Insulating double-glazing unit and vacuum double-glazing unit

• US 6,105,336 A
• Filed: 04/17/1998
• Issued: 08/22/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited
• Inventors: Misonou, Masao, Katoh, Hidemi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chilcot, Richard
• Application Number:
  US09/051,818
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 52/2.16, 52/171.3, 52/203, 52/204.62, 52/783.1, 52/786.1, 52/786.4, 52/786.13, 52/788.1, 428/34
• US Class Current: 52/786.13
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/66 Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together reforming and uniting glass sheets by fusing C03B23/00; joining glass to glass or to other materials C03C27/00; laminated glass B32B17/10
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/6612 Evacuated glazing units
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/66304 Discrete spacing elements, e.g. for evacuated glazing units
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/6715 specially adapted for increased thermal insulation or for controlled passage of light E06B3/66323 takes precedence; coating of glass pains C03C17/00; devices or arrangements for controlling the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light G02F1/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 30/249 Glazing, e.g. vacuum glazing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 80/22 Glazing, e.g. vaccum glazing

Abstract

The present invention relates to a heat-insulating multiple glazing and a vacuum multiple glazing. Conventionally, this type of glass does not provide sufficient heat-insulating performance. And, it has been necessary to form the heat-insulating multiple glazing thick, in order to enhance the heat-insulating performance. The present invention comprises a first vacuum multiple glazing (2) including two sheet glasses (3), (4) having peripheries thereof sealed and a plurality of layers of spacer (5) disposed within a gap therebetween, with the gap being depressurized; and a second vacuum multiple glazing (2) or an ordinary sheet glass (10) overlapped with the first multiple glazing (2) with a gap relative thereto and having the periphery thereof sealed with a sealing material (12), with the gap being charged with dry air or rare gas. Thus, it is possible to enhance the heat-insulating performance, without increasing the thickness of the entire heat-insulating multiple glazing.

Claims

1. A heat-insulating multiple glazing comprising:

a first vacuum multiple glazing including two sheets of glass having peripheries thereof sealed and a plurality of spacers disposed within a gap therebetween, the gap being depressurized;

a second vacuum multiple glazing or an ordinary sheet glass, said second vacuum multiple glazing or ordinary sheet glass being overlapped with the first multiple glazing with a gap relative thereto and having the periphery thereof sealed with a sealing material, said gap being charged with dry air or rare gas;

a low-radiating film formed on either one or both of an opposing inner face of the second vacuum multiple glazing or the ordinary sheet glass opposing the first vacuum multiple glazing and an opposing inner face of the first vacuum multiple glazing opposing the second vacuum multiple glazing or the ordinary sheet glass.

2. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 1, wherein said low-radiating film has a heat-through ratio not exceeding 1 kcal/m² hr°

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3. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 1, wherein said gap within said first vacuum multiple glazing is depressurized to be 10^-3 Torr or lower.

4. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 2, wherein said gap within said first vacuum multiple glazing is depressurized to be 10^-3 Torr or lower.

5. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 1, wherein said gap between the first vacuum multiple glazing and the second vacuum multiple glazing or the ordinary sheet glass is from 6 to 20 mm.

6. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 2, wherein said gap between the first vacuum multiple glazing and the second vacuum multiple glazing or the ordinary sheet glass is from 6 to 20 mm.

7. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 3, wherein said gap between the first vacuum multiple glazing and the second vacuum multiple glazing or the ordinary sheet glass is from 6 to 20 mm.

8. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 4, wherein said gap between the first vacuum multiple glazing and the second vacuum multiple glazing or the ordinary sheet glass is from 6 to 20 mm.

9. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 1, wherein said sealing material includes a primary sealing material and a secondary sealing material, the primary sealing material being isobutylene-isoprene rubber, the secondary sealing material being sulphide sealant or silicone sealant.

10. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 2, wherein said sealing material includes a primary sealing material and a secondary sealing material, the primary sealing material being isobutylene-isoprene rubber, the secondary sealing material being sulphide sealant or silicone sealant.

11. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 3, wherein said sealing material includes a primary sealing material and a secondary sealing material, the primary sealing material being isobutylene-isoprene rubber, the secondary sealing material being sulphide sealant or silicone sealant.

12. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 5, wherein said sealing material includes a primary sealing material and a secondary scaling material, the primary sealing material being isobutylene-isoprene rubber, the secondary sealing material being sulphide sealant or silicone sealant.

13. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 1 wherein the first and second vacuum multiple glazings respectively have a thickness of about 6 mm.

14. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 2 wherein the first and second vacuum multiple glazings respectively have a thickness of about 6 mm.

15. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 3 wherein the first and second vacuum multiple glazings respectively have a thickness of about 6 mm.

16. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 5 wherein the first and second vacuum multiple glazings respectively have a thickness of about 6 mm.

17. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 9 wherein the first and second vacuum multiple glazings respectively have a thickness of about 6 mm.

18. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 10 wherein the first and second vacuum multiple glazings respectively have a thickness of about 6 mm.

19. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 1 wherein each said sheet glass has a thickness of less than or equal to 1.5 mm and the spacers are disposed with a pitch not greater than 15 mm.

20. The heat-insulating multiple glazing according to claim 2 wherein each said sheet glass has a thickness of less than or equal to 1.5 mm and the spacers are disposed with a pitch not greater than 15 mm.