Outer skin material for vacuum heat insulator including glass fiber and vacuum heat insulator including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9770885-B2
Application number	US-201414774696-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2014
Priority date	Mar 12, 2013
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides an outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator including: a lamination structure of an outermost glass textile layer, a surface protective layer, and an adhesive layer from the outside. In addition, the present invention provides a vacuum heat insulator including: a glass fiber board including 50 wt % to 90 wt % of fumed silica powder and 10 wt % to 50 wt % of glass fiber; and the outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator, the outer skin material having the glass fiber board inserted therein. Further, the present invention provides a vacuum heat insulator including: a glass fiber board having at least one layer and including 85 wt % to 100 wt % of glass fiber; a getter agent attached to or inserted in the glass fiber board; and the outer skin material described in claim 1 , the outer skin material having the glass fiber board inserted therein.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator comprising:
an outermost glass textile layer, wherein the outermost glass textile layer comprises a glass paper;
a metal barrier layer;
a surface protective layer; and
an adhesive layer,
wherein the outermost glass textile layer, the metal barrier layer, the surface protective layer, and the adhesive layer are arranged in this order and form a laminated structure, and
wherein the outermost glass textile layer and the metal barrier layer are adhered to each other by a polyester resin,
wherein the polyester resin comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a phosphorus compound, a nitrogen compound, a boron compound, antimony trioxide, aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide.

2. The outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 1 , wherein the outermost glass textile layer includes a glass fiber having a diameter of 4 μm to 40 μm.

3. The outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 2 , wherein the glass fiber is an electrical glass (E-glass), a chemical glass (C-glass), or an electrical-corrosion resistant glass (E-CR glass).

4. The outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 1 , wherein the outermost glass textile layer further comprises a glass fiber yarn formed by twisting glass filaments prepared by heat melt-spinning glass fibers, or a glass fiber fabric formed by weaving the glass fiber yarns, or a glass fiber mat formed by connecting glass fiber fabrics through the glass fiber yarn.

5. The outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 1 , wherein the outermost glass textile layer has a fabric structure of plain weave, twill weave, satin weave, leon plain, or imitation leno.

6. The outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 1 , wherein the outermost glass textile layer has a thickness of 0.1 mm to 3 mm.

7. The outer skin material of claim 1 , wherein the at least one selected from the group consisting of the phosphorus compound, the nitrogen compound, the boron compound, antimony trioxide, aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide is present in an amount of 3 wt % to 60 wt % in the polyester resin.

8. The outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 1 , wherein the surface protective layer includes a lamination structure of a polyethylene terephthalate film and a nylon film.

9. The outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 8 , wherein the polyethylene terephthalate film is coated with a vinyl-based resin on a side facing the outermost glass textile layer.

10. The outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 9 , wherein the vinyl-based resin is one or more selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinyl acetate (PVA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVAL), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), and combinations thereof.

11. The outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer is one or more selected from the group consisting of high density polyethylene (HDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), non-oriented cast polypropylene (CPP), oriented polypropylene (OPP), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer, ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer, and combinations thereof.

12. A vacuum heat insulator comprising:
a glass fiber board having at least one layer and including 50 wt % to 90 wt % of fumed silica powder and 10 wt % to 50 wt % of glass fiber; and
the outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 1 , in which the glass fiber board is inserted.

13. The vacuum heat insulator of claim 12 , wherein the glass fiber of the glass fiber board has a diameter of 0.1 μm to 20 μm, and the glass fiber board has a pore size of 15 μm to 30 μm and a porosity of 80% to 95%.

14. A vacuum heat insulator comprising:
a glass fiber board having at least one layer and including 85 wt % to 100 wt % of glass fiber;
a getter agent attached to or inserted in the glass fiber board; and
the outer skin material for a vacuum heat insulator of claim 1 , in which the glass fiber board is inserted.

15. The vacuum heat insulator of claim 14 , wherein the getter agent includes quicklime (calcium oxide: CaO) powder; and
an alloy selected from the group consisting of Ba, Li, Zr, Co and combinations thereof,
wherein the quicklime powder has an amount of 1 wt % to 25 wt % based on total weight of the alloy.

16. The vacuum heat insulator of claim 12 , wherein the vacuum heat insulator includes at least one through-hole.

17. The vacuum heat insulator of claim 14 , wherein the vacuum heat insulator includes at least one through-hole.

Assignees

• Lg Hausys Ltd

Inventors

• Jeon Seung Min
• Hwang Sung Seock
• Han Jung Pil
• Min Byung Hoon

Classifications

• B32B15/20

  comprising aluminium or copper {(B32B15/016 and B32B15/017 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B32B15/08

  of synthetic resin · CPC title

• B32B2255/26

  Polymeric coating · CPC title

• B32B27/34

  comprising polyamides · CPC title

• B32B7/12

  using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties · CPC title