Abstract: An electrically heated composite glass sheet including heating element wires deposited and fixed in place on the thermoplastic film connecting the individual glass sheets together so as to extend from the one film edge as far as the opposite film edge. The heating wires are connected in parallel with buses, which are arranged at a predetermined distance from the edge of the film. Directly adjacent to the buses, the sections of the wires which are arranged between the buses and the edge of the film are severed by moving two electrodes, which are connected with a power supply, into contact with the wires. The electric current heats the wires between the electrodes to their fusion temperature and thereby severs the wires.

Abstract: A glazing production line includes a plurality of workstations at which tasks are performed on glass sheets, and a conveying system for transporting the glass sheets to each workstations, including at least one mobile support. An attachment system is utilized to attach the glass sheet to the mobile support, and a positioning system is utilized to precisely arrange the glass sheet, which is attached to the mobile support, relative to the workstation so that the task can be performed on the sheet.

Abstract: A fastening device is manufactured of a strip of sheet material and comprises a flexible tongue capable of being looped around an element to be fastened and a holding part. The tongue has a hook-shaped free end and an end opposite to the hook-shaped free end, and the holding part projects at an angle from the opposite tongue end and is bendable towards the tongue along a folding line adjacent the opposite tongue end. The holding part is integral with the tongue and has a hook-up edge spaced from the tongue end and arranged to be engaged by the hook-shaped free end when the flexible tongue is looped around the element to be fastened, and it is operable as a lever upon bending the holding part towards the tongue along the folding line for tightening and closing the fastening device when the tongue is looped around the element to be fastened and the hook-up edge of the holding part has been engaged by the hook-shaped free end of the tongue.