Patent ID: 9103161
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A spacer for insulating glass, the spacer being a spacer tape, comprising: a substrate strip; and a compressible hose that comprises two side walls and that is configured to be folded into a reduced height configuration, to reduce its height, and unfolded, said height being measured crosswise to a longitudinal extension of the substrate strip, wherein an interior of the hose of the spacer tape is accessible by a longitudinally extending slot, wherein said hose comprises two inner walls configured to face an air gap of insulating glass that define said slot therebetween, and wherein the hose is configured to transition from a folded state in which the hose is in the reduced height configuration by expanding to an unfolded, deployed state such that the spacer tape is configured to be used as the spacer for insulating glass.