Saint-Gobain Vitrage International

Manfred Borger

Dieter Hahn

Heinz-Josef Frenken

Heiner Emonts

An electrical connection element to be brazed on a conductive layer placed on a glazing consists of a segment of flexible metal braid, a plug mounted on one of its ends and a connection piece to be brazed mounted on the other end. The connection piece to be brazed is a piece of rigid sheet metal.

Electrical connection element for a heated automobile glazing

In the application of a decorative coating onto a glass pane by the silk screen printing process, a printing screen (2) is used, the printing surface of which extends beyond the peripheral face (9) of the glass pane (1). The printing ink situated in the meshes of the printing screen outside the glass surface in the printing operation is blown away or is sucked away by a suction nozzle (23), which is guided over the printing screen (2) behind the scraper (21).

Screen printing a glass pane with a decorative coating including blowing

A method and apparatus for curving a glass sheet is described in which a glass sheet is held by forces of a pneumatic nature against an upper element of dimensions smaller than those of the glass sheet. According to the invention, the parts of the glass sheet projecting beyond the upper element are held against a flexible material, the dimensions of which are greater than those of the glass sheet. The flexible material is interposed between the glass sheet and the upper element, and is secured so that portions of the flexible material which extend beyond the upper element are held in directions tangential to the surface of the upper element in its marginal zones. The invention is applicable, notably, to the production of automobile panes.

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Aachen, Germany

Manfred Borger