VACUUM WINDOWS WITH RETICULATED SPACER
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1. A vacuum window unit comprising:
- two spaced apart and substantially parallel sheets of glass;
a spacer having a plurality of walls perpendicular to the sheets of glass, the spacer defining a reticulated or a honeycomb or a cellular structure; and
a vacuum, a partial vacuum, or a substantially reduced gas pressure as compared to a normal atmospheric pressure between the sheets of glass and within the cells of the spacer;
wherein the spacer is positioned between the two sheets of glass to maintain spacing between the two sheets of glass.
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Abstract
A vacuum window unit including two spaced apart and substantially parallel sheets of glass, a spacer having a plurality of walls perpendicular to the sheets of glass, the spacer defining a reticulated or a honeycomb or a cellular structure, and a vacuum, a partial vacuum, or a substantially reduced gas pressure as compared to a normal atmospheric pressure between the sheets of glass and within the cells of the spacer. The spacer is positioned between the two sheets of glass to maintain spacing between the two sheets of glass.
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1. A vacuum window unit comprising:
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two spaced apart and substantially parallel sheets of glass; a spacer having a plurality of walls perpendicular to the sheets of glass, the spacer defining a reticulated or a honeycomb or a cellular structure; and a vacuum, a partial vacuum, or a substantially reduced gas pressure as compared to a normal atmospheric pressure between the sheets of glass and within the cells of the spacer; wherein the spacer is positioned between the two sheets of glass to maintain spacing between the two sheets of glass. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A vacuum window unit comprising:
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two spaced apart and substantially parallel sheets of glass defining inner opposed surfaces; a spacer having a plurality of walls perpendicular to the sheets of glass, the spacer defining a reticulated or a honeycomb or a cellular structure, wherein the plurality of walls includes a first face and a second opposite face spaced away from the first face, and wherein the first face is transparent or includes a light absorbing portion and the second face includes a light reflecting portion; and a vacuum, a partial vacuum, or a substantially reduced gas pressure as compared to a normal atmospheric pressure between the sheets of glass and within the cells of the spacer; wherein the spacer is positioned between the two sheets of glass to maintain spacing between the two sheets of glass; and wherein the reticulated or honeycomb or cellular structure of the spacer spans substantially the entire surface area of the inner opposed surfaces of the two sheets of glass. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method of installing a vacuum window unit, the method comprising:
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providing a vacuum window unit comprising; two spaced apart and substantially parallel sheets of glass; a spacer having a plurality of walls perpendicular to the sheets of glass, the spacer defining a reticulated or a honeycomb or a cellular structure, wherein the plurality of walls includes a first face and a second opposite face spaced away from the first face, and wherein the first face is transparent or includes a light absorbing portion and the second face includes a light reflecting portion; and a vacuum, a partial vacuum, or a substantially reduced gas pressure as compared to a normal atmospheric pressure between the sheets of glass and within the cells of the spacer; wherein the spacer is positioned between the two sheets of glass to maintain spacing between the two sheets of glass; and installing the vacuum window unit into a wall of a structure with a floor and a ceiling, wherein the vacuum window unit is oriented with the first face of the plurality of walls of the spacer positioned more proximate to the ceiling and the second face of the plurality of walls of the spacer positioned more proximate to the floor to redirect incident light toward the ceiling.
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