Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited

Hidemi Katoh

Masao Misonou

Naoto Horiguchi

In a glass panel includes at least three glass sheets for forming an air layer (K) and a vacuum layer (S) side by side and for partitioning between outdoor space and indoor space, at least either an outdoor-side glass sheet contacting the outdoor space or an indoor-side glass sheet contacting the indoor space of the glass sheets (G) contacts the vacuum layer (S) and includes a low-emittance film layer (M) formed on a face thereof contacting the vacuum layer (S).

Glass panel

In a double glazing including a pair of glass sheets,, a plurality of spacers,disposed between opposed sheet faces of the glass sheets,by a predetermined pitch, and a sealing member,interposed between the glass sheets,along the entire peripheries thereof, with a space V between the glass sheets being sealed in a vacuum condition, each spacer,is formed so as to maintain a predetermined distance between the glass sheets when subjected to a static normal external pressure normally applied thereto in the direction of sheet thickness and also to relieve stress through plastic deformation when subjected to an impact dynamically applied in the sheet thickness direction.

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