein the hygroscopic component comprises the reaction product of a polycarboxyl polymer and a polyol.

6. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 5 , wherein polycarboxyl polymers are selected from polyacrylic acid, polyacrylic acid ammonium salt, polystyrene maleic acid, polystyrene maleic ammonium salt, and polystyrene maleic anhydride; and the polyol is selected from diethanol amine, triethanol amine, glycerol, glucose, sucrose, fructose, sorbitol, polyvinyl alcohol, and pentaerythritol.

7. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 2 , wherein the first layer comprises and an upper surface opposite a lower surface; the second layer comprises an upper surface opposite a lower surface; and the acoustic ceiling panel comprises a first major surface opposite a second major surface, wherein the first major surface comprises the upper surface of the first layer and the second major surface comprises the lower surface of the second layer.

8. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 7 , wherein the porous body has a first NRC value of at least 0.5 as measured from the upper surface to the lower surface of the porous body.

9. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 7 , wherein the upper surface of second layer contacts the lower surface of the porous body, and wherein the building panel has a second NRC value as measured from the lower surface of the second layer to the upper surface of the porous body, wherein the second NRC value is at least 90% of the first NRC value.

10. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 7 , wherein the porous body exhibits a first CAC value as measured from the lower surface to the upper surface of the porous body, and a second CAC value is measured from the second major surface to the first major surface of the building panel and the second CAC value is greater than the first CAC value.

11. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 1 , wherein the porous body is comprised of a fibrous material and a first hydrophobic component uniformly distributed throughout the porous body.

12. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 11 , wherein the first hydrophobic component is present in an amount of at least about 1.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the stain-repellant material.

13. An acoustic ceiling panel comprising:
a porous body having an upper surface opposite a lower surface and at least one side surface extending between the upper surface and the lower surface;
a first layer applied to the upper surface, the first layer comprising a first hydrophobic component; and
a second layer applied to the lower surface, the second layer comprising a second hydrophobic component wherein the first layer further comprises a hygroscopic component.

14. The acoustic panel of claim 13 , wherein the first layer is continuous and the second layer is discontinuous.

15. The acoustic ceiling panel according to claim 13 , wherein the porous body is comprised of a fibrous material and a first hydrophobic component uniformly distributed throughout the porous body, wherein the first hydrophobic component is present in an amount of at least about 1.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the stain-repellant material.

Assignees

• Armstrong World Ind Inc
• Awi Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Wang Michelle X
• Lefever Joanne
• Lu Lida

Classifications

• E04B2001/8461

  layered · CPC title

• E04B9/067

  with inverted T-shaped cross-section · CPC title

• E04B2001/742

  Use of special materials; Materials having special structures or shape · CPC title

• E04B9/0435 Primary

  having connection means at the edges · CPC title

• E04B1/86

  slab-shaped · CPC title