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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Edward Collins, Riverstone, AU;
Jian-Zheng Tang, Merrylands, AU;
Assignee:
University of Sydney, New South Wales, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 34 ; 156107 ; 156109 ; 527861 ;
Abstract
A thermally insulating glass panel comprises two spaced apart sheets of glass enclosing a low pressure space and interconnected by a glass solder edge seal and an array of support pillars, and further comprises a pump-out tube which penetrates one of the glass sheets and has a radial flange which is cemented to the inner surface of that glass sheet. A method of constructing a thermally insulating glass panel includes the step of installing a pump-out tube through one of the glass sheets of the panel with the pump-out tube having a radial flange that is sealed to the interior surface of the glass sheet.