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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2021
Andersen Corporation, Bayport, MN (US);
Craig Michael Johnson, North Oaks, MN (US);
Jared Asa Shanholtzer, Saint Paul Park, MN (US);
Justin Michael Depew, Stillwater, MN (US);
Paul Michael Allan Morris, Roseville, MN (US);
William Peter Gengler, Hudson, WI (US);
Jeffrey Lee Skeels, Oakdale, MN (US);
Justin John Reinke, Stillwater, MN (US);
Andersen Corporation, Bayport, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to hollow profiles and methods of preparing the same for joining operations. A method herein can include placing a dam within a channel defined by the hollow profile, fitting a die block over an end of the channel, and injecting a flowable composition through an injection port into the channel. Another method can include defining a volume within a first member using at least one flow control device, filling the defined volume with a flowable polymeric composition, allowing the flowable polymeric composition to solidify to form a solid portion in the first member, and mechanically modifying the solid portion to define a joining surface suitable for joining to the second member. Other embodiments are also included herein.