Insulating glass unit plug and installation method
AssigneeGED Integrated Solutions, Inc.
InventorWilliam A. Briese
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Abstract
A threaded insulating glass unit plug for sealing an aperture in a spacer frame of an insulating glass unit, method of assembly and installation is provided. The threaded insulating glass unit plug includes a head integrally formed with threaded body. The head has a recess formed for engaging a tool for installation during use. The body includes a cylindrical portion and a conical portion, the cylindrical portion spacing the conical portion from the head. A plurality of threads extend along the entire length of cylindrical portion.
Claims20
A threaded insulating glass unit plug for sealing an aperture in a spacer frame of an insulating glass unit, the threaded insulating glass unit plug comprising:
- a head integrally formed with threaded body, the head having a recess formed for engaging a tool for installation during use;
- the body having a cylindrical portion and a conical portion, the cylindrical portion spacing the conical portion from the head;
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- a plurality of threads that extend along the entire length of cylindrical portion to engage a backside of said head and at least one annular thread extending around a portion of the conical portion.
A method for forming a threaded insulating glass unit plug for sealing an aperture in a spacer frame of an insulating glass unit, the method comprising:
- integrally forming a head with a threaded body, the threaded body having a cylindrical portion and a conical portion, the cylindrical portion spacing the conical portion from the head
- forming a recess for engaging a tool for installation during use in the head;
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- forming a plurality of threads along the entire length of cylindrical portion to engage a backside of said head and forming a plurality of threads along at least a portion of the conical portion.
A system for installation of a threaded insulating glass unit plug, the threaded insulating glass unit plug for sealing an aperture in a spacer frame of an insulating glass unit, the system comprising:
- one or more threaded insulating glass unit plugs, comprising:
- a head integrally formed with a body, the head having a recess formed for engaging a tool for installation during use;
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- the body having a cylindrical portion, a conical portion, and a plurality of threads that extend along the entire length of cylindrical portion to engage a backside of said head and a plurality of threads that extend along at least a portion of the conical portion, the cylindrical portion spacing the conical portion from the head;
- a feeder bowl comprising at least one of an oscillator and vibratory coil that advances individually the one or more threaded insulating glass unit plugs around a track to orient an individual plug of the one or more threaded insulating glass unit plugs in a uniform orientation relative to others of the one or more threaded insulating glass unit plugs, the uniform orientation comprising the conical portions of the one or more threaded insulating glass unit plugs being oriented in a same direction;
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- an automatic plug gun functionally coupled to the track, wherein the one or more oriented threaded insulating glass unit plugs having the uniform orientation are fed into the automatic plug gun.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.