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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
James R Jackson, Newburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Pilkington Brothers plc, St. Helens, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C / ; E06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52810 ; 52171 ; 52209 ; 52235 ; 52304 ; 52830 ;
Abstract
An opaque cladding panel for incorporation in a fully-glazed facade of a building comprises an outer glass sheet which is separated from an opaque backing sheet by a peripheral spacer, there being provided at least one venting aperture to ventilate the interspace between the glass sheet and the opaque backing sheet. The glass sheet is optionally coated on its inner surface with a coating, such as a semi-reflective coating. The provision of the at least one venting aperture ventilates the interspace and thereby reduces or avoids condensation in the interspace which would degrade the coating on the glass sheet.