Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SEALANT OF AN INSULATING GLASS UNIT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004002906
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for heating and/or pressing sealant of an insulating glass unit. The apparatus may include an oven and a press. The oven includes a detector that detects an optical property of the insulating glass unit. The detected optical property is used to regulate the amount of energy applied to the insulating glass unit to adjust the amount of energy applied to the sealant. The press may include a displacement transducer that detects a pre-pressed thickness of the insulating glass unit. The measured pre-pressed thickness is used to automatically select a press thickness from a set of pressed IGU thicknesses.
Inventors:
MACGLINCHY TIMOTHY BRYAN
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/020072
Publication Date:
May 06, 2004
Filing Date:
June 26, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GLASS EQUIPMENT DEV INC (US)
International Classes:
E06B3/673; (IPC1-7): E06B3/673
Foreign References:
| US4820365A | 1989-04-11 | |||
| EP0252066A1 | 1988-01-07 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1516099A2
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