Spacing profile for double-glazing unit

• US 6,192,652 B1
• Filed: 04/27/1999
• Issued: 02/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pilkington Deutschland AG (Pilkington PLC)
• Original Assignee: Flachglas AG
• Inventors: Regelmann, Juergen, Rotmann, Franz-Josef, Goer, Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): A, PHI DIEU TRAN
• Application Number:
  US09/300,308
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 527/861, 527/861.3, 527/881, 522/046, 523/091.4
• US Class Current: 52/786.13
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2003/6638 with coatings
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/66319 of rubber, plastics or similar materials
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/66328 of rubber, plastics or similar materials E06B3/66314, E06B3/66323 and E06B3/66342 take precedence; transparent materials E06B3/66333

Abstract

A spacing profile for a spacing frame, which is to be fitted in the edge area of a double-glazing unit, forming an interspace, with a profile body of a material possessing low thermal conductivity and with a diffusion-impermeable metal foil which is bonded to the profile body so as to establish a material fit, is characterized in that the metal foil is, at least on the surface facing away from the profile body, provided with a corrosion preventing coating which comprises a colored lacquer coating and/or a layer of chromium or of a chromium alloy, wherein the corrosion preventing coating comprises a thickness which is lower by at least a factor of 2.5, preferably by at least a factor of 10 and further preferred by at least a factor of 20, as compared to the thickness of the metal foil.

Claims

1. A spacing profile for a spacing frame, which is to be fitted in the edge area of a double-glazing unit, forming an interspace, with a profile body of a material possessing low thermal conductivity and with a diffusion-impermeable metal foil which is bonded to the profile body so as to establish a material fit, characterized in that the metal foil is, at least on the surface facing away from the profile body, provided with a corrosion preventing coating which comprises a layer of chromium, a layer of chromium alloy or a layer of colored lacquer coating, or a combination of a colored lacquer coating with either a layer of chromium or a layer of chromium alloy, wherein the corrosion preventing coating comprises a thickness which is lower by at least a factor of 2.5, as compared to the thickness of the metal foil.

2. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the metal foil comprises a corrosion preventing coating on both surfaces.

3. The spacing profile of claim 2, wherein the corrosion preventing coating is provided, at least on the surface facing the profile body, with an adhesive coating.

4. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the metal foil consists of tin-plated or zinc coated sheet foil.

5. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the metal foil comprises a thickness of at least 0.02 mm and at most 0.2 mm.

6. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the profile body is configured with hollow section with formation of a desiccant cavity.

7. The spacing profile of claim 6, including contact flanges for contact with the inside of a pane, which are connected by means of bridge sections to the desiccant cavity, where the metal foil is bonded to establish a material fit to the contact surface of the contact flanges, the surfaces of the bridge sections facing away from the interspace, and the outside surfaces of the walls of the desiccant cavity.

8. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the layer of the corrosion preventing coating alloy comprise consists of a layer of chromium or a layer of chromium alloy and has comprises a thickness of at least 0.01 μ

m and at most 5 μ

m.

9. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the profile body consists of a tinted platic material.

10. The spacing profile of claim 9, wherein the color of the lacquer coating of the corrosion preventing coating is adapted to the color of the plastic material of the profile body.

11. The spacing profile of claim 10, wherein the lacquer coating of the corrosion preventing coating and the plastic material of the profile body are tinted in black.

12. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein a metal primer layer is arranged between the lacquer coating of the corrosion preventing coating and the metal foil.

13. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the lacquer coating of the corrosion preventing coating has a thickness of 1 to 30 μ

m.

14. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the lacquer coating of the corrosion preventing coating is fabricated from a lacquer with a binding agent of basis of polyurethane, epoxide or caoutchouc.

15. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the lacquer coating of the corrosion preventing coating is fabricated of a lacquer with a binding agent of basis of a partly polymerized caoutchouc.

16. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the corrosion protective coating comprises a thickness which is lower by at least a factor of 10 as compared to the thickness of the metal foil.

17. The spacing profile of claim 1, wherein the corrosion protective coating comprises a thickness which is lower by at least a factor of 20 as compared to the thickness of the metal foil.

18. The spacing profile of claim 2, wherein said adhesive coating is a metal primer.

19. The spacing profile of claim 5, wherein the metal foil comprises a thickness in the range of from 0.08 to 0.13 mm.

20. The spacing profile of claim 13, wherein the lacquer coating of the corrosion preventing coating has a thickness in the range of from 3 to 10 μ

m.