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US 5,856,264 AGranted
Adsorbent for use in double glazed windows
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsAlan P. Cohen, Thomas J. Dangieri, Philip Connolly
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Abstract
Novel, hollow, low-density agglomerates for use in sealed insulating glass windows to adsorb water vapor, and optionally organic materials, present in the cavity between the two glazings. These agglomerates provide sufficient but not excessive amounts of zeolitic and other adsorbents when used to fill all portions of the spacer tube located at the peripheral sides of the double glazed unit, thereby greatly facilitating the filling of such spacer tubes and the fabrication of the overall unit.
Claims7
An adsorbent for use in an insulated glass window comprising:
- a binder having a rod morphology, said binder comprising a clay selected from the group consisting of attapulgite, kaolin, sepiolite, halloysite, palygorskite, kaolinite, bentonite, montmorillonite, illite, volclay and mixtures thereof and a molecular sieve zeolite, wherein said binder and said molecular sieve zeolite are combined to form a particle comprising a cenosphere having an average bulk density less than about 0.64 gm/cc said particle comprising at least about 20 weight percent of said binder and having a diameter ranging from about 1.68 mm (10 mesh) to about 0.074 mm (200) mesh.
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