Abstract: A laminated pane with light source, includes an outer pane and an inner pane, a first thermoplastic film arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, a darkened layer, a decoupling element for decoupling light from the inner pane, and a light source arranged on a side edge of the inner pane or in a recess of the inner pane for coupling light into the inner pane, wherein the darkened layer has at least one opaque region having a light transmittance of less than or equal to 50% and the opaque region is present at least within the region between the light source and the functional element.

Abstract: A glazing assembly includes a light source for generating light which can be coupled into a first pane, an edge region which extends from a pane edge of the first pane over at least 1 mm up to at most 500 mm on one of the surfaces, and to an absorption device for absorbing light which is coupled into the first pane and is arranged in the edge region, wherein the absorption device includes a light-impermeable thermoplastic intermediate layer.

Abstract: A glazing assembly includes a light source for generating light which can be coupled into a first pane, an edge region which extends from a pane edge of the first pane over at least 1 mm up to at most 500 mm on one of the surfaces, and to an absorption device for absorbing light which is coupled into the first pane and is arranged in the edge region, wherein the absorption device includes a light-impermeable thermoplastic intermediate layer.

Abstract: A glazing assembly having a light source for generating light that can be coupled into a first pane, an edge region, and an absorbing medium for absorbing light coupled into the first pane, which absorbing medium is arranged in the edge region, wherein the absorbing medium is designed as a first cover layer arranged on the first surface and/or on the second surface of the first pane, the first pane has at least one recess for receiving the light source, and wherein the first cover layer extends from the pane edge to the recess.

Abstract: A laminated pane with light source, includes an outer pane and an inner pane, a first thermoplastic film arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, a darkened layer, a decoupling element for decoupling light from the inner pane, and a light source arranged on a side edge of the inner pane or in a recess of the inner pane for coupling light into the inner pane, wherein the darkened layer has at least one opaque region having a light transmittance of less than or equal to 50% and the opaque region is present at least within the region between the light source and the functional element.

Abstract: A nozzle strip for a blow box for thermally prestressing glass panes, which nozzle strip has a row of nozzles each having a nozzle inlet and a nozzle opening for impinging on a surface of a glass pane with a stream of air through the nozzle openings, wherein the nozzle openings are arranged on merlon-like elevations of a side surface of the nozzle strip.

Abstract: A tempering frame for thermal tempering of glass panes, includes a carrier frame and a support frame that is joined to the carrier frame via a plurality of connection elements and is arranged completely within the carrier frame, wherein the support frame has an upper primary surface for placing a glass pane, a lower primary surface, a front edge, and a rear edge, and wherein the support frame has recesses introduced in the rear edge, which are arranged between adjacent connection elements.

Abstract: A gravity bending mould for bending glass panes, includes a frame-like support surface that is suitable for arranging a glass pane thereon and that has an outer edge and an inner edge, wherein the support surface has an outer region facing the outer edge, an inner region facing the inner edge, and a central region between the outer region and the inner region, and wherein the outer region is planar and horizontal, the central region is inclined toward the inner edge and is planar or curved, and the inner region has a curvature in the opposite direction to the curvature of the glass pane, and wherein the inner region is more strongly curved than the central region.

Abstract: A device for bending glass panes, includes a lower press-bending mould with a frame-shaped contact surface, an upper press-bending mould arranged opposite the contact surface, wherein the lower press-bending mould and the upper press-bending mould are suitable for reshaping a glass pane situated therebetween by pressing, wherein the side edge of the glass pane rests on the contact surface along a contact line, wherein during pressing, the contact line migrates from a first contact line all the way to a pressing line, and wherein the contact surface between the first contact line and the pressing line is convexly curved.

Abstract: A nozzle strip for a blow box for thermally prestressing glass panes, which nozzle strip has a row of nozzles each having a nozzle inlet and a nozzle opening for impinging on a surface of a glass pane with a stream of air through the nozzle openings, wherein the nozzle openings are arranged on merlon-like elevations of a side surface of the nozzle strip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for bending sheets of glass, comprising an upper bending form and a bending support, the upper bending form and/or the bending support being laterally mobile relative to one another, the bending support comprising a pre-bending mold for the gravity bending of a sheet of glass and a press-bending mold configured for pressing the sheet of glass against the upper form, of these two molds of the bending support one being surrounded by the other when viewed from above, at least one of these two molds of the bending support being able to be given a relative vertical movement with respect to the other.

Abstract: A roller conveyor for transporting a pane along a direction of conveyance, includes a plurality of transport rollers, which are arranged next to one another in the direction of conveyance and have roller ends with bearings arranged thereon, at least one upper cooling device for cooling a set of roller ends, which has an upper surface, an oppositely arranged lower surface, and a circumferentially arranged side surface, wherein the upper cooling device is movable between a first position, in which the upper cooling device is arranged substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the transport rollers above the set of roller ends for cooling the roller ends and the lower surface of the cooling device is turned toward the set of roller ends, and a second position, in which the upper cooling device is, compared to the first position, upwardly pivoted by the angle ?.

Abstract: A method for bending panes, includes providing a pane heated to bending temperature, securing the pane against a contact surface of a first bending mould, pressing the pane between the first bending mould and a press frame, transporting the pane on the press frame to a second bending mould, pressing the pane between the second bending mould and the press frame, securing the pane against the contact surface of the second bending mould, wherein surface pre-bending occurs in the inner region of the pane, transporting the pane on a tempering frame to a cooling device for the thermal tempering of the pane, wherein during transport, surface final bending occurs in the inner region of the pane by gravity.

Abstract: An apparatus for immobilizing a pane having a circumferential side edge within a positional tolerance on a carrier mold, wherein the apparatus includes a stopper, which is movable between a first position and a second position, which has a free end and an end opposite the free end that is connected to a device for moving the stopper between the first position and the second position. In the second position, the free end of the stopper is directed toward the side edge of the pane to be immobilized and the distance between the free end of the stopper and the side edge corresponds at most to the positional tolerance. In the first position, the free end of the stopper is offset back and/or upward in the plane of the pane compared to the second position.

Abstract: A method for bending sheets, in which a sheet is fixed in a bending chamber on a contact surface of a mold and is placed by the mold onto a frame, wherein the mold is introduced into the bending chamber before the fixing of the sheet in the bending chamber, without the fixed sheet, and is removed from the bending chamber after the placing of the sheet onto the frame, without the fixed sheet.

Abstract: A blower box for thermal prestressing of glass panes, includes a stationary part having a cavity and a gas feed line connected to the cavity, and at least one closure element having a plurality of nozzles connected to the cavity for applying an air flow to a surface of a glass pane, wherein the at least one closure element is connected to the stationary part at least via a connection element of variable length, and the at least one closure element is movable relative to the stationary part such that the distance between the closure element and the stationary part is variable, and the blower box is equipped with a system for moving the at least one closure element.

Abstract: A method for bending panes, includes providing a pane heated to bending temperature, securing the pane against a contact surface of the first bending mould, positioning a press frame for the pane in a first press frame position associated with the first bending mould, transporting the pane on the press frame to a second press frame position associated with the second bending mould, securing the pane against a contact surface of the second bending mould, wherein the press frame is attached to a carrier introduced into the bending zone by a delivery module, and wherein the press frame is moved laterally relative to the first and second bending mould by moving the carrier between the first press frame position and the second press frame position.

Abstract: A gravity bending mould for bending glass panes, includes a frame-like support surface that is suitable for arranging a glass pane thereon and that has an outer edge and an inner edge, wherein the support surface has an outer region facing the outer edge, an inner region facing the inner edge, and a central region between the outer region and the inner region, and wherein the outer region is planar and horizontal, the central region is inclined toward the inner edge and is planar or curved, and the inner region has a curvature in the opposite direction to the curvature of the glass pane, and wherein the inner region is more strongly curved than the central region.

Abstract: A device for bending glass panes, includes a lower press-bending mould with a frame-shaped contact surface, an upper press-bending mould arranged opposite the contact surface, wherein the lower press-bending mould and the upper press-bending mould are suitable for reshaping a glass pane situated therebetween by pressing, wherein the side edge of the glass pane rests on the contact surface along a contact line, wherein during pressing, the contact line migrates from a first contact line all the way to a pressing line, and wherein the contact surface between the first contact line and the pressing line is convexly curved.

Abstract: A tempering frame for thermal tempering of glass panes, includes a carrier frame and a support frame that is joined to the carrier frame via a plurality of connection elements and is arranged completely within the carrier frame, wherein the support frame has an upper primary surface for placing a glass pane, a lower primary surface, a front edge, and a rear edge, and wherein the support frame has recesses introduced in the rear edge, which are arranged between adjacent connection elements.