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Title: Registration station for assembling insulating glass windows

Abstract

An insulating glass unit (IGU) assembly line comprising a registration station capable of interleaving double and triple pane IGUs in accordance with an IOU production schedule. Visual indicators or prompts instruct operators at the assembly line in configuring a sequence of IGUs. Triple pane IGUs are assembled with minimal contamination of a center glass lite. A non-contact Bernoulli pad is used to lift a glass lite off from a horizontal or vertical support that conveys it from a glass washer to the registration station. Each of multiple pads has a capacity to lift approximately seven to ten pounds. Use of multiple pads per glass sheet or lite allows lites having dimensions up to 70 by 100 inches (assuming glass thickness of one quarter inch) to be assembled.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
GED Integrated Solutions, Inc., Twinsburg, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1650892
Patent Number(s):
10648224
Application Number:
15/361,811
Assignee:
GED Integrated Solutions, Inc. (Twinsburg, OH)
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0000167
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 11/28/2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Briese, William, Grismer, John, and McGlinchy, Timothy B. Registration station for assembling insulating glass windows. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Briese, William, Grismer, John, & McGlinchy, Timothy B. Registration station for assembling insulating glass windows. United States.
Briese, William, Grismer, John, and McGlinchy, Timothy B. Tue . "Registration station for assembling insulating glass windows". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650892.
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abstractNote = {An insulating glass unit (IGU) assembly line comprising a registration station capable of interleaving double and triple pane IGUs in accordance with an IOU production schedule. Visual indicators or prompts instruct operators at the assembly line in configuring a sequence of IGUs. Triple pane IGUs are assembled with minimal contamination of a center glass lite. A non-contact Bernoulli pad is used to lift a glass lite off from a horizontal or vertical support that conveys it from a glass washer to the registration station. Each of multiple pads has a capacity to lift approximately seven to ten pounds. Use of multiple pads per glass sheet or lite allows lites having dimensions up to 70 by 100 inches (assuming glass thickness of one quarter inch) to be assembled.},
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