Sandwich Edge Sealing Patents (Class 156/107)
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Patent number: 5914083Abstract: An assembly of a windshield glass and a weather strip having a partly modified cross section is provided. As the weather strip is extruded along the peripheral edge of the windshield glass and fixedly adhered thereto, a movable die 132 of a die assembly is properly moved so as to change the shape of an orifice of the die assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1997Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiko Yada, Toshikazu Ito
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Patent number: 5904801Abstract: An apparatus for setting a gap of a glass panel (W) having two glass substrates (20, 21) is disclosed. It includes an annular spacer (12) for surrounding the glass panel (W), a supporting plate (11) for supporting the glass panel and the annular spacer, the width of the supporting plate being greater than that of the annular spacer, a pair of opposing columns (2, 2A) for receiving the supporting plate (11), a flexible sheet (14) disposed on the annular spacer, the width of the sheet being greater than that of the annular spacer so as to be associated with the supporting plate to enclose the glass panel, means (13, 15, 16) for defining a closed space between the supporting plate (11) and the flexible sheet (14), a passage (8) in fluid communication with the closed space, and means (9) connected to the passage for evacuating the closed space.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1997Date of Patent: May 18, 1999Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.Inventors: Kyouji Furukawa, Shigeyuki Takagi, Takashi Kondou
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Patent number: 5888341Abstract: An apparatus for applying an adhesive spacer material to a substrate, such as a glass lite, for the manufacture of insulated windows. The apparatus includes an infeed and an outfeed conveyor for advancing a glass lite, and a transverse beam on which is mounted a first travelling applicator head and a second stationary applicator head. A first and second feed reel are provided to supply spacer material to their respective applicator heads. The travelling applicator head is adapted to move transversely across the conveyor, rotationally through 180.degree., and vertically above the substrate. The stationary applicator head is adapted to apply a length of spacer material in a straight pattern simultaneously with the travelling head as the substrate is advanced by the conveyor. The travelling applicator head applies spacer material to three sides of the substrate, cutting notches in the spacer material and rotating 90.degree. at the corners of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1996Date of Patent: March 30, 1999Inventor: Luc Lafond
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Patent number: 5885695Abstract: This invention is related to a method for shaping profile an extrudable plastic material attached to a surface. In the process, a die being part of a cylinder and having a shape corresponding to the desired cross-section of the profile is introduced into the plastic material and is then extracted therefrom by rolling the cylinder. The invention is also related to a device for carrying out the process.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Saint Gobain VitrageInventors: Florenz Kittel, Helmut Krumm, Herbert Joeris
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Patent number: 5876542Abstract: A gas discharge display unit having a partition wall structure which is useful for forming discharge cells suitable for the color image display with high precision is provided. A plurality of cathode electrodes are formed on a front panel. A plurality of anode buses, anode electrodes, auxiliary electrodes and resistors are formed on a back plate. A layer insulating film is formed on the back plate where the anode buses, the anode electrodes and the resistors are provided except for a display electrode portion. A display electrode is formed on the upper face of the anode electrode. Then, a three-layered insulating layer having differing quantities of a resin binder is formed on the layer insulating film. Unnecessary portions are removed by a sand blasting step to form partition walls comprised of partition layers. A phosphor is applied onto the layer insulating film in a discharge cell except for the display electrode portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1996Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Matsushita Electronics CorporationInventor: Shinya Fujiwara
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Patent number: 5876554Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for injecting sealant material into the corners of an insulated glass assembly suitable for use in manual and automated production. It has been found that significant saving in both time and material can be achieved by only sealing the corners of the assembly, particularly using the automated method and apparatus. The apparatus includes a pair of wiper blocks each having a surface for abutting an edge of a glass assembly arranged in substantially perpendicular configuration to each other, adapted for converging and diverging reciprocal movement from an adjoining position for molding a square corner to a separated position for wiping smooth the surface for the injected sealant material. A nozzle is positioned between the wiper blocks for injecting sealant material into the corner area and retracting in concert with the converging movement of the wiper blocks.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Inventor: Luc Lafond
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Patent number: 5863857Abstract: An adsorbent containing composition for use in an insulating glass unit is provided. The composition includes a depolymerized butyl rubber having a low viscosity average molecular weight which is a carrier for moisture and volatile organic chemical adsorbing materials. The composition is economical to produce and results in a composition which effectively desiccates a sealed insulating glass unit without the problem of chemical fogging.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1996Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Adco Products, Inc.Inventors: Kathleen Louise Lamb, Brian Jonathan Briddell
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Patent number: 5853828Abstract: A safety glass structure which is resistant to extreme wind- and impact-conditions. In particular, the safety glass structure comprises a frame forming an opening and defining an outer rigid channel; a laminated glass panel within the opening comprising first and second glass layers bonded to an interlayer of plasticized polyvinyl butyral; an inner rigid channel within the frame circumscribing the periphery of and bonded to said laminated glass panel by a self-sealing adhesive which permits no or minimal relative movement between the border area of the panel and said inner rigid channel; and said inner rigid channel being mounted in and bonded to the outer rigid channel with a resilient material which permits the panel to flex within its border when exposed to said extreme wind- and impact-conditions.The safety glass structure of the present invention may be used in residential or commercial structures to preserve the integrity of the building in extreme weather conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 1996Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: Solutia Inc.Inventors: Julia C. Schimmelpenningh, John C. Hoagland
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Patent number: 5798031Abstract: The present invention concerns an electrochemical sensor made up of an insulating base having an electrode layer on its surface and a lid of deformable material which comprises a concave area in the central portion thereof, so that when it is mated with the base, the lid and base form a capillary space containing the electrode layer. When the electrode layer is in operative contact with a reaction layer comprising an enzyme which will cause the production of mobile electrons when contacted with a suitable analyte, the concentration of analyte, e.g. glucose in blood, can be measured by measuring the current created by the flow of mobile electrons when contacted with a suitable analyte, the concentration of analyte, e.g. glucose in blood, can be measured by measuring the current created by the flow of mobile electrons.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1997Date of Patent: August 25, 1998Assignee: Bayer CorporationInventors: Steven C. Charlton, Larry D. Johnson, Matthew K. Musho, Dennis Slomski
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Patent number: 5795421Abstract: A shaped product for a frame which is extruded from a shaping die in a predetermined shape is pulled by a pulling device toward a pressing member to be passed through the pressing member. A panel which is held by an operating robot has a peripheral portion inserted into an inserting portion in the pressing member. The panel is moved so as to relatively move the pressing member with respect to the panel and along the peripheral portion thereof. The shaped product is passed through a hollow portion in the pressing member to be unified to the panel, thereby obtaining the panel with the frame wherein the frame has good appearance and the outer size of the panel with the frame is accurate.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1996Date of Patent: August 18, 1998Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideyuki Hashimoto, Hisashi Takeda
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Patent number: 5779830Abstract: An applicator for applying a flexible tape to a planar sheet having a base, a table, a robotic arm and an applicator head. The applicator head is carried by the robotic arm and includes a cradle for receiving a spool of flexible tape. The robotic arm moves the applicator head through the Cartesian coordinate system relative to the table. A motor feeds flexible tape out from the spool, over a dancer arm through a plurality of rollers. A sensor associated with the dancer arm measures the pressure or position in a cylinder connected to the dancer arm and forwards a signal to the motor to increase the speed if the dancer arm pressure is high, and decrease the motor speed if dancer arm pressure is low. A plurality of optical sensors determine the layer of flexible tape currently being removed from the reel, and adjust the motor speed to adjust for the varying length of material removed per revolution as concentric layers of flexible tape are removed from the spool.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1995Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Truseal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Wakefield, David L. Clark, A. B. Lockstead
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Patent number: 5776403Abstract: In the assembly of a windshield glass and a weather strip having a partly modified cross section the weather strip is extruded along the peripheral edge of the windshield glass and fixedly adhered thereto, a movable die 132 of a die assembly is properly moved so as to change the shape of an orifice of the die assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1996Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Inventors: Yukihiko Yada, Toshikazu Ito
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Patent number: 5770674Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a gasket around a substrate from a novel polyurethane/urea composition via the RIM process. Window gaskets may be produced by this method. These novel polyurethane/urea compositions comprise the reaction product of a (cyclo)aliphatic polyisocyanate having a viscosity of less than about 25,000 mPa.multidot.s at 25.degree. C. and a NCO functionality of 2.0 to 4.0 with an isocyanate-reactive component comprising b1) a relatively high molecular weight organic compound containing hydroxyl groups, amine groups, or mixtures thereof; and b2) a low molecular weight chain extender selected from the group consisting of diols, primary amines, secondary amines, aminoalcohols, and mixtures thereof; in the presence of a catalyst. The isocyanate and isocyanate-reactive components are selected such that the crosslinking density of the resultant polyurethane/urea composition is at least 0.3 moles/kg.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: Bayer CorporationInventors: Ronald A. Cageao, A. Donald Meltzer, Brian R. Suddaby
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Patent number: 5762738Abstract: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for applying sealant material to the void in the perimeter between spaced-apart substrates in an insulated glass assembly. An apparatus includes a traveling applicator head and a stationary head, both applicator heads including a nozzle member and independently movable wiper member which cooperate to apply a smooth and even layer of sealant material. An advantage of the cooperating nozzle and wiper members is the ability to mold corners and to apply sealant material without lifting the applicator from the glass assembly. The method is sequential and employs two cooperating applicator heads, conveyors and position sensors to permit fully or semi-automated operation. The smoothing plates move in concert with the extrusion nozzles to ensure uniform distribution of the sealant material from the spacer, and a uniform and planar surface at the perimeter.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1996Date of Patent: June 9, 1998Inventor: Luc Lafond
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Patent number: 5762739Abstract: For filling the insulating glass panes with a heavy gas, one of the glass plates (40) which are to constitute the insulating glass pane is only partly joined to she other glass plate (42) before the assembling, particularly in that said one glass plate is bent so that a gaplike opening temporarily remains between the glass plate (40) and the spacer (41) and the interior space of the insulating glass pane can be filled with a heavy gas through said gaplike opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1996Date of Patent: June 9, 1998Assignee: Lenhardt Maschinenbau GmbHInventors: Karl Lenhardt, Uwe Bogner
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Patent number: 5759364Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical sensor which is made up of an insulating base plate bearing an electrode on its surface which reacts with an analyte to produce mobile electrons. The base plate is mated with a lid of a deformable material which has a concave area surrounded by a flat surface so that when mated to the base plate there is formed a capillary space into which a fluid test sample can be drawn. The side of the lid facing the base is coated with a polymeric material which serves to bond the lid to the base plate and to increase the hydrophilic nature of the capillary space.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1997Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Bayer CorporationInventors: Steven C. Charlton, Yingping Deng, Karl-Heinz Hildenbrand, Larry D. Johnson, James J. Venosky
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Patent number: 5683783Abstract: An improved high vacuum microwave window has been developed that utilizes high density polyethylene coated on two sides with SiOx, SiNx, or a combination of the two. The resultant low dielectric and low loss tangent window creates a low outgassing, low permeation seal through which broad band, high power microwave energy may be passed. No matching device is necessary and the sealing technique is simple. The features of the window are broad band transmission, ultra-high vacuum compatibility with a simple sealing technique, low voltage standing wave ratio, high power transmission and low cost.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1993Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: Southeastern Universities Research Ass., Inc.Inventors: Viet Nguyen-Tuong, Henry Frederick Dylla, III
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Patent number: 5655282Abstract: An insulating unit has a pair of glass sheets about an edge assembly to provide a compartment between the sheets. The edge assembly has a U-shaped spacer made of metal, metal coated plastic, gas and moisture impervious polymer, or gas and moisture impervious film coated polymer. The outer legs of the spacer and the glass provide a long diffusion path to limit the diffusion of argon gas out of the compartment. The edge assembly has materials selected and sized to provide edge assembly having an RES-value of at least 75. A spacer for use in insulating units includes a plastic core having a gas impervious film e.g. a metal film or a halogenated polymer film. Also taught herein are techniques for making the unit and spacer.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1995Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventors: Robert Barton Hodek, Thomas Patrick Kerr, Stephen C. Misera, William Randolph Siskos, Albert Edward Thompson, Jr.
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Patent number: 5653838Abstract: A glass heating and sealing system (10, 30, 60) and method for manufacturing a flat panel display including anode and cathode glass panels with a vacuum compartment between them includes a plurality of vacuum chambers (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38, 61, 76) for processing glass panels (39, 63, 74). Transfer of glass panels (39, 63, 74) between chambers (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38, 61, 76) is accomplished by a transfer mechanism (24, 42, 68, 72) located within a central vacuum chamber (22, 40, 70) commonly connected to the other chambers. System (10, 30, 60) may include a rapid thermal processing (RTP) chamber (14, 34, 38, 76) for quick and even heating of the panels (39, 63, 74). System (10) includes an e-beam bombardment chamber (16) for preconditioning the anode glass panels, and a heating chamber (18) for fusing anode glass panels to cathode glass panels. Different levels of vacuum may be established in different chambers.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1995Date of Patent: August 5, 1997Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Ming-Jang Hwang, Chi-Cheong Shen, Cecil J. Davis, Robert T. Matthews, Phillip Chapados, Jr.
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Patent number: 5650029Abstract: There is disclosed a method for applying sealant material between spaced-apart substrates in an insulated glass assembly. The method is sequential and employs extrusion nozzles and smoothing plates. The smoothing plates move in concert with the extrusion nozzles to ensure uniform distribution of the sealant material from the spacer, spacing the substrates, to the perimeter of the substrates. The smoothing plates ensure a uniform and planar surface at the perimeter. The method of operation is automated and accordingly, the sealant can be applied in an expedited manner with a high degree of precision and uniformity.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1995Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Inventor: Luc Lafond
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Patent number: 5637363Abstract: A laminated glass pane having at least one rigid glass sheet and one flexible plastic material sheet is described, which has a peripheral strip disposed over at least a part of the edge of the pane over at least one edge of a flexible plastic sheet. The peripheral strip has two layers of respectively different materials, a first layer designated the "internal layer", is comprised of a material having a softening temperature which is less than or equal to the temperature employed in autoclaving the sheets which are components of the pane, and a second layer designated the "external layer", is comprised of a material having a softening temperature which is greater than the temperature employed in autoclaving the sheets.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1995Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: Saint-Gobain VitrageInventors: Stephane Leray, Patrick Janvier, Yves Naoumenko
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Patent number: 5632122Abstract: A pumpable, thermoplastic desiccated mastic capable of desiccating a sealed insulating glass unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1996Date of Patent: May 27, 1997Assignee: H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.Inventor: Anne Spinks
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Patent number: 5554325Abstract: For the extrusion of a calibrated profile of a thermoplastic polymer onto articles, the polymer, which is melted in an extruder (17), is fed, via a heated pressure hose (22), to an extruder head guided by a robot (5) and, by means of said extruder head, extruded and deposited on the article. At the end of each extrusion operation, the material flow to the extruder head is maintained and, by means of a change-over valve within the extruder head, redirected into an outlet orifice provided in the vicinity of the die orifice until the commencement of the subsequent extrusion operation. The redirected material flow emerges from a pipe connector (29) which is arranged on the extruder head and is coupled to a coupling piece (33). The material collected in this manner may be pelletized and fed back to the feed hopper (16) of the extruder (17).Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1994Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage InternationalInventors: Rolf Kotte, Gerd Cornils, Thomas Stumpe
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Patent number: 5509984Abstract: A novel, pumpable, thermoplastic desiccated mastic capable of desiccating a sealed insulating glass unit. The compositions utilize adhesive materials which have a low vapor transmission rate but, nevertheless, have been found to effectively dry the air space in the unit. They do not contribute to chemical fogging and, in preferred embodiments, reduce or eliminate chemical fogging caused by other structures in the assembly. The compositions adhere well to the U-channel material and do not flow or sag under the normal range of service conditions encountered by an insulating glass assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1994Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.Inventors: Paul J. Meyer, Anne Spinks
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Patent number: 5510416Abstract: A novel, pumpable, thermoplastic desiccated mastic capable of desiccating a sealed insulating glass unit. The compositions utilize adhesive materials which have a low vapor transmission rate but, nevertheless, have been found to effectively dry the air space in the unit. They do not contribute to chemical fogging and, in preferred embodiments, reduce or eliminate chemical fogging caused by other structures in the assembly. The compositions adhere well to the U-channel material and do not flow or sag under the normal range of service conditions encountered by an insulating glass assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1993Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.Inventors: Paul J. Meyer, Anne Spinks
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Patent number: 5494715Abstract: There is described a multiple-pane sealed glazing unit having two or more parallel glazing sheets which are spaced apart and sealed at the peripheral edges. Incorporated within the unit is a decorative feature comprised of patterns applied to two or more of the glazing sheets and where at least portions of these patterns register with each other and are of sufficient width as to provide the visual appearance of solid members spanning the spacing between at least two of the glazing sheets. In one preferred embodiment, the registering patterns are striped criss-cross patterns and provide the visual appearance of traditional muntin-bar windows. In a second preferred embodiment, the registering patterns are also striped criss-cross patterns and provide the visual appearance of traditional leaded-glass window panels. In a third preferred embodiment, the registering patterns provide the visual appearance of traditional lattice-work, sun-screen panels.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1994Date of Patent: February 27, 1996Assignee: Edgetech I. G. Ltd.Inventor: Michael Glover
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Patent number: 5478402Abstract: A photovoltaic solar cell module and method of manufacture is provided wherein an ionomer is used as an encapsulant.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1994Date of Patent: December 26, 1995Assignee: ASE Americas, Inc.Inventor: Jack I. Hanoka
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Patent number: 5476553Abstract: A photovoltaic solar cell module and method of manufacture is provided wherein an ionomer is used as an encapsulant, wherein said ionomer being modified by the presence of 0.3 to 2.0 wt. percent of a UV absorber and 0.3 to 2.0 wt. percent of a UV stabilizer.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1994Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignee: ASE Americas, Inc.Inventors: Jack I. Hanoka, Peter P. Klemchuk
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Patent number: 5445780Abstract: In the assembly of a windshield glass and a weather strip having a partly modified cross section the weather strip is extruded along the peripheral edge of the windshield glass and fixedly adhered thereto, a movable die 132 of a die assembly is properly moved so as to change the shape of an orifice of the die assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1993Date of Patent: August 29, 1995Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiko Yada, Toshikazu Ito
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Patent number: 5441688Abstract: A method is provided for forming an elongate body having thickness change, such as a car window molding. In the method, a vertical member is extruded into a fixed wall thickness and a fixed outline. A horizontal member is extruded into the same outline as that of the vertical member but has a smaller wall thickness than that of the vertical member. An apparatus is provided to perform the method. The apparatus has a slide core axially reciprocating in a bore of a die so as to change a shape of a forming space.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1993Date of Patent: August 15, 1995Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Goto, Chiaki Komiyama, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Kazukiyo Hayashi
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Patent number: 5433818Abstract: Apparatus for turning a sheet-like workpiece, e.g. a rectangular sheet of glass, and for applying a sealing strip continuously along its edges, includes an air flotation/section support bed (14, 15) covered by an air-permeable mat (16), a sealing strip applicator (32, 59) on a carriage (33), suction cup assemblies (63, 72) mobilely mounted on respective mutually perpendicular slides (24, 25) for gripping the sheet (22) at two adjacent corners thereof, the movement of the assemblies (63, 72) being coordinated such that, while gripping the sheet (22), one assembly (72) is moved towards the initial position of the other assembly (63) and simultaneously the latter (63) is moved towards the corner diagonally opposite the corner at which the first assembly (72) was initially disposed.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1993Date of Patent: July 18, 1995Assignee: Willian Design LimitedInventor: John Lee
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Patent number: 5429858Abstract: A corrugated paper retainer and adjustable spacer for adhesively applying a glass panel to a support surface, especially an automotive body panel defining a window opening, which includes a corrugated paper retainer assembly composed of a top ply having an adhesive-covered top surface, a bottom ply having an adhesive-covered bottom surface, and a crushable corrugated intermediate ply sandwiched and bonded between the top and bottom plies. The bottom ply is bondable to the support surface via the adhesive covered bottom surface thereof and the top surface is bondable to the glass panel via the adhesive bonded top surface thereof. The retainer assembly is variably compressible via its crushable corrugated ply to adjust the spaced distance of the glass panel with respect to the support surface. A method of installing a glass panel is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1994Date of Patent: July 4, 1995Inventor: Peter Gold
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Patent number: 5422058Abstract: Sheet glass to be mounted in a window or other various objects is reinforced so as not to be broken easily, and if broken, scattering is prevented. A water-tightness is also provided and it is easy to mount the window, on the objects. End edges of sheet glass in a desired size and shape is reinforced by ultraviolet curing resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1994Date of Patent: June 6, 1995Inventor: Satoru Okamoto
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Patent number: 5421940Abstract: Process for producing an automobile pane, equipped with a frame of elastomer of a predetermined shape by extruding the elastomer onto the periphery of the pane and beyond the pane and defining at least a part of the shape of the elastomer as it is extruded by positioning mold surfaces beyond the periphery of the pane.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1993Date of Patent: June 6, 1995Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage InternationalInventors: Gerd Cornils, Florian Fischer, Rolf Kotte, Werner Siegel
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Patent number: 5417791Abstract: A method of bonding faceplates (20) to VDU screens is provided in which an adhesive material is dispensed (80) onto a surface of either the faceplate or the VDU (40), the faceplate and the VDU are brought together (90) to force the adhesive material outwards to fill the gap between the surfaces, and the adhesive material layer (41) which is formed is then cured. In a first curing step (100), curing is carried out around the edges of the faceplate to form a seal around the edges. This first step may be carried out in a dedicated positioning tool. A later curing step (120) ensures that all of the adhesive material layer is eventually cured. Positioning (90) in the dedicated tool may use specific reference points on the faceplate and the VDU rather than relying on physical spacers, and may be carried out under servo control of a system for detecting the onset of undesirable gas entrapment conditions within the adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1994Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John Beeteson, Anthony C. Lowe
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Patent number: 5364673Abstract: The plate-shaped component (1) has a sealing (2) surrounding its side faces (2a) and is easily exchangeable. The surrounding sealing (2) is an integral part of component (1) and has varying thicknesses along its length. This allows compensating for dimensional variations of the plate-shaped component (1) by suitable production processes, such as casting or spraying, and keeping the fixed external dimensions of the component (1) surrounded by sealing (2). An overhanging area (3), positioned on component (1) and surrounded by sealing material, serves as a stop and permits component (1) to be flush-mounted in a housing (7) from the inside. A wedge-shaped elevation (4) of sealing material, which acts as a pinch or fold and is positioned in the overhanging area (3), improves the flush mounting still further. For outdoor installation, the plate-shaped component (1) may be additionally provided with heating as well as temperature measuring means (5, 8).Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1992Date of Patent: November 15, 1994Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Manfred Schmidt, Klaus Staudenmaier, Joachim Schnee, Walter Mannsdoerfer, Volker Weber
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Patent number: 5362428Abstract: A method of making a window panel with a synthetic resin frame comprising forming a synthetic resin frame by extruding synthetic resin through a die into a specified shape along a peripheral portion of a plate-like material for a window on at least one surface of the plate-like material, and curing the formed synthetic resin frame so that the synthetic resin frame is formed integrally with the peripheral portion of the plate-like material, characterized in that the die is moved to trace a locus along a peripheral portion of the plate-like material which has been previously inputted, and the locus and the angular position of the die are corrected by detecting a position of the end face of the plate-like material, whereby the synthetic resin frame having a specified shape is formed.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1993Date of Patent: November 8, 1994Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Tsujino, Noriyuki Yoshihara, Kazuhiko Kuga
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Patent number: 5350469Abstract: To fill insulating glass panes with a heavy gas, one of the glass plates (40) of which the insulating glass pane is formed is initially only partly joined to the other glass plate (42) during assembly and to that end is flexed along one edge so that a gap is temporarily left between the glass plate (40) and the spacer (41) and a heavy gas can be introduced through that gap to fill the interior space of the insulating gas pane.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1993Date of Patent: September 27, 1994Assignee: Lenhardt Maschinenbau GmbHInventors: Karl Lenhardt, Uwe Bogner
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Patent number: 5336349Abstract: The method of and apparatus for equipping a surface of an article with a profiled gasket, bead or a profiled frame, after appropriate pretreatment of the surface. A thermoplastic elastomer is supplied via an extruder and a heated pressure hose to a heated extrusion nozzle. The nozzle is guided by a robot, and the elastomer is extruded and laid by means of the extrusion nozzle onto the surface. The gasket is applied, for example, to an automobile glazing as a profiled frame along its border.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1992Date of Patent: August 9, 1994Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage InternationalInventors: Gerd Cornils, Heinz Kunert
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Patent number: 5332080Abstract: The apparatus comprises a horizontal conveyor (2), which comprises an endless conveying element (5) having supporting surfaces (11, 12 ), on which the insulating glass panes (20) stand. Backing means (16) for the insulating glass panes (20) extend above the horizontal conveyor and define a plane of travel (34) for the panes. The horizontal conveyor (8) is displaceable in a direction which is at right angles to the direction of conveyance and parallel to that one supporting surface (11), which is adjacent to the plane of travel for the panes.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1993Date of Patent: July 26, 1994Assignee: Lenhardt Maschinenbau GmbHInventors: Karl Lenhardt, Rudolf Bernhardt
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Patent number: 5332541Abstract: The disclosure relates to a molding member, for instance for automobile front window plates, as well as a method of manufacturing such molding members. The molding member has a lip section in the form of a ridge which extends throughout the entire length. The lip section bears against the surface of the window plate along the upper portion to realize a flush outer surface between the upper edge of the window plate and the body panel, but is spaced therefrom along the side portions to define a weir. The weir can be formed by deforming a predetermined location of the ridge, and prevents flow of the rain water across the molding member to preserve the driver's or passenger's sight through an adjacent side window.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1993Date of Patent: July 26, 1994Assignee: Hashimoto Forming Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuya Tamura
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Patent number: 5320893Abstract: A method of protecting a metal layer of a solar reflecting coating on a heat-shrinkable substrate, which are components of a prelaminate for a laminated window, from atmospheric corrosion. The prelaminate is cut partially through its thickness adjacent the edge and when the region of the cut is later exposed to elevated temperature, preferably during the laminating process forming the window, the substrate shrinks to create a channel into which flows plasticized polyvinyl butyral (PVB) to block the edge wall of the coating inward of the channel from the surrounding atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1992Date of Patent: June 14, 1994Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventor: Brett W. Floyd
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Patent number: 5282911Abstract: For the manufacture of curved insulating glazing panes having close tolerances of form, surface and thickness, the curved single glass sheets (2; 22) are brought to their desired shape via rigid suction mold plates (1; 21) and are glued together in this condition. A device suitable for carrying out this method consists of a press having two rigid plates (3; 23), template strips (4, 5; 24, 25) and positioning stops (8, 10; 28, 30) corresponding to the theoretical shape of the glass sheets, and also retractable suckers (15; 26) disposed between the template strips (4, 5; 24, 25), being mounted on the rigid plates (3; 23).Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1992Date of Patent: February 1, 1994Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage InternationalInventors: Mieczyslaw Natorff, Carl-Christoph Happich, Franz-Peter Schaaf
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Patent number: 5268049Abstract: A method of laminating glass sheets, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a glass sheet assembly comprising a pair of opposed glass sheets which are spaced from each other and spacer means located between the glass sheets, the spacer means being air permeable and liquid impermeable and extending along peripheral edges of the glass sheets, the glass sheet assembly being in a substantially horizontal orientation; (b) introducing a measured volume of a liquid laminating resin between the glass sheets so that the resin contacts the inner surfaces of both the top and bottom glass sheets as it is introduced into the space between the sheets, the introduction of resin being controlled so that a resin meniscus between the top and bottom sheets spreads outwardly in a controlled manner; (c) filling the space between the glass sheets with the measured volume of resin, air which is displaced by the resin being evacuated through the spacer means; and (d) permitting the resin to cure and solidify thereby to foType: GrantFiled: December 11, 1991Date of Patent: December 7, 1993Assignee: Pilkington Glass LimitedInventors: Peter H. Marriott, Stephen J. Tickle
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Patent number: 5242518Abstract: A method for cutting a sticky plastically deformable material, placed on a surface of a glass pane by employing a jet-like cutting medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1991Date of Patent: September 7, 1993Assignee: Gurit-Essex AGInventor: Rudolf Riederer
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Patent number: 5227206Abstract: For coating the glass edge of two wall elements (2, 3) forming interspace (5) for heat insulating structural and/or light element (1), metallic adhesive layer (4) is produced with the use of a physical (PVD) or chemical (CVD) deposition of the coating material from a gas or vapor phase on one side of each wall element (2, 3). On this adhesive layer (4) barrier layer (6) protecting the latter is deposited and the barrier layer is provided with subsequent solder layer (7). These solder layers (7) are bonded with sheet (8) that edges structural and/or light element (1) on the edge in a gastight manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1991Date of Patent: July 13, 1993Inventor: Emil Bachli
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Patent number: 5219630Abstract: A fire-resistant safety glazing product comprises at least two sheets of glazing material, e.g. glass, bonded together with an interlayer of adhesive binder material and metallic wire mesh of the type used in "wired glass" embedded in the interlayer.Methods of manufacturing fire-resistant safety glazing products are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1992Date of Patent: June 15, 1993Assignee: Miller Construction LimitedInventor: James A. Hickman
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Patent number: 5217764Abstract: At least two generally parallel transparent panes are provided with a spacer between them at their perimeter, which spacer holds a fire protection material which includes an intumescent material, an opaque finely divided material in a solid, liquid or gel-like form. The fire protection material reacts at a certain temperature and expands by intumescence into the space between the transparent panes coating the internal surfaces of the transparent panes and rendering them opaque. The spacer itself may be composed of fire protection material or may be a channel holding such material or hollow tubular structure with openings or may be a combination of these forms. The invention also includes the method of placing fire protection material in the spacer between panes of glazing material and when temperature reaches a predetermined level expelling the fire protection material into the space between the panes and coating their internal surfaces with an opaque coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 1991Date of Patent: June 8, 1993Assignee: Eich CorporationInventor: August W. Eich
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Patent number: 5213828Abstract: The electrical connections for an electrically heatable windshield are sealed prior to the laminating operation to prevent gas from entering the interior of the windshield through the bus bar leads when the windshield is subjected to the elevated temperatures and pressures of the laminating operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1992Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventors: John A. Winter, Bruce A. Bartrug
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Patent number: 5209956Abstract: A decorative panel comprising a lower carrier plate with a structured plastic layer applied thereto and bearing an effect layer, and an upper glass plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1992Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: D. Swarovski & Co.Inventor: Martin Poll