Patent ID: 6503026
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B05B,E04F

Abstract:
An apparatus for blowing insulation material into a selected space which comprises;blower for creating a stream of air, feeder associated with the blower for controllably metering insulation material from a hopper to entrain the insulation material into the stream of air, a flexible hose attached to the feeder/blower combination at a proximate end through which the stream of air carrying the insulating material is directed and exits through a distal outlet end of the hose, the hose comprising a grounded conductor disposed at or near the outlet end to dissipate electrical charge in the insulating material carried by the air stream and provide an essentially static-free stream of air-blown insulation material leaving the distal end the flexible hose comprising a flexible frame in the form of a helix and a flexible film hose of an electrically conductive plastic supported by the frame.