Patent ID: 8794554

Claim:
A combination comprising: unbonded loosefill insulation material compressed in a package, the unbonded loosefill insulation material having insulative characteristics resulting from a predetermined open structure arrangement of tufts and voids formed from loosefill insulation material having cooperating tuft density, irregularly-shaped projections, extended hairs and gaps; and a blowing insulation machine configured to receive the compressed unbonded loosefill insulation material from the package, the blowing insulation machine having a plurality of shredders and a discharge mechanism, the shredders configured to condition the unbonded loosefill insulation material to a desired density, the discharge mechanism having a housing, the housing encircling a portion of the discharge mechanism and the remaining portion of the discharge mechanism forming a side inlet into the discharge mechanism, the side inlet configured to open in a substantially horizontal direction toward an agitator and receive the unbonded loosefill insulation material, the blowing insulation machine further configured to distribute the conditioned unbonded loosefill insulation material into an airstream, the blowing insulation machine having operating parameters tuned to the unbonded loosefill insulation material, the operating parameters include a flow rate of the unbonded loosefill insulation material through the blowing insulation machine and a flow rate of an airstream through the blowing insulation machine, the flow rate of the unbonded loosefill insulation material and the flow rate of the airstream being nonadjustable; wherein the blowing insulation machine, having the tuned nonadjustable operating parameters, combines with the insulative characteristics of the unbonded loosefill insulation materials to provide blown loosefill insulation material having the insulation manufacturer's prescribed insulative values at specific layer thicknesses.