157results about "Condensed water formation prevention" patented technology

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and / or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and / or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and / or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator / freezer doors, and / or the like.

An assembly system used to build two pane thermoacoustic windows for houses and buildings is provided. The assembly system uses a set of profiles and joints and a permanently installed valve to assemble the window frame without a fusion welding machine. The system creates an airtight chamber directly on the frame. The valve allows the assembler to evacuate the air in the airtight chamber to make a vacuum, or to inflow a gas. The system improves the insulating thermal and acoustic capacity of the window, and allows a supplier to sell the components to build the window, which is then assembled by snapping together profiles and joints. The system can also be applied to assembly one pane window and for other purposes.

A heated glass panel assembly according to one embodiment of the invention may include a substrate having an electro-conductive film provided thereon. A conductor is positioned in contact with the electro-conductive film. A resilient material is positioned in contact with the conductor so that at least a portion of the conductor is located between the resilient material and the electro-conductive film. A retainer is positioned in contact with the resilient material so that at least a portion of the resilient material and at least a portion of the conductor are located between the retainer and the electro-conductive film. The retainer applies a compressive pressure to the resilient material which transfers at least a portion of the compressive pressure to the conductor to hold the conductor in contact with the electro-conductive film.

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and / or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator / freezer doors, and / or the like.

An insulating unitless window sash includes a sash frame made of four linear sash members having their mitered edges joined together. Each of the sash members in cross section includes a peripheral surface, a first and outer side walls and a first groove spaced from a second groove. Each of the grooves has a base and spaced walls. The base of the first groove is spaced a greater distance from the peripheral surface than the base of the second groove. Peripheral and marginal edges of a first sheet are in the first groove and peripheral and marginal edges of a second sheet are in the second groove. A shim is mounted on the sash frame adjacent the outer surface of the first sheet to give a balance configuration.

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and / or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator / freezer doors, and / or the like.

The present invention relates to a method of treating a glazing panel from an inside location. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method of treating glazing panels used in windows and patio doors. Initially, an orifice is formed on both the inside and outside panes on windows and on the side and outside frames of patio doors. Then, particulate matter such as dirt, dust, and mineral deposits are purged from the enclosed volume of the glazing panel by applying a cleaning solution via the orifice. Next, a valve is attached to the outside pane / frame to cover the orifice whereby the valve is designed to reduce the amount of precipitation or matter from entering while allowing air to exit the glazing panel. Finally, a seal is used to cover the orifice on the inside pane or side frame to ensure that the building air does not enter the interior of the glazing panel. The method can also be used to treat windows for high altitude transport, or to prevent explosion in the presence of intense heat.

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and / or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and / or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and / or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator / freezer doors, and / or the like.

A Switched Reluctance (SR) generator having improved efficiency at low and high speed is disclosed. The SR generator includes a step-up converter for controlling an excitation voltage of an excitation capacitor capable of providing a phase winding with an excitation current. Therefore, the SR generator can control the excitation current, and can provide a phase winding with a sufficient excitation current, thereby improving efficiency. The step-up converter is arranged between a battery capable of storing generated power and the excitation capacitor, boosts a voltage of the battery, and provides the excitation capacitor with the boosted voltage. Therefore, the SR generator does not include an additional power-supply unit for a boosting function, resulting in simplification of an overall structure and reduction of a production cost.

A door system for a cold storage locker that includes resilient door panels that flex and have increased resistance to damage when hit by a forklift. A high degree of insulation is achieved by the choice and thickness of the resilient foams therein. Also, the resilient door panels are magnetically attracted to a gasket seal on a doorframe to provide an affirmative seal. Active magnetic control may enhance the attraction or repulsion of the door panel. Frost control is realized by warming air from the cold storage locker and passing it through air channels in the door panel proximate to the gasket seal and down an astragal interface between door panels. Door panels of laminate, bagged poured foam formation, and self-skinning foam formation further reduce the cost of manufacture and shipping.

Methods and apparatus for assembling muntin bar lattices and spacer frames for use in insulating glass units are disclosed. One method of assembling a muntin bar lattice in accordance with the present invention comprises the steps of providing a muntin bar segment and a keeper dimensioned for piercing a wall of the muntin bar segment. A keeper in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises an elongate body including a tip portion that is dimensioned for piercing a wall of the muntin bar segment to create an opening therein. A spacer for the separation of panes in an insulating glass unit in accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a tubular member comprising a wall defining a lumen and a mounting flange defining a plurality of mounting holes.

In order to provide a spacer profile for an insulated glazing unit, which profile has a cross-section based on a rectangular shape, is provided with two parallel spaced side walls which, when said insulated glazing unit is assembled, will be placed against the panes of glass to be kept apart from each other, and is further provided with first and second transverse walls which extend between said side walls and of which the first will be adjacent to the edge of the glazing unit and the second will face the space between the panes, with the intention of enabling simple handling of said profile when assembling the spacer frame whilst maintaining a high absorptive capacity for water vapor, it is proposed that said spacer profile comprises a binder matrix and, embedded therein, a particulate adsorbent material for water vapor, and that the binder matrix is permeable to water vapor.

A window air handler mounted to a window admits a supply of air from inside the building at the top of the window and blows that air downwardly and onto the inner surface of the window. A leg depends downwardly from an air inlet, to air outlets which express the air across the width of the window. The air can be ambient, or heated. The so-expressed air warms the glass enough to avoid condensation on the glass, or to remove and absorb condensation which has already formed on the glass. The air handler can comprise a single leg extending down along one side of the window or two legs extending down along opposing sides of the window. Air inlets are proximate the tops of the legs, and air outlets are below the inlets.

A skylight or other like panel comprising a dual glazed framing system is provided. The dual glazed framing system includes opposing glazing panels, a frame with supporting ledges, and translucent insulating particulate material is encapsulated in a insulating cavity defined by the frame and the opposing panes. A movable fill guide is provided and allows for the compression of the translucent insulating particulate material. A method of creating a dual glazed framing system filled with translucent insulating particulate material is also provided.

A glass panel comprising a pair of glass sheets (1, 2) disposed with respective faces thereof confronting each other in face-to-face relationship with a gap (V) therebetween and with peripheral edges of the glass sheets (1, 2) being bonded with a bonding sealant (4) to be sealed thereby; an evacuating port (5) for evacuating gas present within said gap (V) to the outside; and a getter (7) for coming into contact with the gas within said gap (V), wherein said evacuating port (5) includes a getter-retaining space (6) for retaining said getter (7) therein, said port (5) being formed in one (1) of said pair of glass sheets (1, 2), said getter (7) being retained within said getter-retaining space (6), said evacuating port (5) being closed and sealed by means of a lid (8). After the peripheral edges of the glass sheets (1, 2) are bonded and sealed by a bonding sealant (4), the gas present within said gap (V) is drawn and evacuated through said evacuating port (5) with said getter (7) being retained within said getter-retaining space (6), then, said evacuating port (5) is closed and sealed by bonding a lid (8) to said one glass sheet (1).

In a method of supplying an element for covering a non-vision area in a curtain wall on an architectural structure, a plurality of shadow boxes is prefabricated at a location remote from both a unitized curtain wall assembly shop and the architectural structure. The shadow boxes are prefabricated by sealing an interior spacer between a vision glass panel and a back structure. The back structure includes an insulating material surrounded by a rigid envelope. The vision glass panel, the back structure and the interior spacer define a hermetically sealed void therein. A structural seal is applied about the interior spacer and is affixed to the peripheral edge of the vision glass, the interior spacer and the back structure. The plurality of shadow boxes is then delivered to a selected one of the unitized curtain wall assembly shop and the architectural site.

A door system for a cold storage locker has increased resistance to damage by including resilient door panels that flex when hit by a forklift. A high degree of insulation is achieved by the choice and thickness of the resilient foams therein. Also, the resilient door panels are magnetically attracted to a gasket seal on a doorframe to provide an affirmative seal. Active magnetic control may enhance the attraction or repulsion of the door panel. Frost control is realized by warming air from the cold storage locker and passing it through air channels in the door panel proximate to the gasket seal and down an astragal interface between door panels.

A panel comprising: a frame member (70) defining a periphery of said panel; a first wall (77) retained by the frame (70) and a second wall (79) opposing said first wall (77) and together with the first wall (77) defining an internal space (73, 74) of the panel; the panel further comprising at least one intermediate wall (78) disposed in said internal space intermediate the first (77) and second walls (79) and which creates a first space (73) in said internal space between said intermediate wall (78) and said first wall (77) and a second space (74) in said internal space between said intermediate wall (78) and said second wall (79); characterized in that the frame includes respective abutment surfaces (80, 81, 82) which receive and retain respective first, second and intermediate walls wherein; the intermediate wall (78) insulates said first wall (77) from said second wall (79).

A construction block which has improved thermal insulation qualities, has improved sound transmission migration reduction properties, and which reduces or outright eliminates the effects of a seam failure. The construction block is comprised of a pair of generally parallel faces joined by a plurality of sides. At least one baffle is disposed within the interior chamber and is located along the weld seam that joins the two body member halves of the construction block. A desiccant or insulation gas, or both can be disposed within the interior chamber of the block.

There is provided a window / door system having a hidden rail structure wherein a rail structure is detachably installed at a substructure, the substructure installed where a window / door is to be installed, thereby making it very easy to replace and to maintain / repair the rail. In addition, the rail is hidden so as not to be visible to the outside when a window / door is opened / closed.That is, the present invention is to provide a window / door system having a hidden rail structure, wherein the rail structure is detachably installed at a substructure positioned where a window / door frame is to be installed, thereby making it very easy to replace and to maintain / repair the rail. Since the window / door system having a hidden rail structure according to the present invention also hides the rail so as not to be visible to the outside when a window / door is opened / closed by a sliding motion and the top of the hidden rail structure is processed so as to be flat, it not only provides a neat appearance but also makes it easy to clean. Furthermore, it has a new structure of improving air tightness against any draft and / or noise by a multileveled shielding structure.

The structures and preparations of high R-value, low-cost, light-weight, durable, removable, and transparent window insulation panels are disclosed. The panels are made of spaced and parallel double or multiple layers of transparent plastic sheets, air-tightly mounted on to a frame of plastic, wood, aluminum or other materials. The frame of the panels has seals on the sides for air-tight fitting into the interior structure of the windows, and has different shapes, colors and styles, if necessary, to match the design of the windows. The panels can also be designed to fit into the interior structure of glass doors to provide supplementary insulations. The panels can increase the R-value of double pane windows or glass doors from current about 3 to up to 8 or more, dramatically reducing energy losses.

A sealed magnetic-controlled window blind between two panes of glass is disclosed. Raising or lowering the window blind which is sealed between two panes of glass is performed by the magnetic attraction between the between the raising outside control set and the raising inside control set (the magnets may be used). In addition, the operation of raising or lowering the window blind may be smooth due to the arrangement of the pulleys (or bearing) which are arranged on the raising inside control set and the outside control set.

The invention belongs to an inorganic micropore new-material drying agent. The novel drying agent is a silicate A-type molecular sieve which has the diffracting strength value I of more than 75 but less than or equal to 100 on the 110 surface at an angle of 10 degrees of the 2 theta angle of the XRD diffracting peak . Besides the properties of the glass drying agent in a 3A-type molecular sieve, the inorganic micropore new-material molecular-sieve drying agent prepared by new chemical modification technology of the invention has the structural characteristics that the diffracting strength of the peak structure of the 110 surface at an angle of 10 degrees of the 2 theta angle in the XRD diffracting plot is obviously stronger than that of the glass drying agent in a 3A-type molecular sieve, thus, the novel drying agent only absorbs water and little O2 but not N2 and has the property of excellent type selectivity and selective absorption.

A monolithic radio frequency (RF) circuit and a method of fabricating the monolithic RF circuit are provided. The monolithic RF circuit includes: a base substrate; a filter part including first and second support layers formed on the base substrate, a first air gap formed between the first and second support layers, a first electrode formed on the second support layer and the first air gap, a first piezoelectric layer formed on the first support layer and the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the first piezoelectric layer; and a switch part including a third support layer adjacent to the second support layer, a second air gap formed between the second and third support layers, a first switch electrode formed on the second air gap and the third support layer, and a second piezoelectric layer formed on the first switch electrode.

In order to provide a spacer profile for an insulated glazing unit, which profile has a cross-section based on a rectangular shape, is provided with two parallel spaced side walls which, when said insulated glazing unit is assembled, will be placed against the panes of glass to be kept apart from each other, and is further provided with first and second transverse walls which extend between said side walls and of which the first will be adjacent to the edge of the glazing unit and the second will face the space between the panes, with the intention of enabling simple handling of said profile when assembling the spacer frame whilst maintaining a high absorptive capacity for water vapor, it is proposed that said spacer profile comprises a binder matrix and, embedded therein, a particulate adsorbent material for water vapor, and that the binder matrix is permeable to water vapor.

An evacuated glass panel having degassing device, which includes at least tow planar glass sheets having any shape and support means posed therebetween, edge frame component sealed around periphery of the planar glass sheet, and degassing device disposed in the evacuated space of evacuated glass panel; between said degassing device and said groove a low melting point glass powder layer is placed and said low melting point glass powder layer is fixed in said groove.

A window system for installing windows which enables easy cleaning and substantially eliminates the need for window frames. The window system comprises at least one pane of glass having each of a predetermined width, height and thickness for at least partially covering an opening formed in a wall of a structure. There are at least two hinges disposed along the predetermined height of the pane of glass on a predetermined side thereof. The first one of the at least two hinges being secured to the predetermined side adjacent one end thereof and a second one of the at least two hinges being secured to the predetermined side adjacent a radially opposed end thereof. There is at least one magnet secured to the pane of glass or to such opening formed in such building and at least one metallic member disposed on an opposite one of the pane of glass and such opening formed in such building for maintaining the pane of glass in a closed position.

A spacer profile for a spacer frame of an insulating pane unit includes a hollow profile body made of plastic with a chamber defined therein. The hollow profile body extends in a longitudinal direction and includes an inner wall, an outer wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, which are connected to the inner and outer walls to form the chamber. First and second reinforcing layers made of a metallic material respectively extend on the first and second side walls and partially on the outer wall so as to be spaced apart by a first distance. A diffusion barrier layer is formed directly on the outer wall between the first and second reinforcing layers and is connected thereto in a diffusion-proof manner in order to form a heat-insulating diffusion barrier. An insulating pane unit includes at least two panes with such a spacer frame disposed therebetween.