Spacer for a double glazing

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EP 2 218 862 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	14.09.2011 Bulletin 2011/37

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	18.08.2010 Bulletin 2010/33

(21)	Application number: 10250227.5

(22)	Date of filing: 11.02.2010

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E06B 3/663^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA RS

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Priority:

16.02.2009 GB 0902551

(71)	Applicant: Thermoseal Group Limited
	Birmingham B6 7AF (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	Paterson, Gwain Robertson Solihull West Midlands B93 0EA (GB) Busby, Geoffrey Leslie Solihull B92 8RW (GB) Hickox, Mark Anthony Sutton Coldfield B72 1HL (GB)

(74)	Representative: Fenwick, Elizabeth Anne
	E. A. Fenwick & Co. Limited 5 Stonehouse Road Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B73 6LR Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B73 6LR (GB)

(54)	Spacer for a double glazing

(57) A self-supporting hollow spacer tube (10) for a multiple glazed unit in which said hollow spacer tube (10) is to be fitted between at least two or three glazing panes (12) spaced apart to form a cavity and in which the body of the hollow spacer tube (10) comprises a thermoplastic material and is bonded to a gas-impermeable tape (14) facing away from said cavity characterised in that the body of the hollow spacer tube (10) comprises a composition of thermoplastic with fibres and the tape (14) comprises a polymeric material, preferably polyester, so that in use the tape (14) will resist gas leakage through the hollow spacer tube (10).

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