EP1027517B1 - An intumescent strip assembly - Google Patents
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- EP1027517B1 EP1027517B1 EP98938804A EP98938804A EP1027517B1 EP 1027517 B1 EP1027517 B1 EP 1027517B1 EP 98938804 A EP98938804 A EP 98938804A EP 98938804 A EP98938804 A EP 98938804A EP 1027517 B1 EP1027517 B1 EP 1027517B1
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B5/00—Doors, windows, or like closures for special purposes; Border constructions therefor
- E06B5/10—Doors, windows, or like closures for special purposes; Border constructions therefor for protection against air-raid or other war-like action; for other protective purposes
- E06B5/16—Fireproof doors or similar closures; Adaptations of fixed constructions therefor
- E06B5/164—Sealing arrangements between the door or window and its frame, e.g. intumescent seals specially adapted therefor
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
- A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
- A62C2/00—Fire prevention or containment
- A62C2/06—Physical fire-barriers
- A62C2/065—Physical fire-barriers having as the main closure device materials, whose characteristics undergo an irreversible change under high temperatures, e.g. intumescent
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- the present invention relates to an intumescent strip assembly as used for providing fire resistance in structures such as for example in fire doors, fire resistant glazing systems, fire resistant air transfer grilles or damper vanes.
- Known intumescent strip assemblies encapsulate intumescent material within a strip-like holder which is mounted for example along an edge of a fire door.
- the intumescent material In the event of a fire the intumescent material is activated and it intumesces to create an intumesced material which occupies a far greater volume than the intumescent material prior to activation.
- the holder is either rigid under fire conditions and so is provided with openings to permit the expanding intumescing material to escape or is softened/destroyed under fire conditions to enable the intumescing material to escape.
- the purpose of the intumescent material is to expand under early fire conditions to seal gaps located between opposed faces within the structure in which it is housed.
- the intumesced material is not encapsulated but is directly exposed within the gaps which are being sealed.
- the intumesced material is generally of a foam-like structure or possibly a particulate composition, of low density. It tends therefore to be friable and have limited inherent mechanical strength. Accordingly, under later high temperature fire conditions the intumesced material may be liable to deteriorate physically due to direct exposure to the high temperature fire conditions and/or may be physically fractured due to distortion of the structure or turbulence from the fire.
- GB 2289497 discloses a heat actuatable lock assembly including a pair of telescopically interconnected components which together define a hollow container in which intumescent material is contained. Under fire conditions, the intumescent material intumesces and so expands thereby cuasing telescopic expansive movement of the telescopically interconnected components. On completion of intumescence, the intumesced material is contained within the telescopically interconnected components.
- an intumescent strip assembly as defined in Claim 1.
- an intumescent strip assembly 10 including an elongate container or casing 11 which contains a strip of intumescent material 14.
- the intumescent material may be any conventional pressure generating intumescent material such as PALUSOL (RTM) or INTUMEX (RTM) which when exposed to elevated temperatures in excess of 100°C intumesce to form an expanded intumesced material.
- the container 11 is expandable between a collapsed condition whereat it defines a first internal volume (which is sufficiently large to contain the intumescent material 14 prior to intumescence) and an expanded condition whereat it defines a second internal volume which is greater than the first internal volume and contains the intumescent material after intumescence.
- the container 11 is expanded from its collapsed condition to its expanded condition by the expansion of the intumescent material during intumescence.
- the container 11 in Figure 1 is formed from a flexible sheet material 15 which is wrapped about the intumescent material 14.
- the sheet material 15 is wrapped about the strip of intumescent material 14 so as to have overlapping end portions 15 a .
- the end portions 15 a are not connected to one another and so may move relative to one another during expansion of the intumescent material 14 when it intumesces. This enables the internal volume of the container 11 to increase to its second internal volume such that after completion of intumescence, the intumesced material 16 is still contained within the container 11. This condition is illustrated in Figure 2.
- the sheet material 15 may be tubular in form and that the sheet material defining the walls of the tube may be pleated and/or folded so as to define the collapsed condition of the container; the pleats and/or folds unfolding during expansion of the intumescent material to permit the container to expand to its expanded condition.
- the container 11 is expanded from its collapsed condition to its expanded condition by expansion of the intumescent material.
- the internal volume of the container therefore progressively increases from the first volume to define an increasing second volume until further expansion of the container 11 is prevented by the structure in which it is housed, eg it has filled a gap between a door and door frame, or alternatively expansion of the intumescent material stops.
- the first volume is predetermined at the time of manufacture and the second volume is dependent upon the amount of expansion which is permitted within the structure or which is undergone by the intumescent material.
- the sheet material is formed from a heat conductive material such as a metal foil which has a melting point above the maximum temperature of exposure expected under fire conditions or when exposed to the standard heating conditions of internationally recognized fire test methods such as BS 476 Pt.20.
- a suitable metal is copper or a copper alloy which will withstand in excess of 2 hours direct exposure to this heating condition. It will be appreciated that other metals could be utilized where design considerations are less demanding or even more demanding. Accordingly, under fire conditions, after expansion of the container to its expanded condition, the container retains its integrity and so protects the intumesced material from direct exposure to the fire conditions.
- the gauge of copper foils would fall within the range of 0.02 to 0.3 mm, more preferably 0.05 to 0.2 mm and that the gauge of steel foils would fall within the range of 0.02 to 0.2 mm, more preferably 0.05 to 0.1 mm.
- Forming the container from a heat conductive metal foil is also advantageous in that the walls of the container conduct heat around the periphery of the intumescent material about its entire periphery substantially at the same time. This permits the intumescent material to respond more rapidly and predictably to fire conditions.
- the provision of container 11 for retaining the intumesced material can act to form a stronger intumesced material which is mechanically stronger than the intumesced material which is formed with conventional strip assemblies.
- the container is initially expanded to its maximum expanded condition as permitted by the structure and thereafter further intumescence of the intumescent material acts to pressurise the intumesced material (since further increase in the second volume is not permitted) and so causes its density, particularly within its outer region, to increase. This has the advantage of making the body of intumesced material mechanically stronger.
- the metal foil is impervious to gas and so retains the gases which escape from the intumescent material during intumescence. This also has the effect of pressurising the intumesced material and thereby create a dense intumesced material.
- forming container 11 from a metal foil has several different advantages and that different materials may be used for forming container 11 which may only provide one or more of these advantages.
- the container 11 it is possible to form the container 11 from a sheet material which is heat conductive but not impervious to gas. This would provide the advantage of earlier and more predictable intumescence of the intumescent material but would not necessarily provide the advantages derivable from increasing the density of the intumesced material.
- a suitable sheet material may be a perforated metal foil or a mesh or fabric made from metallic filaments.
- the container may be formed from a sheet material which is not a good heat conductor but has sufficient heat conductivity to enable the intumescent material to be activated.
- a sheet material may or may not be impervious to gas.
- a suitable sheet material could be a fabric made from non-combustible fibres such as carbon fibres.
- a metal foil as used for container 11 is susceptible to mechanical damage, eg puncture, it is preferred to encase the container 11 within a tubular protective sleeve 25 when it is intended to incorporate the intumescent strip assembly in a position where it is directly exposed to the environment.
- the sleeve 25 is preferably formed from a material having a low melting point which enables unhindered expansion of the container 11 under fire conditions.
- a suitable material is a plastics material such as polyvinylchloride; the sleeve 25 being preferably extruded from this material.
- a fire resistant air grille 60 incorporating intumescent strip assemblies 10 according to the first embodiment is illustrated by way of example in Figures 3 to 6.
- the grille 60 includes a mounting frame 61 which is of generally square form made up of elongate frame members 62 extending along each side of the frame. A centrally located frame member 63 is also provided.
- a plurality of grille slat assemblies 65 are provided which are supported at opposite ends between frame member 63 and opposed frame members 62.
- the slat assemblies 65 define therebetween grille gaps 67 which during normal use define air passages for air to pass through the grille.
- Each slat assembly 65 includes an intumescent strip assembly 10 in which casing 25 is preferably omitted.
- the container 11 of each strip assembly 10 is retained within support rails 68 which, as more clearly seen in Figure 5, are each of generally U-shaped cross-section. Opposite ends of each rail 68 are attached to the respective frame member 63 and opposed frame member 62.
Description
Claims (9)
- An intumescent strip assembly including an intumescent material (14) encased within an elongate expandable hollow container (11) formed from a high temperature resistant material, the container defining a first internal volume for containing said intumescent material prior to intumescence and being expandable by expansion of the intumescent material on intumescing to define a second internal volume greater than said first internal volume so as to contain intumesced material (16) formed after intumescence of said intumescent material, characterised in that the container is formed from a flexible sheet material (15) which is wrapped about the intumescent material to permit expansion of the container.
- An assembly according to Claim 1 wherein the amount of intumescent material contained within the container is capable of expansion on intumescence to define a maximum volume of expanded intumesced material, expansion of the container in use being limited to define said second internal volume to a value less than said maximum volume.
- An assembly according to Claim 1 or 2 wherein the sheet material is heat conductive.
- An assembly according to Claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the sheet material is gas impermeable.
- An assembly according to Claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein the sheet material is a metal foil.
- An assembly according to Claim 5 wherein the metal foil is formed from copper.
- An assembly according to Claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the sheet material is a wire mesh.
- An assembly according to Claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the sheet material is a fabric made from non-combustible fibres such as carbon.
- An assembly according to any of Claims 1 to 8 wherein the container is housed within an elongate housing (25) formed from a heat meltable material which enables the container to expand on intumescence of said intumescent material.
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GB9722507 | 1997-10-27 | ||
GBGB9722507.2A GB9722507D0 (en) | 1997-10-27 | 1997-10-27 | An intumescent strip assembly |
PCT/GB1998/002429 WO1999022107A1 (en) | 1997-10-27 | 1998-08-12 | An intumescent strip assembly |
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EP1027517A1 EP1027517A1 (en) | 2000-08-16 |
EP1027517B1 true EP1027517B1 (en) | 2005-05-11 |
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AU (1) | AU750983B2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2306854A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE69830190D1 (en) |
GB (1) | GB9722507D0 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1999022107A1 (en) |
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GB2355188B (en) * | 1999-09-24 | 2003-08-20 | Lorient Polyprod Ltd | An improved fire resistant air transfer grille or damper |
GB2361868B (en) * | 2000-05-04 | 2003-07-02 | Environmental Seals Ltd | Ventilator grills |
US6434899B1 (en) | 2001-03-12 | 2002-08-20 | Skamol A/S | Fire resistant door edge construction comprising a stile with groove, high density strip in the groove, an intumescent strip seal, covered by an edge lipping |
EP1281418A1 (en) * | 2001-07-31 | 2003-02-05 | Hans Dieter Niemann | Fire-proof material for construction purposes |
EP1281417A1 (en) * | 2001-07-31 | 2003-02-05 | Hans Dieter Niemann | Fire-proof material for construction purposes |
US8225553B1 (en) * | 2006-09-28 | 2012-07-24 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy | Firezone fumetight seal |
EP2295699A2 (en) | 2009-07-27 | 2011-03-16 | Schlegel Systems, Inc. | Intumescent Weatherseal |
US20110283627A1 (en) * | 2010-05-22 | 2011-11-24 | Butterfly Safety Products Llc | Smoke guard device and accessories |
GB2489962B (en) * | 2011-04-13 | 2013-06-12 | Lorient Polyprod Ltd | Method and apparatus for forming an intumescent seal, and a seal |
GB201406537D0 (en) | 2014-04-11 | 2014-05-28 | Polyseam Ltd | Chemical damper |
JP6510269B2 (en) * | 2015-02-25 | 2019-05-08 | 三菱重工業株式会社 | Sealing material, sealing structure and watertight door |
GB2549541B (en) * | 2016-04-22 | 2021-01-20 | Kilargo Pty Ltd | Intumescent grille unit |
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- 1997-10-27 GB GBGB9722507.2A patent/GB9722507D0/en not_active Ceased
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- 1998-08-12 WO PCT/GB1998/002429 patent/WO1999022107A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1998-08-12 EP EP98938804A patent/EP1027517B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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GB9722507D0 (en) | 1997-12-24 |
WO1999022107A1 (en) | 1999-05-06 |
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AU8740598A (en) | 1999-05-17 |
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