Insulation kit for hot water boiler

Abstract

The insulation kit for covering a hot water boiler has a series of insulation panels joined to each other along straight joints and corner joints. Each of the straight joints and corner joints has elastic tape mounted transversely thereon in a stretched mode, for maintaining the joints in a compressed state. In another aspect, each vertical corner joint is a miter joint forming a right angle, and is made with abutting edges each having a 55° bevel angle thereon in a relaxed mode.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A reservoir having an insulation kit mounted thereon, said reservoir having a flat top surface and a side surface; said insulation kit comprising;
 flat insulation panels each having a uniform thickness and comprising a top panel covering said flat top surface and a side panel covering said side surface;   said top panel being larger than said top surface;   said side panel being mounted for enclosing the edges of said top panel with compressive forces such that said top panel has a buckling therein, and said buckling forming a dead air space between said top panel and said top surface.   
     
     
         2 . The reservoir as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said reservoir is a hot water reservoir. 
     
     
         3 . The reservoir as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said top panel is made of compressible insulation material and said edges of said top panel are held in a compressed mode against said side panel. 
     
     
         4 . A hot water boiler having an insulation kit mounted thereon, said hot water boiler having a rectangular shape with, flat side surfaces;
 flat end surfaces and a flat top surface; said insulation kit comprising;   a series of flat insulation panels each having a uniform thickness and comprising a top panel covering said flat top surface, and side panels and end panels covering said side surfaces and said end surfaces respectively;   said top panel being wider and longer than said top surface;   said side panels and said end panels being mounted around said heater and jointly enclosing the edges of said top panel,   said side panels and said end panels enclosing said edges of said top panel with compressive forces such that said top panel has a buckling therein, and said buckling forming a dead air space having an arc-like cross-section under said top panel.   
     
     
         5 . The hot water boiler as claimed in  claim 4 , further having corner joints and straight joints between said panels and longitudinal tapes covering said corner joints and said straight joints. 
     
     
         6 . The hot water boiler as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein said side panels and said end panels are made of board-like fibreglass insulation material. 
     
     
         7 . The hot water boiler as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein said top panel is made of blanket-type compressible fibreglass insulation material. 
     
     
         8 . The hot water boiler as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein said corner joints are miter joints with abutting edges each having a 55° bevel angle thereon in a relaxed mode and being held in a compressed mode forming right angles. 
     
     
         9 . The hot water boiler as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein said side panels and said end panels are configured to be joined to each other and held tight against each other along straight joints and corner joints. 
     
     
         10 . The hot water boiler as claimed in  claim 5 , further comprising elastic tape mounted across said corner joints and said straight joints.