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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. 10, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chun-Hui Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 1/00 ;
Abstract
A thermally insulating evacuated glass panel comprises two spaced apart glass sheets separated and bonded by a mesh-like supporting structure. The mesh-like supporting structure is formed by a plurality of elongated spacers arranged in orthogonal directions for enclosing a plurality of small evacuated spaces. The elongated spacer contains a mixture of a glass sealing material and a number of glass spheres. The evacuated spaces provide efficient insulation for the glass panel. The glass panel can be cut into smaller pieces of desired size and shape without losing its insulating property.