Abstract: An improved frame assembly is provided, such as for a window or door frame assembly often referred to as a “door lite.” The improved frame assembly includes an integrally formed cooperative structure of interlocking members having a temporary transport alignment and an installation alignment. Significantly, the cooperative structure includes an alignment guide that engages in both the temporary transport alignment and installation alignment, and also includes an adjustable locking mechanism that engages in the installation alignment, wherein the adjustable locking mechanism can accommodate varying thicknesses of door lites.

Abstract: A system for forming a polished groove in a glass panel has separate grooving apparatus and groove polishing apparatus. The grooving apparatus has a rotating grinding unit which moves endwise along its rotary axis to form a groove. This unit has a leading tapered section and a trailing cylindrical section containing a finer abrasive than the abrasive in the leading section. The formed groove has an arcuate transverse profile with a radius determined by the radius of the trailing section. The polishing apparatus has a rotating and oscillating buffing cylinder with a pile surface layer which is brought into engagement with the surface of the groove while wetted with a polishing liquid. The radius of the buffing cylinder approximates the radius of the groove profile.

Abstract: A decorative glass window product (10) including: (a) a sheet of glass (12); (b) a metal design component (14) in the form of a unitary, pre-cast, reticulated came network (16, 18), the design component (14) being bonded on its inner surface (22) to one side of the sheet of glass (12); and (c) a thin layer of an elastomeric adhesive (24) bonding the design component (14) to the sheet of glass (12). A process for making a decorative glass window product (10) including the steps of: (a) casting a unitary, reticulated metal came network (16, 18); (b) subjecting the reticulated came network (16, 18) to a finishing process wherein the color or finish of the came network is changed; and (c) elastomerically bonding the came network (16, 18) to one side of a continuous sheet of glass (12).