Spacer for insulating glazing units

• US 10,626,663 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2015
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: Schreiber, Walter, Rigaud, Martin, Kuster, Hans-Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferguson, Lawrence D
• Application Number:
  US15/506,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20170298680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,677 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2003/66338 of glass
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2003/6638 with coatings
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/66314 of tubular shape E06B3/66323 and E06B3/66333 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/66319 of rubber, plastics or similar materials
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/66333 of unusual substances, e.g. wood or other fibrous materials, glass or other transparent materials
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/66342 characterised by their sealed connection to the panes
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/66352 with separate sealing strips between the panes and the spacer
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/67326 Assembling spacer elements with the panes

Abstract

A spacer for multipane insulating glazing units includes a polymeric main body having two pane contact surfaces running parallel to one another, a glazing interior surface and, an adhesive bonding surface. The pane contact surfaces, and the adhesive bonding surface are connected directly or via connection surfaces. The spacer also includes an insulation film, which is applied on the adhesive bonding surface.

Claims

1. A spacer for multipane insulating glazing units, comprising:

a polymeric main body including;

two pane contact surfaces running parallel to one another,

a glazing interior surface,

an adhesive bonding surface, wherein the pane contact surfaces and the adhesive bonding surface are connected to one another directly or via connection surfaces; and

an insulation film, applied on the adhesive bonding surface, wherein the insulation film includes

a metal-containing barrier layer with a thickness of 1 μ

m to 20 μ

m facing the adhesive bonding surface,

a polymeric layer with a thickness of 5 μ

m to 80 μ

m, and

a metal-containing thin layer with a thickness of 5 nm to 30 nm adjacent to the polymeric layer,

wherein the metal-containing barrier layer faces the adhesive bonding surface and is bonded to the adhesive bonding surface directly by means of a non-gassing adhesive, and

wherein

the metal-containing thin layer is on the outside, such that the layer sequence in the insulation film, starting from the adhesive bonding surface, is metal-containing barrier layer, polymeric layer, and metal-containing thin layer, or

the polymeric layer is on the outside, such that the layer sequence in the insulation film, starting from the adhesive bonding surface, is metal-containing barrier layer, metal-containing thin layer, and polymeric layer.

2. The spacer according to claim 1, wherein the insulation film completely covers the adhesive bonding surface and the connection surfaces and partially covers the pane contact surfaces.

3. The spacer according to claim 1, wherein the metal-containing barrier layer comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of:

aluminum, silver, copper, and alloys thereof.

4. The spacer according to claim 1, wherein the metal-containing barrier layer has a thickness of 5 μ

m to 10 μ

m.

5. The spacer according to claim 1, wherein the metal-containing thin layer has a thickness of 10 nm to 20 nm.

6. The spacer according to claim 1, wherein the insulation film is bonded to the adhesive bonding surface via a polyurethane hot-melt adhesive.

7. The spacer according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric layer has a thickness of 5 μ

m to 24 μ

m.

8. The spacer according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric main body contains a polymer selected from the group consisting of:

polyethylene (PE), polycarbonates (PC), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene, polyester, polyurethanes, polymethylmethacrylates, polyacrylates, polyamides, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), preferably acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylester (ASA), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene—

polycarbonate (ABS/PC), styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN), PET/PC, PBT/PC, copolymers thereof, and mixtures thereof.

9. The spacer according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric main body is glass fiber reinforced.

10. The spacer according to claim 4, wherein the metal-containing barrier layer has a thickness of 5 μ

m to 10 μ

m.

11. The spacer according to one of claim 5, wherein the metal-containing thin layer has a thickness of 14 nm to 16 nm.

12. The spacer according to claim 7, wherein the polymeric layer has a thickness of 12 μ

m.

13. A spacer for multipane insulating glazing units, comprising:

a polymeric main body, including

two pane contact surfaces running parallel to one another,

a glazing interior surface,

an adhesive bonding surface, wherein the pane contact surfaces and the adhesive bonding surface are connected to one another directly or via connection surfaces; and

an insulation film, applied on the adhesive bonding surface, wherein the insulation film includes

a metal-containing barrier layer with a thickness of 1 μ

m to 20 μ

m facing the adhesive bonding surface,

a polymeric layer with a thickness of 5 μ

m to 80 μ

m, and

a first and second metal-containing thin layers with a thickness of 5 nm to 30 nm adjacent to the polymeric layer,

wherein the metal-containing barrier layer faces the adhesive bonding surface and is bonded to the adhesive bonding surface directly by means of a non-gassing adhesive, and

wherein the second metal-containing thin layer is on the outside, such that the layer sequence in the insulation film, starting from the adhesive bonding surface, is metal-containing barrier layer, the first metal-containing thin layer, polymeric layer, and the second metal-containing thin layer.