Patent ID: 7445031

Claim:
Insulation arrangement for a pipe, especially for a pipe of a pneumatic system in a passenger transport aircraft, comprising an insulation material layer ( 6 ) and a pre-fabricated shell ( 9 ) that includes an outer sheath consisting of titanium foil ( 31 ), and first and second termination profile elements, wherein the outer sheath ( 3 ) has a first end section ( 32 ) and a second end section ( 33 ), and the outer sheath is connected at the first and second end sections respectively with the first and second termination profile elements, and wherein the shell ( 19 ) has at least one longitudinal seam ( 13 ), and is adapted to and does receive therein the insulation material layer ( 6 ) and is adapted to be mounted on the pipe with the longitudinal seam of the shell open, and with the insulation material layer ( 6 ) received in the shell, and further comprising closure parts ( 14 , 14 ′) that are provided on the shell at the at least one longitudinal seam ( 13 ) and that are adapted to close the at least one longitudinal seam ( 13 ) after the shell is mounted on the pipe, and wherein the titanium foil ( 31 ) forming the outer sheath ( 3 ) has a profiled or patterned surface configuration.