WO2000073613A1 - Insulating window - Google Patents

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WO2000073613A1
WO2000073613A1 PCT/SE2000/001044 SE0001044W WO0073613A1 WO 2000073613 A1 WO2000073613 A1 WO 2000073613A1 SE 0001044 W SE0001044 W SE 0001044W WO 0073613 A1 WO0073613 A1 WO 0073613A1
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sealing material
spacer strip
insulating window
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Lars Torbjörn OLSSON
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Olsson Lars Torbjoern
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E06B3/66—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together
    • E06B3/663—Elements for spacing panes
    • E06B3/66309—Section members positioned at the edges of the glazing unit
    • E06B3/66328—Section members positioned at the edges of the glazing unit of rubber, plastics or similar materials
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E06B3/66—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together

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  • the present invention relates to an insulating window having two or more panes .
  • insulating windows with plastic panes may also be manufactured with said spacer strips and sealing material without moisture being generated between the panes .
  • the insulating window illustrated in the drawing has two panes, namely one plastic pane 1 and one glass pane 2.
  • the insulating window can be mounted such that the plastic pane 1 forms its outer pane and the glass pane 2 consequently its inner pane.
  • a reversed location of the insulating window with the plastic pane 1 as inner pane and the glass pane 2 as outer pane is of course possible.
  • the plastic pane 1 may consist of polycarbonate or eventually of another suitable plastic material. Plastic panes 1 of polycarbonate are sold under the names LEXAN MARGARDTM, LEXAN EXCELLTM, SAFIRTM or AXXIS DURATM.
  • a spacer strip or profile 3 of a suitable sealing material pre- ferably a silicone based material which is flexible.
  • a drying agent 4 adapted to eliminate formation of moisture between the panes 1, 2 is mixed into or added to said sealing material .
  • the spacer strip 3 is provided with a binding agent 5, 6 on two opposite edges.
  • the spacer strip 3 includes a metal foil 7, preferably an aluminium foil, on a side facing outwards. The metal foil may be folded somewhat inwards over the two opposite edges of the spacer strip 3.
  • the binding agent 5, 6 holds the panes 1, 2 and the spacer strip 3 together such that a sealed space 8 is defined within said spacer strip 3 and panes 1, 2.
  • the metal foil 7 of the spacer strip 3 is adapted to provide or at least contribute to a diffusion sealing between the space 8 and the surroundings .
  • a prior art spacer strip or profile 3 of the above- mentioned type is sold under the name SUPER SPACETM.
  • a sealing material 9 is provided outside the spacer strip 3, said sealing material 9 covering said spacer strip 3 from the outside and is adapted for so called top sealing of the space 8 between the panes 1, 2.
  • This sealing material 9 is preferably a material based on silicone and it is closely connected with both panes 1, 2 and contribute in holding the panes together with the spacer strip 3.
  • the sealing material 9 is also closely connected with the metal foil 7 of the spacer strip 3. Furthermore, the sealing material 9 may extend out over the edges la, 2a of the panes 1, 2 in order to prevent diffusion therethrough.
  • the sealing material 9 is such a sealing material which lacks properties, together with the plastic material in the plastic pane 1, to generate moisture in the space 8.
  • the material 9 may e.g. lack or to a substan- tial extent lack nitrogen compounds in order to exclude or obviate said moisture generation.
  • the spacer strip 3 may consist of a sealing material without properties to generate, together with the plastic pane 1 and/or the sealing material 9, moisture in the space 8 between the panes 1 , 2.
  • the material in the spacer strip 3 may e.g. lack or to a substantial extent lack nitrogen compounds .
  • a gas such as air or another suitable gas, e.g. a gas consisting of or substantially containing argon and difluoromethane in a suitable mixture.
  • gases are sulphur hexafluoride for sound reduction or krypton for providing a so called energy window.
  • the insulating window consists of two panes of which one is a plastic pane 1 and the other a glass pane 2.
  • the insulating window may alternatively consist of two or more plastic panes 1 or as a further alternative consist of one plastic pane 1 and two glass panes 2, whereby the plastic pane 1 preferably is located between the glass panes 2.
  • a spacer strip or profile 3 is located between the plastic pane 1 and each glass pane 2 and the sealing material 9 is provided on the outside of both spacer strips 3 and preferably also outside the edges la, 2a of the panes 1, 2.
  • the spacer strip 3 may consist of another material than material based on silicone on condition that this other material permits the spacer strip 3 to closely seal the space 8 between the panes 1, 2 or contribute thereto.
  • Such another material may be a suitable plastic material.
  • the sealing material 9 may also be another material than a silicone based material, e.g. a suitable plastic material having appropriate sealing properties .

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an insulating window including two or more panes. At least one of the panes (1, 2) is a plastic pane (1) and a spacer strip or profile (3) located between the panes (1, 2) consists of sealing material into which a drying agent (4) is mixed. A sealing material (9) which from the outside covers the spacer strip (3), consists of a sealing material which is closely connected with the panes (1, 2) and which lacks properties to generate, together with the plastic material in the plastic pane (1) and/or with the sealing material in the spacer strip (3), moisture in a space (8) between the panes (1, 2).

Description

Insulating window.
The present invention relates to an insulating window having two or more panes .
At insulating windows where one or more panes is/are made of plastic material - normally polycarbonate - it has been noticed that the material in spacer strips or profiles and/or sealing material reacts with the plastic material in the plastic pane such that moisture is formed in the space between the panes. This is of course unacceptable . The object of the present invention has been to eliminate this drawback and this is arrived at by providing the initially defined insulating window with the characterizing features of subsequent claim 1.
By providing the insulating window with said cha- racterizing features, insulating windows with plastic panes may also be manufactured with said spacer strips and sealing material without moisture being generated between the panes .
The invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating a section through a portion of an insulating window according to the invention having two panes .
The insulating window illustrated in the drawing has two panes, namely one plastic pane 1 and one glass pane 2. The insulating window can be mounted such that the plastic pane 1 forms its outer pane and the glass pane 2 consequently its inner pane. A reversed location of the insulating window with the plastic pane 1 as inner pane and the glass pane 2 as outer pane is of course possible. The plastic pane 1 may consist of polycarbonate or eventually of another suitable plastic material. Plastic panes 1 of polycarbonate are sold under the names LEXAN MARGARD™, LEXAN EXCELL™, SAFIR™ or AXXIS DURA™.
Between the panes 1, 2 there is located a spacer strip or profile 3 of a suitable sealing material, pre- ferably a silicone based material which is flexible. A drying agent 4 adapted to eliminate formation of moisture between the panes 1, 2 is mixed into or added to said sealing material . The spacer strip 3 is provided with a binding agent 5, 6 on two opposite edges. Furthermore, the spacer strip 3 includes a metal foil 7, preferably an aluminium foil, on a side facing outwards. The metal foil may be folded somewhat inwards over the two opposite edges of the spacer strip 3.
The binding agent 5, 6 holds the panes 1, 2 and the spacer strip 3 together such that a sealed space 8 is defined within said spacer strip 3 and panes 1, 2. The metal foil 7 of the spacer strip 3 is adapted to provide or at least contribute to a diffusion sealing between the space 8 and the surroundings .
A prior art spacer strip or profile 3 of the above- mentioned type is sold under the name SUPER SPACE™.
A sealing material 9 is provided outside the spacer strip 3, said sealing material 9 covering said spacer strip 3 from the outside and is adapted for so called top sealing of the space 8 between the panes 1, 2. This sealing material 9 is preferably a material based on silicone and it is closely connected with both panes 1, 2 and contribute in holding the panes together with the spacer strip 3. The sealing material 9 is also closely connected with the metal foil 7 of the spacer strip 3. Furthermore, the sealing material 9 may extend out over the edges la, 2a of the panes 1, 2 in order to prevent diffusion therethrough.
The sealing material 9 is such a sealing material which lacks properties, together with the plastic material in the plastic pane 1, to generate moisture in the space 8. The material 9 may e.g. lack or to a substan- tial extent lack nitrogen compounds in order to exclude or obviate said moisture generation.
The spacer strip 3 may consist of a sealing material without properties to generate, together with the plastic pane 1 and/or the sealing material 9, moisture in the space 8 between the panes 1 , 2. The material in the spacer strip 3 may e.g. lack or to a substantial extent lack nitrogen compounds .
In the space 8 between the panes 1, 2 there may be provided a gas such as air or another suitable gas, e.g. a gas consisting of or substantially containing argon and difluoromethane in a suitable mixture. Alternative gases are sulphur hexafluoride for sound reduction or krypton for providing a so called energy window.
At the embodiment described above and illustrated in the drawing, the insulating window consists of two panes of which one is a plastic pane 1 and the other a glass pane 2. However, the insulating window may alternatively consist of two or more plastic panes 1 or as a further alternative consist of one plastic pane 1 and two glass panes 2, whereby the plastic pane 1 preferably is located between the glass panes 2. In said latter embodiment a spacer strip or profile 3 is located between the plastic pane 1 and each glass pane 2 and the sealing material 9 is provided on the outside of both spacer strips 3 and preferably also outside the edges la, 2a of the panes 1, 2. The spacer strip 3 may consist of another material than material based on silicone on condition that this other material permits the spacer strip 3 to closely seal the space 8 between the panes 1, 2 or contribute thereto. Such another material may be a suitable plastic material. The sealing material 9 may also be another material than a silicone based material, e.g. a suitable plastic material having appropriate sealing properties .

Claims

Claims :
1. Insulating window including two or more panes, c h a r a c t e r i z e d by the combination of a) that at least one of the panes (1, 2) is a plastic pane (1) , b) that a spacer strip or profile (3) located between the panes (1, 2) consists of a sealing material into which is mixed a drying agent (4) , and c) that a sealing material (9) which from the outside covers the spacer strip (3) , consists of a sealing material which is closely connected with the panes (1, 2) and lacks properties to generate, together with the plastic material in the plastic pane (1) and/or with the sealing material in the spacer strip (3), moisture in a space (8) between the panes (1, 2) .
2. Insulating window according to claim 1, c a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the sealing material in the spacer strip or profile (3) lacks properties to generate, together with the plastic material in the plastic pane (1) and/or with the sealing material (9) , moisture in the space (8) between the panes (1, ? ) .
3. Insulating window according to claim 1 or 2 , c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the sealing material (9) and/or the spacer strip or profile (3) is/are totally or to a substantial extent without nitrogen com- pounds .
4. Insulating window according to any preceding claim, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the spacer strip or profile (3) consists of a material based on silicone, that the spacer strip (3) is provided with a binding agent (5, 6) on two opposite edges, through which binding agent (5, 6) the spacer strip (3) is connected with the panes (1, 2) , and that the spacer strip (3) on one outer side is pro- vided with a metal foil (7) .
5. Insulating window according to any preceding claim, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the sealing material (9) is a material based on silicone.
6. Insulating window according to any preceding claim, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the sealing material (9) covers the edges (la, 2a) of at least one of the panes (1, 2) , preferably the edges (la, 2a) of all the panes (1, 2) .
7. Insulating window according to any preceding claim, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that in the space (8) between the panes (1, 2) there is provided a gas consisting of or substantially containing argon and difluoromethane .
8. Insulating window according to any of claims 1-6, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that between the panes
(1, 2) there is provided a gas consisting of or substantially containing sulphur hexafluoride or krypton.
9. Insulating window according to any of claims 1-6, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that air is provided in the space (8) between the panes (1, 2) .
10. Insulating window according to any preceding claim, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the plastic pane (1) consists of polycarbonate.
11. Insulating window according to any preceding claim, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that it consists of one plastic pane (1) and one glass pane (2) .
12. Insulating window according to any of claims 1-10, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the plastic pane (1) is located as an interme- diate pane between two glass panes (2) , that at least one spacer strip or profile (3) is located between each glass pane (2) and the plastic pane (1), and that sealing material (9) is provided on the outside of each spacer strip (3) and between each glass pane (2) and the plastic pane (1) .
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SE9901917A SE514217C2 (en) 1999-05-27 1999-05-27 Insulating box for two or more boxes, where at least one box is a plastic box

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US8595994B1 (en) 2012-05-30 2013-12-03 Cardinal Ig Company Insulating glass unit with asymmetrical between-pane spaces
EP4226810A1 (en) * 2022-02-11 2023-08-16 Schott Ag Insulating unit, door, sidewall and chiller or freezer device

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US4205104A (en) * 1974-12-11 1980-05-27 Saint Gobain Industries Multiple pane window having a thick seal and a process and apparatus for applying the seal
DK153600B (en) * 1980-08-29 1988-08-01 Erbsloeh Julius & August Spacer for insulating panes
SE458378B (en) * 1985-03-11 1989-03-20 Lof Glass Inc MULTI-GLASS CONSTRUCTION AND WAY TO MANUFACTURE THEM
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US4205104A (en) * 1974-12-11 1980-05-27 Saint Gobain Industries Multiple pane window having a thick seal and a process and apparatus for applying the seal
DE2545209A1 (en) * 1975-10-09 1977-04-21 Schade Wilhelm Fa Double glazing frame corner reinforcing angle unit - with cutouts on inside arm surfaces and bent outside edge faces
DK153600B (en) * 1980-08-29 1988-08-01 Erbsloeh Julius & August Spacer for insulating panes
SE458378B (en) * 1985-03-11 1989-03-20 Lof Glass Inc MULTI-GLASS CONSTRUCTION AND WAY TO MANUFACTURE THEM
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US8595994B1 (en) 2012-05-30 2013-12-03 Cardinal Ig Company Insulating glass unit with asymmetrical between-pane spaces
WO2013181364A3 (en) * 2012-05-30 2014-02-27 Cardinal Ig Company Asymmetrical insulating glass unit and spacer system
EP4226810A1 (en) * 2022-02-11 2023-08-16 Schott Ag Insulating unit, door, sidewall and chiller or freezer device

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