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Process for producing a vacuum in an insulating glazing

US5855638A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 1997
Grant dateJan 5, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B80/22
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A process for producing a vacuum in an insulating glazing composed of two glass sheets (2, 3) separated by pins (4). According to the invention, one of the glass sheets includes a hole (12) which is plugged by a softened ball after the vacuum has been achieved. The invention also relates to an insulating glazing whose glass sheets are separated by pins (4) and joined at their periphery by a sealing joint.

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