Apparatus for manufacturing vacuum glazing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12084910-B2
Application number	US-201916968502-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2019
Priority date	Feb 19, 2018
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing vacuum glass. An apparatus for manufacturing vacuum glass, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes an exhaust finishing frit inserted into an exhaust hole of a plate glass assembly so as to seal the exhaust hole in an exhaust process. In addition, the exhaust finishing frit comprises: a frit body having a body top part on which a cap frit is placed; a depressed portion which is upwardly depressed from the bottom of the frit body; and an exhaust guide part which is formed to penetrate the outer circumferential surface of the frit body. Thus, it is possible to prevent bubbles from being generated in the exhaust finishing frit during a finishing process.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for manufacturing vacuum glazing, the apparatus comprising:
an exhaust head disposed at a side of a plate glass assembly having an exhaust hole in which an exhaust finishing frit is disposed;
an exhaust pump connected to the exhaust head and configured to perform vacuum exhaust for the plate glass assembly;
an exhaust finishing frit inserted into the exhaust hole of the plate glass assembly;
a cap frit disposed at an upper side of the exhaust finishing frit,
wherein the exhaust finishing frit comprises:
a frit body having a body top surface on which the cap frit is disposed, the body top surface being pressed by the cap frit when an exhaust process is performed;
a recess part recessed in an upward direction from a bottom surface of the frit body to form a flowing space for exhaust gas; and
an exhaust guide part formed through an outer circumferential surface of the frit body to communicate with the recess part,
wherein the body top surface is configured to shield the recess part to allow the exhaust gas exhausted through the recess part to be exhausted in a radial direction of the exhaust finishing frit through the exhaust guide part, and
wherein the exhaust guide part is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the frit body and from the body top surface of the frit body, and the outer circumferential surface of the frit body comprises a portion disposed between the body top surface of the frit body and the exhaust guide part.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the recess part is communicably arranged with the exhaust guide part, and
wherein when the exhaust pump is driven, internal gas of the plate glass assembly is discharged to the exhaust pump through the recess part and the exhaust guide part.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust guide part has a circular shape.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the diameter of the exhaust guide part is at least 1 mm.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the exhaust guide part comprises a plurality of exhaust guide parts provided in a circumferential direction.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a distance between two exhaust guide parts, which are closest to each other, of the plurality of exhaust guide parts, is at least 1 mm.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust guide part has a rectangular shape.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a length of the exhaust guide part in a vertical direction and a length of the exhaust guide part in a horizontal direction are each at least 1 mm.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plate glass assembly comprises:
a first plate glass and a second plate glass, the second plate glass disposed to be spaced apart in an upward direction from the first plate glass, and
wherein the exhaust hole is formed to pass through a top surface of the second plate glass to a bottom surface of the second plate glass.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the exhaust hole has a stepped shape.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the exhaust hole comprises:
a first part recessed to be inclined in a downward direction from the top surface of the second plate glass, and
a second part recessed in a downward direction from the first part,
whereby the exhaust finishing frit is supported by the first part.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the exhaust hole comprises:
a first part extending to be inclined in a downward direction from the top surface of the second plate glass,
a second part extending in a horizontal direction from the first part, and
a third part extending in a downward direction from the second part,
whereby the exhaust finishing frit is supported by the second part.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust head comprises:
an inner space having a flowing space for the exhaust gas to flow, and
a heater disposed in the inner space to provide a heat source for heating the exhaust finishing frit.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a vacuum pad disposed between the plate glass assembly and the exhaust head, the vacuum pad configured to prevent the exhaust gas from leaking out of the exhaust head,
wherein the vacuum pad comprises a graphite sheet or a metallic member.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a support plate provided at the exhaust head and disposed to make contact with the cap frit,
wherein the cap frit is disposed between the support plate and the body top surface of the frit body.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the support plate comprises a plate body having a disc shape and a plater through part formed through the plate body to provide an exhaust passage of the exhaust gas when the exhaust process is performed.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Sora
• Kim Soyoon
• Kim Youngseok
• Yang Eunsoo

Classifications

• E06B3/6775 Primary

  Evacuating or filling the gap during assembly · CPC title

• Y02P40/57

  Improving the yield, e-g- reduction of reject rates · CPC title

• Y02B80/22

  Glazing, e.g. vaccum glazing · CPC title

• Y02A30/249

  Glazing, e.g. vacuum glazing · CPC title

• E06B3/67326

  Assembling spacer elements with the panes · CPC title