Multiple window glass having thermal and acoustical insulating properties

• US 4,614,676 A
• Filed: 07/01/1983
• Issued: 09/30/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain PLC (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
• Inventors: Rehfeld, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Lesmes, George F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCHWARTZ, PAMELA R
• Application Number:
  US06/510,211
• Time in Patent Office: 1,187 Days
• Field of Search: 428/34, 428/38, 428/426, 428/212-216, 428/425.6, 428/428, 428/441, 428/442, 428/13, 52/171-173 R
• US Class Current: 428/34
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10055 with at least one intermediate air space
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/6707 specially adapted for increased acoustical insulation doors, windows for insulation against noise E06B5/20
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 30/249 Glazing, e.g. vacuum glazing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 80/22 Glazing, e.g. vaccum glazing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24942 including components having same physical characteristic in differing degree
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24967 Absolute thicknesses specified
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31601 Quartz or glass
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31645 Next to addition polymer from unsaturated monomers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31649 Ester, halide or nitrile of addition polymer

Abstract

The invention relates to a multiple window glass comprising a first laminated glass plate and a second simple or laminated glass plate, parallel to the first and separated from it by a gas layer, the two plates being held together in a gastight manner.

The resin of the laminated glass of the first plate (1) is chosen so that a bar 9 cm long and 3 cm wide, consisting of a laminated glass comprising two glass sheets 4 mm thick joined by a 2 mm layer of this resin, has a critical frequency that differs at most 35% from that of a glass bar having the same length, same width and 4 mm thickness.

Claims

1. Multiple window glass comprising a first laminated glass plate and a second simple or laminated glass plate, parallel to the first plate and separated from it by a gas layer, the two plates being held together in a gastight manner wherein said first laminated glass plate comprises two simple glass sheets with a thickness between about 3 and 8 mm, joined by a layer of resin with a thickness at most equal to 10 mm and wherein the gas layer has a thickness between 6 and 30 mm and wherein the second plate has a thickness greater than 8 mm in the case of a simple glass, or is of a laminated glass meeting the same thickness criteria as the laminated glass of the first plate, and wherein the resin of the laminated glass of the first plate is chosen so that a bar 9 cm long and 3 cm wide, consisting of a laminated glass comprising two glass sheets 4 mm thick joined by a 2 mm layer of this resin, has a critical frequency that differs at most 35% from that of a bar of glass having the same length, the same width and 4 mm thickness.

2. Multiple window glass as in claim 1, wherein the resin of the laminated glass is a methacrylate base resin, a PVC base resin, or a resin having a base of a polyfunctional isocyanate component, the polyol component being used in excess, wherein the numeric ratio of the isocyanate groups to that of the hydroxyl groups is between 0.2 and 0.6.

3. Multiple window glass as in one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the first laminated glass plate and the second simple glass or laminated glass plate are put together in a gastight manner by two beads of plastic.

4. Window glass as in one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the first laminated glass plate and the second simple glass or laminated glass plate are separated by rigid inserts and are put together in a gastight manner by at least a bead of plastic.

5. Window glass claim 1, wherein said window glass exhibits an acoustical attenuation to road traffic noise, measured according to standard NF S 31-051, at last equal to 38 dB (A).

6. A window with a frame having high acoustical performance, having a window glass as in claim 1, wherein said window exhibits an acoustical attenuation to road traffic noise, measured according to standard NF S 31-051, at least equal to 40 dB (A).

8. Window glass as in claim 1, wherein the resin is a resin in prefabricated sheets, the layer of resin used comprising one or more sheets placed side by side.

9. The multiple window glass as in claim 2, wherein for the mixture of said polyfunctional polyol component and said polyfunctional isocyanate component, the numerical ratio of the isocyanate to hydroxyl groups is between about 0.25 and 0.45.

10. The multiple window glass as in claim 1, wherein said first laminated glass plate has a thickness of 6 mm.

11. The multiple window glass as in claim 1, wherein the simple glass for the second glass plate has a thickness of 10 mm.

12. The multiple window glass as in claim 1, wherein said layer of resin joining the two simple glass sheets of the first laminated glass plate has a thickness of between about 0.3 and 3 mm.

13. The multiple window glass as in claim 1, wherein said gas layer has a thickness between 6 and 20 mm.

14. The multiple window glass as in claim 1, wherein the gas in said gas layer is dry air or sulfur hexafluoride.

15. The multiple window glass as in claim 1, wherein the first laminated glass plate and the second simple or laminated glass plate parallel to said first plate are held together in a gastight manner by two beads of adhesive material forming an inside joint consisting of polyisobutylene and butyl rubber, and an outside joint of polysulfide, and wherein said glass plate in parallel are kept apart by rigid internal inserts having a dessicant material incorporated therein.

7. Acoustical window glass comprising at least a laminated window glass, wherein the resin of the laminated window glass is such that a bar 9 cm long and 3 cm wide, consisting of a laminated glass comprising two glass sheets 4 mm thick joined by a 2 mm layer of this resin, has a critical frequency that differs at most about 35% from that of a bar of glass having the same length, the same width and 4 mm thickness.