US 12,565,805 B2 · Method of handling a vacuum insulated glass unit assembly

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of handling a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit assembly for a vacuum insulated glass unit, wherein the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit assembly comprises: a first glass sheet, a plurality of support structures on an upward facing major surface of the first glass sheet, wherein the 5method comprises the steps of: handling the VIG unit assembly by physically contacting the VIG unit assembly by one or more contact surface(s) of a handling system, and providing humidity control of ambient air surrounding the VIG unit assembly, wherein the humidity control is provided by a humidity control system providing a relative humidity of the ambient air above a minimum threshold level of 103%, such as 35%, or such as 40%.

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Dependent claims

A method of handling a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit assembly for a vacuum insulated glass unit, wherein the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit assembly comprises:

a first glass sheet,
a plurality of support structures on an upward facing major surface of the first glass sheet,
wherein the method comprises the steps of:
handling the VIG unit assembly by physically contacting the VIG unit assembly by one or more contact surface(s) of a handling system,
providing humidity control of ambient air surrounding the VIG unit assembly, wherein the humidity control is provided by a humidity control system providing a relative humidity of the ambient air above a minimum threshold level of 30%, and
providing ions of controlled polarity at one or more outer major surfaces of the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit assembly and/or at one or more outer surfaces of a handling system by one or more ionizing devices.

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A method of handling a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit assembly for a vacuum insulated glass unit, wherein the insulated glass (VIG) unit assembly comprises:

a first glass sheet,
a plurality of support structures on an upward facing major surface of the first glass sheet by means of a support structure placement arrangement,
a second glass sheet on top of the first glass sheet, wherein the second glass sheet is arranged so that a downward facing major surface of the second glass sheet faces the support structures, and so that the second glass sheet supports on a spacing arrangement providing a gap between said downward facing major surface of the second glass sheet and said upward facing major surface of the first glass sheet, wherein said gap has a height that is larger than the height of said support structures placed on the upward facing major surface of the first glass sheet,
wherein the method comprises the step(s) of:
reducing or maintaining a difference in electrostatic charge potential between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet by a charge modulation system, so that the difference in electrostatic charge potential is below 8 kV.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method of handling a vacuum insulated glass unit assembly

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