Patent ID: 6546692
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B32B,E06B,F41H

Abstract:
A method of forming and mounting an insulated impact-resistant glass composite into a window frame, the steps comprising:coating one side surface of two window panes having a predetermined thickness with a laminated safety film extending to all edges of the window panes; facing the side of the window panes containing the laminated safety film towards each other while inserting a Â¼ to {fraction (9/16)} inch wide spacer inboard from the edges of the window panes between the laminated surface of the window panes while providing an inboard edge of the spacer in a site line with the window frame; backfilling a structural silicone from an outboard edge of the spacer to the edges of the window panes to form a two window pane composite; placing a silicone tape or silicone composition in a glazing channel of the window frame below the sight line of the window frame; inserting the window pane composite in the glazing channel of the window frame while maintaining the silicone tape or silicone composition between an inside surface of the window frame and the surface of the window pane composite opposite the coated surface; and installing a snap in glazing bead together with filling any gap between the glazing bead and the window pane composite with structural silicone up to the site line of the window frame.