Patent ID: 7316759
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: B29C,B29K,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling an insulated glass assembly, comprising steps of: using a hand tool for applying a spacer strip along a glass sheet, said hand tool including a housing having a base plate and a guideway to deploy a spacer strip onto the glass sheet, an adjustable guide plate having rollers and being coupled with the base plate for increasing or decreasing a distance from an edge of said glass sheet to said guideway, and a cutting mechanism to notch said spacer strip, applying said spacer strip to a first edge of a top face of said glass sheet; setting a distance from the edge of the glass sheet at which said spacer strip will be deployed; notching said spacer strip with said hand tool when said spacer strip reaches a first corner of said glass sheet; applying said spacer strip to a second edge of said glass sheet; notching said spacer strip with said hand tool when said spacer strip reaches a second corner of said glass sheet; applying said spacer strip to a third edge of said glass sheet; notching said spacer strip with said hand tool when said spacer strip reaches a third corner of said glass sheet; applying said spacer strip to a forth edge of said glass sheet; and cutting said spacer strip.