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EP 0702113 A3 19960327 -

Publication

EP 0702113 A3 19960327

Application

EP 95113798 A 19950902

Priority

DE 9414900 U 19940913

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0702113A2] The compound insulation material, for thermal and acoustic insulation, has a plate of hard plastics foam and a plate of plaster cardboard, with a layer of flexible and open-cell foam between them. The intermediate layer is a duromeric foam of melamine/formaldehyde resin. The ratio of the thicknesses of the hard foam layer and the intermediate layer is 10:1 to 1:10.

IPC 1-7

E04B 1/88

IPC 8 full level

E04B 1/90 (2006.01); E04B 1/84 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E04B 1/90 (2013.01); E04B 2001/8461 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[A] GB 1458637 A 19761215 - ANTI SOUND AB
[A] EP 0304352 A1 19890222 - RHENANE SA [FR]
[A] DE 1609563 A1 19700611 - WANKE WILHELM

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE ES FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 9414900 U1 19941103; EP 0702113 A2 19960320; EP 0702113 A3 19960327

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 9414900 U 19940913; EP 95113798 A 19950902