IP Library Granted Patent US 7,244,480
Granted Patent B2
US 7,244,480 · App. 10/749,978 · Granted Jul 17, 2007

Glass panel

Assignees: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.; The University of Sydney
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Patent No.
US 7,244,480
App. No.
10/749,978
Granted
Jul 17, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A glass panel comprising: a pair of glass sheets ( 1 ), ( 2 ) disposed in opposition to each other via a gap (V) therebetween, peripheral edges of the two glass sheets ( 1 ), ( 2 ) being bonded with low melting glass ( 4 ) for sealing the gap (V); wherein in a cross section substantially normal to faces of the two glass sheets, ( 1 ), ( 2 ), an adjacent face ( 4 a ) of the low melting glass ( 4 ) adjacent the gap (V) has a center portion thereof between the two glass sheets ( 1 ), ( 2 ) bulging toward the gap (V).

Claims (16)

1. A vacuum glass panel comprising:

a pair of glass sheets, wherein each said glass sheet has one peripheral edge,

opposed to each other across a gap and joined with each other through low temperature melting glass, having a viscosity of 10 10 Pascal seconds (Pa·s) or less under a melted condition, at each said peripheral edge thereof to seal said gap;

a number of spacers provided in said gap between the glass sheets, said gap being sealed under an evacuated condition of 1.33 Pa or less;

wherein said low temperature melting glass is heated and softened to said melted condition in which gas is suctioned from said gap for obtaining the evacuated condition after the low temperature melting glass is applied to each said peripheral edge, thereby allowing adjacent inner faces of the low temperature melting glass facing the gap to progressively bulge into the gap toward central regions of the glass sheets in a sectional view substantially perpendicular to planes of the glass sheets; and to form concave edges on the outer faces of the low temperature melting glass facing away from the gap.

2. A vacuum glass panel comprising:

a pair of glass sheets, wherein each said glass sheet has one peripheral edge,

opposed to each other across a gap and joined with each other through low temperature melting glass, having a viscosity of 10 10 Pascal seconds (Pa·s) or less under a melted condition, at each said peripheral edge thereof to seal said gap;

a number of spacers provided in said gap between the glass sheets, said gap being sealed under an evacuated condition of 1.33 Pa or less;

wherein said low temperature melting glass is heated and softened to said melted condition in which each said peripheral edge of the glass sheets are pressed to bring them closer to each other after the low temperature melting glass is applied to each said peripheral edge, thereby allowing adjacent inner faces of the low temperature melting glass facing the gap to progressively bulge into the gap toward central regions of the glass sheets in a sectional view substantially perpendicular to planes of the glass sheets, and to form concave edges on the outer faces of the low temperature melting glass facing away from the gap.

3. The vacuum glass panel according to claim 1 , wherein said adjacent faces each comprises a curved face bulging into said gap.

4. The vacuum glass panel according to claim 2 , wherein said adjacent faces each comprises a curved face bulging into said gap.

5. A vacuum glass panel comprising:

a pair of glass sheets wherein each glass sheet has one peripheral edge, opposed to each other across a gap and joined with each other through low temperature melting glass at each peripheral edge thereof to seal said gap under an evacuated condition of 1.33 Pa or less;

wherein adjacent faces of the low temperature melting glass facing to the gap bulge into the gap toward central regions of the glass sheets in a sectional view substantially perpendicular to planes of the glass sheets; and outer faces of the low temperature melting glass are concave and facing away from the gap.

6. The vacuum glass panel according to claim 5 , wherein said adjacent faces each comprises a curved face bulging into said gap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2003
From: MINAAI, TETSUO; COLLINS, RICHARD EDWARD; NG, NELSON
To: NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD.; SYDNEY, THE UNIVERSITY OF
Reel/Frame 014876/0142 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-204547 · Jul 5, 2001 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP020676000 · Jul 3, 2002
Related Publication 20040157010A1 · Aug 12, 2004