Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
An acid-resistant mortar composition for bonding cellular glass bodies consisting essentially of a mixture expressed by percentage weight of finely powdered reactive glass in the range between about 26 and 48 percent, said powdered reactive glass having substantially the same composition as said cellular glass bodies, inert aggregate filler in the range between about 26 and 61 percent, and a silica sol binder in the range between about 13 and 26 percent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
72 words
An acid-resistant mortar composition for bonding cellular glass bodies consisting essentially of a mixture expressed by percentage weight of finely powdered reactive glass in the range between about 26 and 48 percent, said powdered reactive glass having substantially the same composition as said cellular glass bodies, inert aggregate filler in the range between about 26 and 61 percent, and a silica sol binder in the range between about 13 and 26 percent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein the ratio of said finely ground cellular glass powder to said silica sol binder is about 1.8 to 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein said finely powdered reactive glass is selected from the group consisting of finely ground cellular glass powder, finely ground container glass powder, and finely ground glass cullet powder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein said finely powdered reactive glass comprises finely comminuted borosilicate cellular glass having a particle size whereby substantially all particles pass through a U.S. Standard #325 Screen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
69 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein said inert aggregate filler comprises relatively coarse particles of cellular glass having substantially the same composition as said cellular glass bodies with said coarse particles having a particle size whereby substantially all particles pass through a U.S. Standard #35 Screen and silica sand having a particle size whereby substantially all particles pass through a U.S. Standard #35 Screen.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 5 wherein said coarse particles of cellular glass and said silica sand comprise more than 50 parts by weight based upon the combined weight of said finely ground cellular glass powder and said inert aggregate filler.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 5 wherein said coarse particles of cellular glass comprise beta-spondumene and fused silica.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 5 wherein said coarse particles of cellular glass comprise about 7 percent by weight of said mortar composition.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 5 wherein said silica sand comprises about 46 percent by weight of said mortar composition.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein said silica sol binder comprises about 20 parts by weight of said mortar composition.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein said finely ground cellular glass powder comprises particles having an average diameter between about 3 and 5 micrometers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cellular glass bodies bonded by said mortar composition and dried at room temperature have a flexural strength of about 89 percent of the flexural strength of monolithic cellular glass bodies.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
The acid-resistant mortar composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein said mortar composition has a thermal expansion between about 1.7 × 10 -6 /° F and 4 × 10 -6 /° F from 0°-500° F.