Connector for use in spacers for multiple-pane windows

摘要

A spacer for use between the panes of a multiple-pane window has two tubular components whose end faces are spaced apart from one another by two relatively small teeth of an elongated plug one half of which extends into one tubular component and the other half of which extends into the other tubular component. The plug has recesses which receive portions of the respective tubular components to hold the plug against extraction from the tubular components as well as to urge some of an adhesive sealing compound at the exterior of each half of the plug toward and into the gap between the two end faces. Such gap is only partially filled by the teeth and receives sealing compound from a depression in the external surface of the plug in response to deformation of adjacent end portions of the tubular components so that the gap is filled or practically filled with sealing compound in automatic response to proper attachment of the plug to the two tubular components.