Method of soldering a first vitreous component to a second component
AssigneeBFG Glassgroup
InventorsJean-Pierre Vasseur, Michel Laurent, Jean-Joseph Loriau, Andre Delhaute
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Abstract
A method of soldering a first, vitreous component for example a sheet to at least one second component which is vitreous or metallic, in which the or each vitreous component is metallized in the joint region(s), the components are assembled together in the required relationship where they may be held by a clamp and the joint region(s) of the assembly is or are dipped in a bath of molten solder to bond it together as a unit. Such a unit may be constituted as an envelope containing one or more electrical circuit components, as a fluid flow directing unit or as a pane for incorporation into a leaded window.
Claims22
A method of manufacturing a panel unit comprising the steps of assembling a first, vitreous sheet, and at least one other sheet held in spaced relation by at least one elongated metallic spacer intervening between metallic or metallised portions of each successive pair of sheets thereby forming an elongated joint region between each sheet and said spacer, said spacer comprising a web having a width greater than its thickness, said width of the spacer web governing the extent of sheet separation, and then dipping the elongated joint regions of the thus obtained assembly in a bath of molten solder.
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