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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2016
Vkr Holding A/s, Hørsholm, DK;
Peter Sønderkær, Horsens, DK;
Thomas Sejer Mikkelsen, Hørning, DK;
VKR HOLDING A/S, Hørsholm, DK;
Abstract
A method of producing a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit comprising, providing first and second substantially parallel glass panes, a plurality of pillars, and a peripheral seal between the first and second glass panes; providing an evacuation hole in the first glass pane for evacuating a void through the evacuation hole to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure; covering the evacuation hole with an evacuation head, wherein the evacuation head is configured to have a substantially hermetic contact to a surface of the first glass pane; evacuating the void through the evacuation head, wherein the evacuation head comprises a ceramic heating element; and heating the ceramic heating element and sealing an evacuation tube tip of an evacuation tube disposed in the evacuation hole.