Patent ID: 9290984
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B32B,E06B,Y02A,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A method of making a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window unit, the method comprising: having first and second substantially parallel glass substrates, a plurality of spacers and a seal provided between the first and second substrates, and a cavity to be evacuated to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure located between the glass substrates, and a getter supported by the first substrate; and directing a laser beam through a pump-out tube supported by the second substrate so that the laser beam impinges upon the getter and activates the getter, the pump-out tube being elongated so that when viewed in cross section the pump-out tube has a length longer than its width, and wherein the pump-out tube extends through at least part of the second glass substrate.