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US3483947A
US3483947A US666380A US3483947DA US3483947A US 3483947 A US3483947 A US 3483947A US 666380 A US666380 A US 666380A US 3483947D A US3483947D A US 3483947DA US 3483947 A US3483947 A US 3483947A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
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    • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
    • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
    • E04B1/84—Sound-absorbing elements
    • E04B2001/8423—Tray or frame type panels or blocks, with or without acoustical filling
    • E04B2001/8428—Tray or frame type panels or blocks, with or without acoustical filling containing specially shaped acoustical bodies, e.g. funnels, egg-crates, fanfolds
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
    • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
    • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
    • E04B1/84—Sound-absorbing elements
    • E04B2001/8423—Tray or frame type panels or blocks, with or without acoustical filling
    • E04B2001/8452—Tray or frame type panels or blocks, with or without acoustical filling with peripheral frame members

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  • This invention relates to an improved sound-absorbing panel.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a wall panel which has improved sound-absorbing characteristics over conventional panels available for the purpose.
  • a further object is to provide a panel of the foregoing type which includes specially positioned battles to overcome resonance and thus absorb reverberations within the panel.
  • the single figure is a perspective view with parts broken away of my improved panel.
  • the figure shows a panel which includes top and botn tom members and 12, outside vertical studs 13 and 14 and a central vertical stud 15.
  • Wall boards 16 and 17 are fixed over the back and front faces of the panel.
  • the top and bottom members commonly are wood, the studs steel, and the wallboards a gypsum composition.
  • the central stud divides the interior of the panel into two compartments 18 and 19. Panels of such construction are known and commonly used to form sound-deadening interior walls of buildings.
  • baflles are of a nonporous, non-metallic low sound transmission material, such as gypsum composition or equivalent, and preferably are attached to the front and back wallboards 16 and 17 with a suitable adhesive.
  • Each bafile may have a thickness of about /2 inch.
  • the lowermost bat-fies 22 slope downwardly toward the central stud, although other arrangements are possible,
  • the level bafilcs 21 in the two compartments are vertically offset.
  • the non-parallel arrangement of batfles assures a maximum sound-absorbing effect, since there is no reverberation of sound waves between the baffles themselves.
  • the sound-absorbing panel which includes top and bottom members, a pair of outside vertical studs and a central vertical stud joined to said members, and wallboards fixed over said members and studs, said central stud dividing the interior of the panel into two compartments, the combination therewith of sound-deadening mean comprising a plurality of battles mounted in each of said compartments and extending transversely thereof and being positioned out of parallel, each of said bafiles abutting an outside stud at one end and said central stud at the other end, said bafiles dividing said compartments into shorter sub-compartments of varying vertical dimensions and being of a non-porous, non-metallic low-sound transmission material.
  • a combination as defined in claim 1 in which there are three baffies in each compartment, one of the baflles in each compartment sloping downwardly away from said central stud, another of the baflles in each compartment sloping downwardly toward said central stud, the third bafile being substantially level and located between the other two.
  • top and bottom members are wood, the studs steel, and the wallboards and bafiles a gypsum composition.

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Dec. 16., 1969 SULEWSKY 3,483,947
SOUNDABS ORB ING PANEL Filed Sept. 8, 1967 INVENTOR JAMES E. SULEWS/(Y Affarney United States Patent 3,483,947 SOUND-ABSORBING PANEL James E. Sulewsky, Morristown, NJ, assignor to United States Steel Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Filed Sept. 8, 1967, Ser. No. 666,380 int. Cl. E0411 1/99 U.S. Cl. 18133 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A sound-absorbing panel for use in a building. The panel includes conventional vertical studs and wallboards over said studs. Non-parallel bailles of sound-deadening material are mounted in the compartments between the studs and wall boards.
This invention relates to an improved sound-absorbing panel.
An object of the invention is to provide a wall panel which has improved sound-absorbing characteristics over conventional panels available for the purpose.
A further object is to provide a panel of the foregoing type which includes specially positioned battles to overcome resonance and thus absorb reverberations within the panel.
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The single figure is a perspective view with parts broken away of my improved panel.
The figure shows a panel which includes top and botn tom members and 12, outside vertical studs 13 and 14 and a central vertical stud 15. Wall boards 16 and 17 are fixed over the back and front faces of the panel. The top and bottom members commonly are wood, the studs steel, and the wallboards a gypsum composition. The central stud divides the interior of the panel into two compartments 18 and 19. Panels of such construction are known and commonly used to form sound-deadening interior walls of buildings.
In accordance with my invention, I mount a series of transverse sound-absorbing balfies 20, 21 and 22 within each compartment 18 and 19. The baflles are of a nonporous, non-metallic low sound transmission material, such as gypsum composition or equivalent, and preferably are attached to the front and back wallboards 16 and 17 with a suitable adhesive. Each bafile may have a thickness of about /2 inch. I position the three baflles within each compartment out of parallel. Preferably the uppermost baflles 20 slope downwardly away from the central stud 1.5, the intermediate baflles 21 are level, and
the lowermost bat-fies 22 slope downwardly toward the central stud, although other arrangements are possible, Preferably, the level bafilcs 21 in the two compartments are vertically offset. The non-parallel arrangement of batfles assures a maximum sound-absorbing effect, since there is no reverberation of sound waves between the baffles themselves.
I claim:
1. The sound-absorbing panel which includes top and bottom members, a pair of outside vertical studs and a central vertical stud joined to said members, and wallboards fixed over said members and studs, said central stud dividing the interior of the panel into two compartments, the combination therewith of sound-deadening mean comprising a plurality of battles mounted in each of said compartments and extending transversely thereof and being positioned out of parallel, each of said bafiles abutting an outside stud at one end and said central stud at the other end, said bafiles dividing said compartments into shorter sub-compartments of varying vertical dimensions and being of a non-porous, non-metallic low-sound transmission material.
2. A combination as defined in claim 1 in which there are three baffies in each compartment, one of the baflles in each compartment sloping downwardly away from said central stud, another of the baflles in each compartment sloping downwardly toward said central stud, the third bafile being substantially level and located between the other two.
3. A combination as defined in claim 2 in which the level bafiles of the two compartments are vertically offset.
4. A combination as defined in claim 1 in which the top and bottom members are wood, the studs steel, and the wallboards and bafiles a gypsum composition.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,807,395 5/1931 Ellis 523l7 XR 1,867,449 7/1932 Ecket et al. 52317 XR 2,085,436 6/1937 Maurer 18133 FOREIGN PATENTS 547,266 10/1957 Canada. Ad. 58,065 5/1953 France.
614,404 12/ 1948 Great Britain. 851,675 10/1960 Great Britain.
ROBERT S. WARD, ]R., Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 52317 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3,483,947 December 16, 1969 James E. Sulewsky It is certified that error appears in the above identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
Column 2, line 8, "The" should read In a Signed and sealed this 27th day of October 1970.
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WILLIAM E. SCHUYLER, JR
Edward M. Fletcher, Jr.
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US4201020A (en) * 1976-08-06 1980-05-06 Saunders Frederick H Building panel and panel assembly
EP0536078A1 (en) * 1991-10-03 1993-04-07 Noisetec, S.A. Sound-insulating and heat insulating panel
ES2079257A1 (en) * 1991-10-03 1996-01-01 Noisetec S A Acoustic and thermal insulation panel
US20110186380A1 (en) * 2008-04-07 2011-08-04 Thierry Beauvilain Soundproofing Panel
US20130264145A1 (en) * 2010-10-25 2013-10-10 Jesper Nielsen Panel
US20230056386A1 (en) * 2021-08-20 2023-02-23 Roof Asset Management Usa, Ltd. Insulation panel for use in building construction.
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US2085436A (en) * 1933-10-06 1937-06-29 Herman W Maurer Soundproof partition
GB614404A (en) * 1945-08-27 1948-12-15 Cementation Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to means for reducing the sound effect of the passage of air or other gases through conduits
FR58065E (en) * 1948-03-01 1953-09-21 Travaux Souterrains Advanced method of constructing multiple soundproofing channels
CA547266A (en) * 1957-10-08 Gyproc Products Limited Acoustic tiles or panels
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US1867449A (en) * 1932-07-12 Metal eire block
CA547266A (en) * 1957-10-08 Gyproc Products Limited Acoustic tiles or panels
US1807395A (en) * 1928-11-12 1931-05-26 Insulite Co Building wall structure
US2085436A (en) * 1933-10-06 1937-06-29 Herman W Maurer Soundproof partition
GB614404A (en) * 1945-08-27 1948-12-15 Cementation Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to means for reducing the sound effect of the passage of air or other gases through conduits
FR58065E (en) * 1948-03-01 1953-09-21 Travaux Souterrains Advanced method of constructing multiple soundproofing channels
GB851675A (en) * 1959-03-11 1960-10-19 Ljusne Woxna Aktiebolag Sound insulating wall elements

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US4201020A (en) * 1976-08-06 1980-05-06 Saunders Frederick H Building panel and panel assembly
EP0536078A1 (en) * 1991-10-03 1993-04-07 Noisetec, S.A. Sound-insulating and heat insulating panel
ES2079257A1 (en) * 1991-10-03 1996-01-01 Noisetec S A Acoustic and thermal insulation panel
US20110186380A1 (en) * 2008-04-07 2011-08-04 Thierry Beauvilain Soundproofing Panel
US8579079B2 (en) * 2008-04-07 2013-11-12 Hutchinson Soundproofing panel
US20130264145A1 (en) * 2010-10-25 2013-10-10 Jesper Nielsen Panel
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US11753818B1 (en) * 2019-08-07 2023-09-12 Kelly B. McKenna Acoustic material frame and method
US20230056386A1 (en) * 2021-08-20 2023-02-23 Roof Asset Management Usa, Ltd. Insulation panel for use in building construction.

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