A high speed parallel manufacturing line for manufacturing insulated glass units, the manufacturing line including a gas filling topping press that mates a spacer applied lite supplied to the topping press and a topping lite supplied to the topping press to create an insulated glass unit and fills the insulated glass unit with a non-air gas. A heating station applies localized heat to adhesive of the spacer material. A sealing press applies pressure to the insulated glass unit and facilitates further sealing of the spacer material to the spacer applied lite and the topping lite. The line may include a fourth corner sealer that completes sealing of the airspace of the IGU prior to finishing of the IGU.

This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity.

This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity.

An object is to enable sealing of a peripheral portion of a glass panel with less effort and time. A first metal introduction device 5A is moved from one first corner A at which two sides intersect each other of a pair of rectangular glass plates, toward another end of a first side Vab of the two sides, while performing filling with a metal material. Before the metal material filling the first corner A is solidified, a second metal introduction device 5B is moved from the first corner A toward another end of another second side Vad, while performing filling with a metal material. After the first side Vab and the second side Vad are filled with the metal material, both glass plates are rotated by 180 degrees, and the first metal introduction device 5A is moved toward another end of a fourth side Vcd of two sides intersecting each other at a second corner C diagonal to the first corner A, while performing filling with a metal material. Before the metal material filling the second corner C is solidified, the second metal introduction device 5B is moved from the second corner C toward another end of another third side Vbc, while performing filling with a metal material.

The present disclosure relates to a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit and the method for producing such. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a window comprising a VIG unit enclosed in a frame.

A machine for the automatic sealing of the peripheral cavity of the insulating glass, which geometry is irregular for the planarity with regard to the theoretical one, comprising at least two glass panes having rectangular or other than rectangular shape and at least one spacer frame located in proximity of the perimeter at a finite distance from the boundary of the same glass panes or of the smaller glass pane, the glass panes being aligned or stepped along one or more or all peripheral sides and the thickness both of each glass pane, and of each spacer frame and consequently the total thickness of the insulating glass being mutable from insulating glass to insulating glass

An object is to enable suppression of thermal leakage at a peripheral portion of a pair of glass plates disposed so as to be opposed to each other with a gap interposed therebetween. A pair of glass plates 1A, 1B are disposed so as to be opposed to each other with a gap V interposed therebetween, and a periphery sealing metal material 3 is provided which joins the pair of glass plates 1A, 1B at a peripheral portion V1 thereof so as to seal the gap V in an airtight state. The periphery sealing metal material 3 interposed between opposed inner surfaces of the pair of glass plates 1A, 1B contains, in a mixed manner, a thermal insulation material 30 having lower thermal conductivity than that of the periphery sealing metal material 3.

A high speed parallel manufacturing line for manufacturing insulated glass units, the manufacturing line including a front conveyor system, a back conveyor system, a shuttle mechanism that distributes glass lites to the front conveyor system and the back conveyor system, an insulated glass unit spacer applicator having a spacer dispensing head configured to apply perimeter spacer material to one of the glass lites, the spacer head being proportionally movable relative to the glass lite as the glass lite is conveyed on the front conveyor mechanism to apply the perimeter spacer material to create a spacer applied lite and a gas press. A secondary edge sealing unit has a first secondary edge sealing head and a second secondary edge sealing head, each of the first secondary edge sealing head and the second secondary edge sealing head applying edge sealant to portion of a perimeter of an insulated glass unit.

A machine (1000) for the automatic sealing of the perimetric cavity of the insulating glazing unit (1, 1, 1, 1), the geometry of which is irregular in terms of flatness and shape with respect to the theoretical one, constituted by at least two glass panes (2, 2, 2, 2, etc.) having a rectangular or other than rectangular shape and at least one spacer frame (3, 3, 3, etc., 5, 5, 5, etc.) located proximate to the perimeter at a finite distance from the margin of the glass panes or of the smaller glass pane, the glass panes being optionally aligned or offset along one or more or all the perimetric sides and the thickness both of each glass pane (2, 2, 2, 2, etc.) and of each spacer frame (3, 3, 3, etc., 5, 5, 5, etc.) and therefore the total thickness of the insulating glazing unit (1) being variable from one insulating glazing unit to another, constituted by: at least one synchronous conveyor (100) having the function of support and displacement [together with the synchronous suction cup carriage (100)] of the insulating glazing unit (1) along the horizontal axis H during the sealing cycle; at least one synchronous carriage (200) which runs along vertical guides along the vertical axis V and is provided with the sealing head (300), the head having a synchronous rotary motion so that the sealing nozzle (301) is oriented so as to be tangent to the perimeter of the insulating glazing unit (1), or in any case the relative movement between the insulating glazing unit (1) and the sealing nozzle (301) being able to occur by means of different mechanisms and the arrangement of the insulating glazing unit (1) being any, and fed by one or more, in case of a plurality of types of sealants, synchronous volumetric units for the dosage of bi-component (400) or mono-component (450) sealant, each assembly being constituted, for the two-component case, by a dosage unit for the base product and by a dosage unit for the catalyst product, the flow rates of which are adjusted: as a function of the stoichiometric dosage ratio, for the bi-component case, and of the dimensions of the cavity of the perimetric edge comprised between the glass panes (2, 2, 2, 2, etc.) and the outside curve of the spacer frame (3, 3, 3, etc., 5, 5, 5, etc.) and of the relative speed between the nozzle (301) and the perimeter of the insulating glazing unit (1), so as to fill the cavity up to the extreme margin of the smaller glass pane or of the glass panes if aligned, wherein the devices (304, 501, 502) interfaced an

A window sealing system and method for use in sealing insulating glass units (IGUs) is disclosed herein. The system includes an articulating arm having a plurality of members and arms to allow movement about multiple axes defined by the articulating arm, and a sealant dispensing apparatus releasably couplable to the articulating arm. The sealant dispensing apparatus comprises a pivotable dispensing apparatus for dispensing sealant onto an IGU. The system further including a vision system, coupled to the sealant dispensing apparatus, for monitoring physical properties of the sealant during sealant application.