Method of manufacturing fire-resistant safety glass
OwnerJames A. A. Hickmaninventor
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Abstract
A fire-resistant safety glazing product comprising at least two sheets of glazing material, e.g. glass, bonded together with an interlayer of adhesive binder material and metallic wire mesh of the type used in "wired glass" embedded in the interlayer, and methods of manufacturing the same.
Claims10
A method of manufacturing a fire-resistant safety glazing product comprising the steps of positioning apart from 0.25 mm to 2.0 mm two sheets of glazing material;
- and bonding together the two sheets of glazing material with an interlayer of adhesive binder material having completely embedded therein a reinforcing wire mesh consisting of metallic wires welded together at intersecting or cross-over points, the bonding step comprises the steps of setting of the adhesive binder material between the two sheets of glazing material from an initial flowable condition to a final set condition, the adhesive binder material, when in its flowable condition, flowing around the reinforcing wire mesh causing positioning of the reinforcing wire mesh substantially centrally within the interlayer.
A method of manufacturing a fire-resistant safety glazing product which comprises positioning two sheets of glazing material substantially parallel to one another and from about 0.25 to about 2.0 mm apart with a reinforcing wire mesh having metallic wires welded together at intersecting or cross over points, between said sheets, introducing an adhesive binder material in a flowable condition between said sheets and around said mesh, causing the mesh to be positioned substantially centrally between said sheets, and setting said binder material.
A method of making a laminated product including a wire mesh which comprises positioning two support slabs substantially parallel to each other and from about 0.25 to about 2.0 mm apart, with a mesh having intersecting metallic wires welded or soldered at cross over points in the space between the slabs, introducing a flowable plastic into the space between the slabs and around the mesh, causing the mesh to be positioned centrally between the slabs, and setting the plastic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.