Abstract: A process for manufacturing a laminated glass window equipped with sealing at one or more edges, wherein the laminated glass window contains at least two glass sheets and laminated plastic placed between the two glass sheets, wherein the laminated plastic is made of at least one principal carrier sheet, having on at least one side at least one layer that reflects infrared radiation and outer layers made of one or more thermoplastic polymers; the process involving:a) forming a plate from the laminated plastic, the plate having a geometrical shape substantially the same as the glass sheets, but wherein the plate is shorter, by an offset distance, on each of one or more edges to be sealed;b) preparing a preliminary laminated sheet by positioning the plate in relation to the glass sheets while respecting the offset distance on each of the one or more edges to be sealed and removing air from between the layers formed by the glass sheets and the plate;c) filling the interstice of the one or more edges to be sealed

Abstract: A device for protection of the occupants of a vehicle in the event of a side impact includes an inflatable bag (airbag (9)) placed in the side wall beneath a window in such a way that, in the activated state, it deploys in the direction extending between the occupant's head and the surface of the window. The window pane (15) is a compound glass pane which includes at least one glass sheet (16,17) and at least one intermediate layer (18) and which has an increased flexural strength because of the fact that: a) the layer (18) consists of a laminate composed of a core layer of an impact-resistant polymer, and of two thermoplastic adhesive layers, of polyvinyl butyral or of polyurethane, which are placed on both sides of the PET layer, or b) the layer (18) is made of a plastic having a Young's modulus at least equal to 20 MPa.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for compressing and packaging compressible materials. The compression is carried out continuously between parallel plates which come closer to each other as they advance. As the plates advance, the materials are accompanied by a lower packaging film and an upper packaging film which are joined at the sides of the compressed materials at the end of compression.

Abstract: A ventilation duct includes an envelope lined on the inside by insulation panels. The panels have a lining on the side of the flow channel of the duct and on at least one part of at least one of transverse edges of the duct. This lining extends over at least one part of each of both sides of the edge and is integrated with the panel. Z shaped sections may be used to hold adjacent panels.

Abstract: For a method for bending and tempering glass which has an opening, the glass is bent in the horizontal position using a bending frame (9) and is tempered on the bending frame (9). The bending frame in respect of its contour and of its geometric shape corresponds to the desired shape of the bent glass. During the bending operation and during the tempering operation the glass is supported, in the region around the edge of the opening, by an additional internal bending frame (12).

Abstract: A device used for the bending of plate glass sections (3) includes an oven (1), a bending chamber (6), an upper bending mold installed in the bending chamber (6) in such a manner as to be able to be raised and lowered, a duct producing a flow of hot gas in order to raise the plate glass sections (3) against the upper bending mold, a lower bending mold in the form of a frame that works together with the upper bending mold to ensure bending by compression of the plate glass that is held by the flow of hot gas against the upper bending mold, as well as a movable transport frame (20) which is used to pick up the bent plate glass from the upper bending mold and to transport it to a cooling station located downstream.

Abstract: Diamond film with substantially no non-diamond carbon and a high thermal conductivity is deposited by means of a direct current arc jet apparatus with a substrate temperature below about 975 degrees Celsius, an arc power of between about 20 and 40 kw. A pressure of about 12 torr, and an enthalpy greater than 30 from a activated gas jet fed with hydrogen and methane, the methane being supplied at a concentration of less than 0.07%. The resulting material has a high transparency and thermal conductivity.Also disclosed is the use of the diamond material made by the present method for cutting tool applications, particularly milling.

Abstract: A raw batch for producing a crack-free recrystallized silicon carbide body, the raw batch comprising:i) at least 40 w/o fine grain fraction having a particle size of less than 10 microns, the fine grain fraction comprising silicon carbide and fine free carbon, wherein the fine free carbon is present in an amount of at least 0.10 w/o of the raw batch, the fine free carbon having a surface area of at least 10 m.sup.2 /g,ii) at least 40 w/o coarse grain fraction having a particle size of at least 30 microns, the coarse grain fraction comprising silicon carbide and coarse free carbon, wherein the coarse free carbon is present in an amount of at least 0.10 w/o of the coarse grain fraction,the raw batch having a total silica content of at least 0.5 w/o,the raw batch having a total silicon carbide content of at least 96 w/o.

Abstract: The invention relates to a material based on inorganic fibres at least a proportion of which are multicomponent fibres and the cohesion and/or the geometry of which is (are) ensured, at least partially, by a sizing.It also relates to the use of this material for thermal and/or acoustic insulation.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a transparent substrate (1), in particular one made of glass, coated with a stack (7) of thin layers comprising at least one layer (4) having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in the solar radiation range, this layer (4) being interposed between a first and a second coating (3, 6) comprising a dielectric material. An interlayer (2) made of a material having a refractive index less than that of the substrate (1) is interposed between the substrate (1) and the stack (7) such that the difference in refractive indices between the substrate (1) and the layer (2) is at least 0.07 and preferably at least 0.12.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spacer for an insulating glazing assembly. The spacer has two mutually parallel extending contact surfaces for the respective glass panes and an adhesion surface facing away from the interior space between the glass panes. The adhesion surface connects the two contact surfaces. The spacer includes a metal layer disposed on the adhesion surface. The metal layer is cemented to the adhesion surface, and the amount of short-fibred glass-fibers in the plastic is selected such that the coefficient of thermal expansion of the base body is adapted to the thermal expansion of the metal-layer.

Abstract: This invention concerns a thermally stable glass composition, which comprises the following constituents in the following proportions by weight:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 45 to 68% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0 to 20% ZrO.sub.2 0 to 20% B.sub.2 O.sub.3 0 to 10% Na.sub.2 O 2 to 12% K.sub.2 O 3.5 to 9% CaO 1 to 13% MgO 0 to 8% ______________________________________the sum of the contents of the oxides SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and ZrO.sub.2 remaining equal to or less than 70%, the sum of the oxides Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and ZrO.sub.2 being equal to or greater than 2%, the sum of the alkaline oxides Na.sub.2 O and K.sub.2 O being equal to or greater than 8%, said composition comprising, if desired, the oxides BaO and/or SrO in proportions such that:11%.ltoreq.MgO+CaO--BaO+SrO>30%This glass composition may be used for the production of substrates for an emissive screen or for that of a fire-resistant pane.

Abstract: The invention relates to "two-component" inorganic fibers obtained by conjoint fiber formation from two different inorganic compositions, especially two glass compositions based on SiO.sub.2, alkali metal oxides and alkaline-earth metal oxides;the two inorganic compositions have thermal expansion coefficients .alpha. exhibiting a difference .DELTA..alpha. of at least 20.times.10.sup.7 K.sup.-1,they have a minimum viscosity temperature of fiber formation T.sub.log3 of between 830 and 1010.degree. C.,they exhibit a work range of at least 30.degree. C.,each includes, as weight percentages, in all less than 3% of the following compounds: TiO.sub.2, ZnO, BaO and Li.sub.2 O and preferably less than 1% of each of these,they exhibit, as weight percentages, differences in respective contents of boron oxides B.sub.2 O.sub.3 and of sodium oxide Na.sub.2 O such that:(i) .DELTA.B.sub.2 O.sub.3 >2%(ii) .DELTA.Na.sub.2 O>2%.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a transparent substrate (1), in particular a glass substrate, including a coating (6) of one or more thin films on at least one of its faces, comprising at least one A film containing an aluminum fluoride or aluminum oxyfluoride Al.sub.x O.sub.y F.sub.z, with y.gtoreq.0.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a glazing assembly comprising at lest one transparent substrate provided with a stack of thin "A" layers composed in succession of a first coating of dielectric material, a first "functional" layer having reflection properties in the infrared, in particular a metallic layer, and a third coating of dielectric material. The sum of the thicknesses of the first and second functional layers is greater than or equal to 25 nm. The ratio of the thickness of the first functional layer to the thickness of the second functional layer is less than 0.55.

Abstract: A pane formed of a substrate and a film of polymeric material. The film of polymeric material has a thickness that varies in at least one predetermined zone of the pane, with the result that the external faces of the pane are not parallel to each other in this zone. The pane is useful in an eye-level display system for the purpose of eliminating a double reflection image.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a process for depositing, especially continuously, on a glass ribbon (10) of a float line, a reflective layer (3) based on a metal whose melting point is less than or equal to the temperature at which the glass ribbon acquires dimensional stability. The deposition is carried out in a controlled atmosphere, this being inert or reducing, when the glass ribbon (10) has already acquired its dimensional stability, by bringing the surface of the said ribbon into contact with the metal (22) in pulverulent form or in molten form, the temperature of the ribbon during contacting being chosen so that the powder melts and coalesces, or so that the molten metal forms a sheet, at the surface of the ribbon, leaving a solid continuous layer when the temperature of the ribbon is at a temperature of less than or equal to the melting point of the metal.

Abstract: A window for protecting against the radiation from cells or chambers in nuclear plants includes at least one optical unit which provides protection against high-energy and/or neutron radiation, and a frame, the space between the optical unit and the frame being filled with a castable and hardenable material.

Abstract: A transparent substrate particularly of glass, provided with a stack of thin layers having at least one metallic layer (4) having properties in the infrared range particularly having low emissivity and two coatings having a base of dielectric material located one (8) under and the other (9) over the layer having properties in the infrared range, as well as a protective metallic layer (5) place immediately over an in contact with the layer having properties in the infrared range, characterized in that in order to prevent the modification of properties of the stack, particularly optical and thermal properties, in the case where the substrate is submitted to a thermal treatment of the tempering or bending kind, firstly the second coating (9) having a base of dielectric material, includes a barrier layer for the diffusion of oxygen chosen from the following materials: components of silicon SiO.sub.2, SiO.sub.x C.sub.y SiO.sub.N N.sub.y, nitrates such as Si.sub.3 N.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vertical rack for semiconductor wafer processing having strictly horizontally disposed arms wherein each arms has a rounded tip.