Abstract:
A thermal-insulating tubular body having a low-density, airpermeated, resin-bonded continuous strip of fibrous glass wound in a helical path with each turn of the strip overlapping the preceding turn less than one-half the width of the strip whereby the tubular body has alternate helical portions of single and double laminations of the strip of fibrous glass, the portions of double laminations being compressed to the same thickness as the portions of single laminations and there are helical grooves cut into the exterior surface of the tubular body.