Central Glass Company, Limited

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Ikeda Glass Industrial Co., Ltd.

Akimasa Akao

Yoshihiro Ebata

Tsutomu Ueno

Nagamasa Kataoka

Hideo Ikeda

Yutaka Yamauchi

Yoshio Horiki

Hiroshi Kasamatsu

The invention relates to a method of fitting a plate member with at least one supportive or protective member of a synthetic resin by injection molding of the resin with insertion of, for each resin member, a predetermined marginal region of the plate member in the mold cavity. For example, a vehicle window glass is fitted with two holders to be coupled with a window regulator mechanism. To enhance strength of adhesion of the molded resin member(s) to the plate without making any mechanical or thermal treatment of the plate, the marginal region of the plate is closely covered with at least one sheet of plastic film, which has a thickness of 5 to 250 .mu.m and becomes a melt adhesive to both the plate and the molded resin at a temperature in the range from 50.degree. to 150.degree. C., prior to insertion of the marginal region of the plate into the mold cavity. For example, the plastic film is of an ethylene base copolymer.

Method of fitting plate member with supportive or protective member of

As a first step to bend a glass along a line traversing the plate, external heat is applied to the glass plate such that a narrow zone containing the entire length of the bending line is heated more intensely than the remaining area to reach a temperature at which the glass does not yet soften but exhibits an appreciable lowering of its electrical resistivity. Then an electric current is caused to flow through the glass in the intensely heated zone from one terminal of the bending line to the other terminal, until the glass is softened only in this zone, i.e. along the bending line by the Joule effect of the current. In this state, desired manner of bending is achieved by the use of a suitably shaped bending die.

Method of bending glass plate

The contacted edge portions of plate glasses to be joined are locally heated to a temperature higher than in the other portions of the plate glasses, after the whole of the plate glasses is heated. Electric current is then passed to the edge portions in order to further heat the edge portions so that the edges of the plate glasses are molten and welded together.

Process for welding plate glasses together

The edge portion of a plate glass is locally heated to a temperature higher than that in the other portion of the plate glass, after the whole of the plate glass is heated. Electric current is thereafter applied to the edge portion of the plate glass in order to further heat the edge portion so that the edge of the plate glass is slightly melted.

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