Abstract: A method for obtaining a glazing includes a glass sheet covered, on one of its faces with electroconductive patterns having in at least one area, a so-called extra thickness area, a greater thickness than in the other areas, the method including depositing by screenprinting a first electroconductive layer forming patterns on one side of the glass sheet, then depositing by a digital printing technique, in the or each extra thickness area, a second electroconductive layer on the first layer while the latter is still wet, then a heat treatment step to cure the first and the second layer.

Abstract: A glazing includes at least one glass sheet provided on one of the faces with an electrical network having resistance strips and collector strips, in which at least one portion of one face includes at least one strip obtained from an electrically conductive composition including a silver paste, the strip being in contact with another strip obtained from an electrically conductive composition including a copper paste, the other strip obtained from an electrically conductive composition including a copper paste being completely covered with a protective enamel layer.

Abstract: A screen-printing screen for printing electrically conductive patterns on glass sheets, includes a main mask, the aperture size of the main mask being larger in a lateral portion than in the central portion, the screen furthermore including, in at least one double-mask zone, located in the central portion, at least one secondary mask fastened to a face of the main mask, the aperture size of the or each secondary mask being larger than the aperture size of the main mask in the central portion, and the mesh of the or each secondary mask making, with the mesh of the main mask, an angle ? comprised between 1 and 89°.

Abstract: A glazing includes at least one glass sheet provided on one of the faces with an electrical network having resistance strips and collector strips, in which at least one portion of one face includes at least one strip obtained from an electrically conductive composition including a silver paste, the strip being in contact with another strip obtained from an electrically conductive composition including a copper paste, the other strip obtained from an electrically conductive composition including a copper paste being completely covered with a protective enamel layer.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a one-way vision glass pane, the process including: a) depositing a layer of a compound comprising a mineral pigment over an area of the pane, the compound being free of glass frit; b) depositing a layer of an enamel compound including a glass frit and a mineral pigment of a different color to the pigment of a), by screen printing, in the shape of the one or more desired patterns; c) heating the coated pane to a temperature high enough to bake the enamel; and d) removing pigments that have not been fixed by the enamel, wherein the particles of the pigments and the particles of the glass frits are of similar size, and the thickness of the layer of the deposited enamel compound is larger than the thickness of the pigment layer deposited in a).

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a one-way vision glass pane, the process including: a) depositing a layer of a compound comprising a mineral pigment over an area of the pane, the compound being free of glass frit; b) depositing a layer of an enamel compound including a glass frit and a mineral pigment of a different color to the pigment of a), by screen printing, in the shape of the one or more desired patterns; c) heating the coated pane to a temperature high enough to bake the enamel; and d) removing pigments that have not been fixed by the enamel, wherein the particles of the pigments and the particles of the glass frits are of similar size, and the thickness of the layer of the deposited enamel compound is larger than the thickness of the pigment layer deposited in a).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks. According to the invention, conducting tracks are formed with a width less than or equal to 0.3 mm by applying, by screen printing, a thixotropic electrically conducting paste having a ratio of the viscosity without shear stress to the viscosity under shear stress under screen-printing conditions of at least 50 and having a silver content greater than 35% and of which at least 98% of the particles which form it have a size less than 25 ?m, by means of a screen having at least 90 threads per cm, the coating of said screen being provided with slots, the narrowest width of which is equal to 0.25 mm±0.05 mm, and by subjecting said tracks to baking.

Abstract: An insulating glazed element including at least two glass sheets, separated from each other by a space and joined at their periphery by a seal, and at least one section. The glazed element has at least one heating border on at least one face of at least one glass sheet, and the border is covered by the section and joined to the section by a heat-conducting seal.

Abstract: A water-based black enamel composition capable of being deposited on a glass substrate, especially on a glass sheet. The enamel composition includes: 20 to 40% by weight of water-soluble sodium silicate and/or potassium silicate; a water-soluble base, in an amount sufficient for the pH of the composition to be at least 10.5; 5 to 25% by weight of water; 40 to 60% by weight of a metal oxide chosen from the group consisting of copper oxides, iron oxides, cobalt oxides, mixtures of these oxides, and mixtures of at least one of the oxides with chromium oxide(s); less than 10% by weight of zinc oxide; at least 10% by weight of a glass frit having a melting point below 680° C.; and less than 10% by weight of a glass frit having a Littleton point above 700° C. A glazing, especially an automobile glazing, including at least one glass sheet can have at least one of the faces of the glass sheet coated at least partially with the enamel composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks. According to the invention, conducting tracks are formed with a width less than or equal to 0.3 mm by applying, by screen printing, a thixotropic electrically conducting paste having a ratio of the viscosity without shear stress to the viscosity under shear stress under screen-printing conditions of at least 50 and having a silver content greater than 35% and of which at least 98% of the particles which form it have a size less than 25 ?m, by means of a screen having at least 90 threads per cm, the coating of said screen being provided with slots, the narrowest width of which is equal to 0.25 mm±0.05 mm, and by subjecting said tracks to baking.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks. According to the invention, conducting tracks are formed with a width less than or equal to 0.3 mm by applying, by screen printing, a thixotropic electrically conducting paste having a ratio of the viscosity without shear stress to the viscosity under shear stress under screen-printing conditions of at least 50 and having a silver content greater than 35% and of which at least 98% of the particles which form it have a size less than 25 ?m, by means of a screen having at least 90 threads per cm, the coating of said screen being provided with slots, the narrowest width of which is equal to 0.25 mm±0.05 mm, and by subjecting said tracks to baking.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing recyclable black enamels that contain at least zinc, in which process glass forming materials comprising at least bismuth, silicon, boron and manganese are melted, at temperatures greater than about 900° C., and then a glass frit comprising at least zinc is added to the mixture obtained after this direct melting. The invention also relates to zinc-based recyclable black enamel compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to an insulating glazed element comprising at least two glass sheets, separated from each other by a space and joined at their periphery by a seal, and at least one section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a water-based black enamel composition capable of being deposited on a glass substrate, especially on a glass sheet, which comprises:

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method of enameling substrates comprised of glass or vitroceramic material, according to which method the enamel composition contains graphite as a component, with the aim of improving the mechanical properties of the enameled substrate and/or conferring anti-adhesive properties on the composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing recyclable black enamels that contain at least zinc, in which process glass forming materials comprising at least bismuth, silicon, boron and manganese are melted, at temperatures greater than about 900° C., and then a glass frit comprising at least zinc is added to the mixture obtained after this direct melting. The invention also relates to zinc-based recyclable black enamel compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing recyclable black enamels that contain at least zinc, in which process glass forming materials comprising at least bismuth, silicon, boron and manganese are melted, at temperatures greater than about 900° C., and then a glass frit comprising at least zinc is added to the mixture obtained after this direct melting. The invention also relates to zinc-based recyclable black enamel compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method of enameling substrates comprised of glass or vitroceramic material, according to which method the enamel composition contains graphite as a component, with the aim of improving the mechanical properties of the enameled substrate and/or conferring anti-adhesive properties on the composition. The invention also relates to the composition, and the enameled substrates obtained.

Abstract: A method of identifying glazing that has undergone a heat treatment, consisting of fixing a substance to its surface and/or on an edge, the optical characteristic of the substance being modified at a temperature reached during the heat treatment.