| abstract |
A thermal barrier (30) for controlling heat transfer across through buildings, appliances and textile products is disclosed. The thermal barrier (30) includes opposing, spaced apart sheets (33, 34) which define at least one chamber therebetween. A temperature stabilizing material (31) is disposed in the chamber. The temperature stabilizing material (31) is preferably a phase change material such as paraffinic hydrocarbon, hydrated salt, plastic crystal or glycol. In one embodiment, an interconnecting structure (35) is disposed between opposing sheets (33, 34) to create a plurality of cells (36) of the chamber into which the temperature stabilizing material (31) is uniformly disposed. A method of manufacturing the thermal barrier (30) is also disclosed. |