Claims
- 1. A method of fabricating a spacer frame for maintaining two sheets in spaced relation comprising the steps of:providing a piece of spacer stock of sufficient length to provide the spacer frame, the spacer stock having at least a pair of side walls joined by a base to provide the sidewalls and base with a U-shape, the spacer stock having a bead of a moisture pervious material having a desiccant therein in contact with surface of the base between the sidewalls defined as inner surface of the base, the bead having structural stability less than the structural stability of the spacer stock; bending the piece of spacer stock to form the spacer frame, while maintaining the bead on the inner surface of the base during the practice of the bending step.
- 2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the bead of a moisture pervious material is a bead of moisture pervious adhesive material and the adhesive property of the material maintains the bead on the inner surface of the base during bending of the spacer stock.
- 3. The method as set forth in claim 2 wherein the providing step is practiced by:forming a flat substrate into a shape having the pair of sidewalls and the base, while applying the bead of moisture pervious adhesive material on the inner surface of the base to provide the piece of spacer stock.
- 4. The method of claim 2 wherein the providing step is practiced by:forming a flat substrate into a shape having the pair of sidewalls and the base, and applying the bead of moisture pervious adhesive material on the inner surface of the base to provide the piece of spacer stock.
- 5. The method as set forth in claim 2 wherein the providing step is practiced by:applying a flat substrate having a first end, an opposite end and a center section extending from the first end to the second end; the bead of moisture pervious adhesive material on selected portions of the center portion of the substrate, and forming the substrate having the bead into the piece of spacer stock.
- 6. The method of claim 2 wherein the adhesive material is a polyurethane.
- 7. The method of claim 2 wherein the adhesive material is a silicone.
- 8. The method of claim 2 wherein the spacer stock has a first end and a second end and the base is continuous from the first end to the second end.
- 9. The method of claim 1 wherein the sheets are glass sheets.
- 10. The method of claim 1 wherein the substrate is a metal substrate.
- 11. A method of fabricating a spacer frame for maintaining two sheets in spaced relation comprising the steps of:providing a desiccant contained in a pervious adhesive material; providing a substrate having a first end, a second end, and a center portion extending from the first end to the second end; forming the substrate and applying a bead of the adhesive containing material to selected portions of the center portion to provide a spacer stock having at least a pair of sidewalls joined by a base to provide the sidewalls and base with a U-shape, and the bead on surface of the base between the sidewalls defined as the inner surface of the base; bending the piece of spacer stock to form the spacer frame, while maintaining the bead on the inner surface of the base during the practice of the bending step wherein the adhesive property of the adhesive material maintains the bead on the inner surface of the base during the practice of the bending step.
- 12. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of forming the substrate and applying the bead are practiced simultaneously.
- 13. The method of claim 11 wherein the applying step is practiced after the forming step.
- 14. The method of claim 11 wherein the applying step is practiced before the forming step.
- 15. The method of claim 11 wherein the substrate is a metal substrate.
- 16. The method of claim 15 wherein the adhesive material is a polyurethane.
- 17. The method of claim 15 wherein the adhesive is a silicone.
- 18. The method of claim 11 wherein the upright legs are spaced from one another and only interconnected by the case.
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/871,826 filed on Jun. 9, 1997, now abandoned, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/451,097 filed on May 25, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,761,946, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/254,222 filed on Jun. 6, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,501,013, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/064,264 filed on May 20, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,351,451, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/906,645 filed on Jun. 30, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,255,481, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/578,697 filed on Sep. 4, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,177,916.
The spacer and spacer frame taught in this application may be used in the fabrication of the insulating unit taught in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/578,696 filed even date in the names of Stephen C. Misera and William R. Siskos and entitled INSULATING GLAZING UNIT HAVING A LOW THERMAL CONDUCTING EDGE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.
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