Device for laying a thin metal wire in a straight line on the surface of the thermoplastic film of a laminated glass pane

• US 5,378,305 A
• Filed: 01/14/1993
• Issued: 01/03/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage International
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage International
• Inventors: Sanchez, Matilde H., Muller, Karl-Heinz, Vanaschen, Luc, Sancho, Emilio, Gillner, Manfred, Pikhard, Siegfried
• Primary Examiner(s): Simmons, David A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Engel, James J.
• Application Number:
  US08/004,542
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: 156/103, 156/166, 156/176, 156/436, 156/574, 242/75, 242/75.1, 242/75.4, 242/75.41, 242/75.42, 242/25 R, 242/25 A, 242/150 R, 188/161, 188/163, 188/171
• US Class Current: 156/574
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10376 Laminated safety glass or glazing containing metal wires
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/014 Heaters using resistive wires or cables not provided for in H05B3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/86 the heating conductors being embedded in the transparent or reflecting material H05B3/845 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1788 Work traversing type and/or means applying work to wall or static structure

Abstract

A device for laying a thin metal wire in a straight line on the surface of the thermoplastic film of a laminated glass pane. A rotatable mounting is provided for the wire supply reel, a heated pressing roller presses the wire into the thermoplastic film and a guide device guides the wire between the supply reel and the pressing roller. The supply reel is coupled in rotation to an electromagnetic brake having an adjustable braking torque and a wide control range for the braking torque. The electromagnetic brake is preferably a magnetic powder brake.

Claims

1. Device for laying a thin metal wire from a wire supply reel in a straight line on the surface of a thermoplastic film of a laminated glass pane, comprising:

a rotatable mounting for a wire supply reel;

a heated pressing roller having a convex pressing surface for pressing wire from the supply reel into the thermoplastic film;

a guide device for guiding the wire between the supply reel and the pressing roller; and

an electromagnetic brake having an adjustable braking torque operatively connected to the supply reel so as to brake the rotation thereof,

wherein said guide device comprises two rollers, each of said rollers constructed in the form of a double cone.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic brake has a braking torque control range of about 1:

50.

3. Device according to claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic brake is a magnetic powder brake.

4. Device according to claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic brake is disposed above the rotatable mounting, including a toothed belt for transmitting the braking torque of the electromagnetic brake to the rotatable mounting.

5. Device according to claim 1 including a wire catching roller comprising two discs pressed together by spring force, wherein in an at-rest state of the device the wire is held between the discs, the wire catching roller being positioned above the pressing roller.

6. Device according to claim 1, wherein the guide device and pressing roller are mounted on an arm pivotally journaled about a pivot bearing, including a spring pressing the arm so that the pressing roller is pressed onto the thermoplastic film on which the wire is to be laid.