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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Robert Barton Hodek, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Thomas Patrick Kerr, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stephen C. Misera, Tarentum, PA (US);
William Randolph Siskos, Salem Township, PA (US);
Albert Edward Thompson, Jr., Allegheny Township, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of fabricating an insulating unit includes the steps of: providing a pair of sheets and a substrate; forming the substrate into at least one spacer section having a base and a pair of outer legs connected to the base, the spacer section having a surface designated as a supporting surface; providing a bead on the supporting surface, the bead provided on the supporting surface includes a moisture pervious adhesive having a desiccant therein and assembling a spacer frame that includes the at least one spacer section and the sheets provide an insulating unit having the pair of sheets in a fixed relationship.