US4264681A
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Fire resistant glass window
Assignee: Saint Gobain Industries SA
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Filing: 1978-10-11
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Granted: 1981-04-28
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Expires: 1998-10-11
Abstract
Abstract An improved process for making a multiple pane fire resistant window whose spacings are filled with an aqueous gel possessing multiple carbon bonds, wherein the improvement comprises placing a thin layer of an adherence agent on the contact surface of the panes, prior to placing the aqueous gel in the spacing. The adherence gel is selected from the group consisting essentially of organic titanates, organic zirconates, and silanes able to react with the aqueous gel's multiple carbon bonds.
Inventors
- 👤 Philippe Girard
- 👤 Bernard Poisson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 11:05
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B17/00; B32B17/06; B32B17/069; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/92; Y10S428/921; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/31515; Y10T428/31518; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31609; Y10T428/31612; Y10T428/31645; Y10T428/31649
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
An improved process for making multiple glass pane fire resistant units including a spacing therebetween which spacings are filled with an aqueous 65 to 95% titer gel possessing double or triple carbon bonds, the process including the step of polymerizing the gel, wherein the improvement comprises: (a) placing a layer of an adherence agent on the opposing contact surface of each of the glass panes; and (b) adding an aqueous gel in the spacing thereby contacting the adherence agent with the added aqueous gel to provide anchoring bridges between said contact surfaces and aqueous gel, and wherein the adherence agent is selected from the group consisting essentially of organic titanates, organic zirconates and silanes able to react with the double or triple carbon bonds of the gel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
An improved process for making multiple glass pane fire resistant units including a spacing therebetween which spacings are filled with an aqueous 65 to 95% titer gel possessing double or triple carbon bonds, the process including the step of polymerizing the gel, wherein the improvement comprises: (a) placing a layer of an adherence agent on the opposing contact surface of each of the glass panes; and (b) adding an aqueous gel in the spacing thereby contacting the adherence agent with the added aqueous gel to provide anchoring bridges between said contact surfaces and aqueous gel, and wherein the adherence agent is selected from the group consisting essentially of organic titanates, organic zirconates and silanes able to react with the double or triple carbon bonds of the gel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
An improved process as recited in claim 1 wherein the adherence agent is deposited in a layer on the contact surface of each pane before the panes are assembled.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
An improved process as recited in claim 1 wherein the adherence agent contains a silane comprising: (1) at least a radical able to react on the SiOH and SiONa radicals of the glass; and (2) at least another radical able to react with the double or triple bonds of the gel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
An improved process as recited in claim 3 wherein the silane is selected from the group consisting essentially of acrylic silanes, vinyl silanes, amino silanes and epoxy silanes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An improved process as recited in claims 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein the aqueous gel is an acrylic gel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
An improved process as recited in claims 1, 3 or 4 wherein: (1) the silane is deposited on the opposing contact surface of each pane in the form of a mixture with an aqueous solution of a gel of the same family as a monomer contained in the gel added to the spacing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
An improved process as recited in claim 6 wherein the silane mixture is diluted with a polar solvent.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
An improved process as recited in claim 7 wherein the polar solvent is selected from the group consisting essentially of lower alkanols or water.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
An improved process as recited in claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, or 8 wherein there is successively deposited on the opposing contact surface of each pane: (1) a thin layer of a compound selected from the group consisting essentially of organic titanate or organic zirconate; and (2) a thin silane layer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
Improved multiple glass pane fire resistant windows produced by the process defined in claims 1, 2, 3 or 8.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
Improved multiple glass pane fire resistant windows produced by the process defined in claim 5.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
Improved multiple glass pane fire resistant windows produced by the process defined in claim 6.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
Improved multiple glass pane fire resistant windows produced by the process defined in claim 9.
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