# US 4,400,338 A · Method for making sealant

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- Number: US 4,400,338 A
- Document ID: US4400338A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/348,906
- Filed: 1982-02-16
- Granted: 1983-08-23
- Earliest claimed: 1982-02-16
- Assignees: Tremco Incorporated
- Inventors: John R. Rundo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4400338A

## CPC

- E06B 3/67304: {Preparing rigid spacer members before assembly}
- B29C 48/06: Rod-shaped
- B29C 48/15: incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. extrusion moulding around inserts
- B29C 48/154: Coating solid articles, i.e. non-hollow articles
- B29C 48/34: Cross-head annular extrusion nozzles, i.e. for simultaneously receiving moulding material and the preform to be coated
- E06B 3/5418: {Permanently fixing of an additional unframed pane (compound frames E06B3/2605)}
- B29C 48/07: Flat, e.g. panels
- B29C 48/08: flexible, e.g. films
- E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00)
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)

## Abstract

The method of making a deformable sealant strip having a continuous strip of rigid corrugated material embedded longitudinally within mastic material wherein a continuous linear-rigid spacer is first corrugated and then fed in this condition into an extruder cross head wherein such rigid corrugated spacer is encompassed by a mastic. The strip is coiled for subsequent use in retrofitting double pane windows as well as making dual insulated windows. The extruder that receives the rigid corrugated spacer in its crosshead provides a mastic that surrounds and encompasses the spacer without deforming it.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for the manufacture of a deformable sealant strip comprising the steps of supplying a continuous length of rigid flat strip of material having spaced side edges, crimping said rigid material into a corrugated ribbon having peaks and valleys defining a sine wave, feeding said corrugated ribbon into an extruder, embedding said corrugated ribbon into a deformable mass of sealant containing an adhesive and a desiccant wherein said sealant fills said valleys and covers said peaks, extruding said embedded ribbon as a continuous length sealant strip along a linear pass line with said ribbon being retained therein in a corrugated form and winding said sealant strip in a roll with a disposable liner between adjacent surfaces.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method for the manufacture of a deformable sealant strip as set forth in claim 1 wherein said winding of said sealant strip into said roll has said side edges lying in planes that are normal to the axis of said roll.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A method for the manufacture of a deformable sealant strip as set forth in claim 2 wherein said rigid strip is a thin metal strip.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

A method for the manufacture of a deformable sealant strip as set forth in claim 2 wherein said rigid strip is a plasic strip.

### Claim 5

An apparatus for forming a sealant strip comprising an extruder with a cylindrical bore, means for working and extruding material as an extrudate therethrough, a cross head connected to said extruder, a chamber in said cross head communicating with said bore for receiving extrudate therefrom, a die head with an opening therethrough at one end of said cross head from which said extrudate issues therefrom, a sleeve mounted in said cross head for directing a corrugated strip thereinto, said sleeve having an exit opening in said chamber closely adjacent said die head but spaced therefrom to allow said extrudate into said valleys and to encapsulate said corrugated strip thereby forcing the movement of said strip through said cross head.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

An apparatus for forming a sealant strip as set forth in claim 5 wherein said sleeve is rectangular in cross-section with side portions, one of said side portions having a projecting shelf that contacts said die head to limit the enveloping of said corrugated strip on three of its sides only.