A spacer for insulating glazing units is described. The sealing arrangement includes a polymer base; which includes two pane contact surfaces, a glazing interior space surface and an outer surface and an extruded profiled seal on the outer surface, the extruded profiled seal and the polymer base being co-extruded.

A process includes the assembling of an insulating glazing subassembly which includes a spacer frame and at least one central glass sheet, the spacer frame being formed of four profiles angularly assembled at their ends, where each profile has a groove for receiving one edge of the central glass sheet. The assembling of the insulating glazing subassembly includes successive steps wherein: the four edges of the central glass sheet are inserted into the grooves of the four profiles; the ends of the profiles are assembled by welding at each corner of the spacer frame without an alignment bracket, using the edges of the central glass sheet inserted in the grooves of the profiles as a frame of reference for guiding the profiles at each corner of the spacer frame into a configuration where their end faces are aligned by superposition in one and the same plane.

An insulating glass unit suitable for a refrigeration unit is presented. The insulating glass unit includes a first pane, a second pane spaced at a distance from the first pane, a peripheral spacer frame between the first pane and the second pane, and an inner interpane space. According to one aspect, the spacer frame includes four hollow-profile polymeric spacers, which are secured between the first pane and the second pane along one of the four sides of the insulating glass. According to another aspect, the two first hollow-profile polymeric spacers are arranged along two opposing first sides of the insulating glass unit and the two second hollow-profile polymeric spacers are arranged along two opposing second sides of the insulating glass unit. According to yet another aspect, the first polymeric hollow-profile spacers contain 5% to 50% and the second polymeric hollow-profile spacers contain 0% to 0.5% reinforcement fibers.

A spacer profile adapted to be used in a spacer frame of an insulating glass unit includes a hollow profile body made of a first synthetic material and a chamber for accommodating hydroscopic material, the hollow profile body having an inner wall that is, in an assembled state of the insulating glass unit, directed to the intervening space between panes of the insulating glass unit, an outer wall on the opposite side of the inner wall, a first side wall and a second side wall on the opposite side to the first side wall, the walls being connected to form the chamber, and a diffusion barrier portion made of a second synthetic material with sheet silicates and being formed as at least a part of the outer wall.

A spacer for insulating glass panes has a profile body configured as a closed hollow profile substantially closed in cross section, the profile body having first and second side walls in parallel spaced apart from each other, an inner wall extending between the first and second side walls, and an outer wall extending from the first to the second side wall spaced apart from the inner wall. The outer wall comprises a first wall section aligned substantially parallel to the inner wall, second and third wall sections arranged on both sides of the first wall section, the latter, in cross section to the axial direction of the body, aligned at an obtuse angle to the first wall section and to the respective adjacent side wall, and connect thereon. The spacer includes an integral, reinforcing element, extending from the first side wall over the outer wall to the second side wall.

A spacer for insulating glass panes comprises a profile body made using a first plastics material, which has a substantially U-shaped cross section with first and second side walls arranged in parallel, each having a free end and an inner wall extending between the first and the second side wall, and a vapor diffusion barrier made of a poorly heat conducting material, extending from the free end of the first side wall to the free end of the second side wall, wherein the vapor diffusion barrier is arranged substantially in parallel to and spaced apart from the inner wall. The profile body together with the vapor diffusion barrier encloses a cavity of the spacer which is optionally configured to accommodate a desiccant.

The invention relates to a glass element (1) having at least a first panel (2), which is formed from glass, at least a second panel (3) and at least one intermediate layer (8), wherein the intermediate layer (8) is arranged between the first panel (2) and the second panel (3). The first panel (2) has a first side (4) and a second side (5), wherein the first side (4) is arranged on the intermediate layer (8). An adapter unit (15) is adhesively bonded to the first side (4) of the first panel (2) and has a spacer plate (9). The intermediate layer (8) extends from the first panel (2) to the second panel (3) with a first longitudinal extent (L1). The spacer plate (9) extends from the first panel (2) to the second panel (3) with a second longitudinal extent (L2). The first longitudinal extent (L1) is identical to the second longitudinal extent (L2).

The insulating glass element is constructed for for doors, windows and fixed glass fronts. The insulating glass element includes a first glass pane and a second glass pane that is spaced from the first glass pane by a circumferential spacer element in an edge region. The glass panes each have a continuous recess; a first circumferential sealing element in the edge region of the glass panes, which seals the volume enclosed between the glass panes and the spacer element in the area of the spacer element in a gas-tight manner against the surroundings; and an insert introduced between the glass panes. The insert has a recess and is provided with a centering element that interacts with a recess of a glass pane for positioning the insert relative to the glass panes.

A spacer for insulating glazing units is presented. The spacer has a polymeric main body with features that include two parallel side walls that are connected to one another by an inner wall and an outer wall. The side walls, the inner wall, and the outer wall surround a hollow chamber. According to one aspect, the polymeric main body has a glass fiber content of 0 wt.-% to 40 wt.-%, to which 0.5 wt.-% to 1.5 wt.-% of a foaming agent is added to form hollow spaces that provide a weight reduction of the polymeric main body of 10 wt.-% to 20 wt.-%.

A method for producing a triple insulating glazing unit is presented. According to the method, one pane is inserted into a groove of a spacer that is peripherally shaped to form a spacer frame to enframe the pane. A first pane and a second pane are connected to corresponding contact surfaces of the spacer frame by way of an upper edge and lateral edges of the first and second panes. Lower edges of the first and second panes are bent outward. Formed interpane spaces are filled from below with a protective gas, and the arrangement of the panes and the spacer frame is sealed and pressed together.