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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2019
Vkr Holding A/s, Hørsholm, DK;
Annette Johncock Krisko, Prarie du Sac, WI (US);
Peter Sønderkær, Hørsholm, DK;
Karsten Hansgaard Nielsen, Hørsholm, DK;
Henrik Aslak Jensen, Hørsholm, DK;
Timothy Alan Dennis, Hørsholm, DK;
VKR HOLDING A/S., Horsholm, DK;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method of applying a seal material in manufacturing a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, wherein the VIG unit comprises a first glass sheet, having a first interior major surface and a first exterior major surface, a second glass sheet having a second interior major surface and second exterior major surface, the glass sheets are placed in parallel with said interior major surfaces facing each other and providing a gap therein between, and a seal material for providing a seal of said gap, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing a glass sheet, and arranging said seal material on a major surface of at least one of said glass sheets by means of a nozzle having a nozzle opening of elongated shape, such as a rectangular or oval shape, providing a plurality of support structures on the major surface of at least one of the glass sheets, pairing said first glass sheet and said second glass sheet so that the surface of the at least one of said glass sheets comprising the seal material is the interior surface, and evacuating said gap so as to provide said VIG unit. The present disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing a VIG unit, an application system and a VIG unit.