Insulated glazing comprising a spacer, and production method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10301868-B2
Application number	US-201515321170-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2015
Priority date	Jun 27, 2014
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

An insulating glazing unit having a first pane, a second pane, a third pane arranged between the first pane and the second pane, an outer pane interspace, an inner pane interspace, and a spacer is described. The spacer having a plastic profile with a first glazing interior surface and a second glazing interior surface, a first pane contact surface, a second pane contact surface, a primary sealing means, and a main member containing a sealing material and a drying material. The plastic profile includes a groove, into which the third pane is inserted and which runs parallel to the first pane contact surface and to the second pane contact surface. The plastic profile separates the outer pane interspace from the inner pane interspace. The main member is arranged in the outer pane interspace between the plastic profile and the primary sealing means, the main member being adjacent the plastic profile and the primary sealing means.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An insulating glazing unit comprising:
a first pane;
a second pane;
a third pane arranged between the first pane and the second pane;
an outer pane interspace defined by a space between the first pane and the second pane bounded on one side by first edges of said panes;
an inner pane interspace defined by a space between the first pane and the second pane bounded on one side by second edges of said panes opposite the first edges; and
a spacer comprising:
a plastic profile with a first glazing interior surface and a second glazing interior surface;
a first pane contact surface;
a second pane contact surface;
a primary sealing means; and
a main member containing at least one sealing material and at least one dry material,

wherein:
the plastic profile comprises a groove into which the third pane is inserted and which runs parallel to the first pane contact surface and to the second pane contact surface,
the plastic profile separates the outer pane interspace from the inner pane interspace,
the main member is arranged in the outer pane interspace between the plastic profile and the primary sealing means and adjacent the plastic profile and the primary sealing means,
the first pane and the second pane each make direct contact with the plastic profile and the primary sealing means respectively at the first pane contact surface and the second pane contact surface, and
the main member is contained within a space that is delimited by the primary sealing means and the plastic profile.

2. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the groove comprises an insert, preferably an insert containing an elastomer, particularly preferably containing ethylene propylene diene rubber and/or a thermoplastic polyurethane.

3. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 2 , wherein the insert contains an elastomer.

4. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 3 , wherein the insert contains ethylene propylene diene rubber and/or a thermoplastic polyurethane.

5. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the main member and the primary sealing means are formed in one piece.

6. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 5 , wherein the main member and the primary sealing means are coextruded.

7. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic profile comprises at least one opening to enable gas and moisture exchange between the main member and the inner pane interspace.

8. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one opening comprises a plurality of openings.

9. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 1 , wherein between the first pane and the second pane in the outer pane interspace, a secondary sealing means is arranged adjoining the primary sealing means, the secondary sealing means comprising a polymer or silane-modified polymer.

10. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 9 , wherein the secondary sealing means comprises organic polysulfides, silicones, room-temperature vulcanizing silicone rubber, high-temperature vulcanizing silicone rubber, peroxide vulcanizing silicone rubber, and/or addition vulcanizing silicone rubber, polyurethanes, and/or butyl rubber.

11. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the main member contains at least one sealing material and a desiccant.

12. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one sealing material contains a hot-melt adhesive, polyisobutylene, butyl rubber, and/or polybutene.

13. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 11 , wherein the desiccant comprises silica gels, molecular sieves, CaCl 2 , Na 2 SO 4 , activated carbon, silicates, bentonites, zeolites, and/or mixtures thereof.

14. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the primary sealing means and the main member contain the same sealing material and wherein the main member additionally contains desiccant.

15. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic profile contains polyethylene (PE), polycarbonates (PC), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene, polybutadiene, polynitriles, polyesters, polyurethanes, polymethyl methacrylates, polyacrylates, polyamides, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), acrylonitrile styrene acrylester (ASA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/polycarbonate (ABS/PC), styrene acrylonitrile (SAN), PET/PC, PBT/PC, and/or copolymers or mixtures thereof and, and optionally, has a glass-fiber content.

16. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the primary sealing means contains butyl rubber, polyisobutylene, polyolefin rubber, copolymers, and/or mixtures thereof.

17. The insulating glazing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic profile comprises at least one second groove to accommodate a fourth pane.

18. A method for producing an insulating glazing unit, the method comprising:
providing a first pane, a second pane, and a third pane;
providing a spacer comprising:
a plastic profile with a first glazing interior surface and a second glazing interior surface;
a first pane contact surface; and
a second pane contact surface;

inserting the third pane into a groove of the plastic profile;
inserting the plastic profile with the pre-mounted third pane between the first pane and the second pane; and
coextruding a main member and a primary sealing means on the plastic profile in an outer pane interspace, thereby producing the insulating glazing unit that comprises:
the first pane;
the second pane;
the third pane arranged between the first pane and the second pane;
the outer pane interspace defined by a space between the first pane and the second pane bounded on one side by first edges of said panes;
an inner pane interspace defined by a space between the first pane and the second pane bounded on one side by second edges of said panes opposite the first edges; and
the spacer comprising:
the plastic profile with the first glazing interior surface and the second glazing interior surface;
the first pane contact surface;
the second pane contact surface;
the primary sealing means; and
the main member containing at least one sealing material and at least one dry material,

wherein:
the plastic profile comprises the groove into which the third pane is inserted and which runs parallel to the first pane contact surface and to the second pane contact surface,
the plastic profile separates the outer pane interspace from the inner pane interspace,
the main member is arranged in the outer pane interspace between the plastic profile and the primary sealing means and adjacent the plastic profile and the primary sealing means,
the first pane and the second pane each make direct contact with the plastic profile and the primary sealing means respectively at the first pane contact surface and the second pane contact surface, and
the main member is contained within a space that is delimited by the primary sealing means and the plastic profile.

19. A method for producing an insulating glazing unit, the method comprising:
providing a first pane, a second pane, and a third pane;
providing a spacer comprising:
a plastic profile with a first glazing interior surface and a second glazing interior surface;
a first pane contact surface; and
a second pane contact surface;

inserting the third pane into a groove of the plastic profile;
coextruding a main member and a primary sealing mea

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Kuster Hans-Werner
• Koette Rolf
• Schreiber Walter

Classifications

• E06B3/67304

  Preparing rigid spacer members before assembly · CPC title

• E06B3/6733

  by applying, e.g. extruding, a ribbon of hardenable material on or between the panes · CPC title

• Y02B80/24

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• E06B3/66328

  of rubber, plastics or similar materials (E06B3/66314, E06B3/66323 and E06B3/66342 take precedence; transparent materials E06B3/66333) · CPC title

• E06B3/67347

  by extrusion techniques · CPC title