	US 12,012,489 B2
	Mineral wool insulation
Scott W. Schweiger, Newark, OH (US); and Christopher A. Stoneburg, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC, Toledo, OH (US)
Filed by Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC, Toledo, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/308,750.
Application 18/308,750 is a continuation of application No. 16/574,199, filed on Sep. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,674,006.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,126, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257531 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C08J 5/04 (2006.01); C03C 13/06 (2006.01); C03C 25/255 (2018.01); C03C 25/285 (2018.01); C03C 25/30 (2018.01); C03C 25/40 (2006.01); E04B 1/88 (2006.01); F16L 59/14 (2006.01); G10K 11/162 (2006.01)

CPC C08J 5/043 (2013.01) [C03C 13/06 (2013.01); C03C 25/255 (2018.01); C03C 25/285 (2013.01); C03C 25/30 (2013.01); C03C 25/40 (2013.01); F16L 59/14 (2013.01); G10K 11/162 (2013.01); C08J 2323/08 (2013.01); C08J 2333/02 (2013.01); C08J 2383/04 (2013.01); C08J 2391/06 (2013.01); C08J 2423/08 (2013.01); C08J 2433/02 (2013.01); C08J 2483/04 (2013.01); C08J 2491/06 (2013.01); E04B 1/88 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A mineral wool insulation comprising:

a plurality of mineral wool fibers; and

a binder and a wax emulsion applied to the mineral wool fibers,

wherein the wax emulsion comprises 0.001% to 0.4% by weight of the total weight of the mineral wool insulation,

wherein the binder and the wax emulsion collectively comprise 1% to 10% by weight of the total weight of the mineral wool insulation, and

wherein an R-value per inch of thickness of the mineral wool insulation decreases by less than 10%, after a water absorption test conducted in accordance with ASTM C209.