Heated glass panes, in particular for vehicles
First Claim
1. A glass pane comprising at least a glass sheet provided with heating strips powered by collectors, the heating strips being divided in groups, the power supply to the different groups being provided sequentially, each group being powered once per sequence, the supply being provided by a device equipped with means enabling it to measure the outside temperature and the temperature of the outer surface of the glass, to determine a minimum heating time for each group according to said outside temperature, and to maintain the heating in said group as long as the outer surface temperature of the glass opposite said group is not higher than the melting point of ice.
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Abstract
A glass pane including at least a glass sheet provided with heating strips powered by collectors, the heating strips being divided in groups. The power supply of the different groups is provided sequentially, each group being powered once per sequence. The supply is provided by a device equipped to measure the outside temperature and the temperature of the outer surface of the glass, to determine a minimum heating time for each group according to the outside temperature, and to maintain the heating in the group as long as the outer surface temperature of the glass opposite the group is not higher than the melting point of ice.
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- 1. A glass pane comprising at least a glass sheet provided with heating strips powered by collectors, the heating strips being divided in groups, the power supply to the different groups being provided sequentially, each group being powered once per sequence, the supply being provided by a device equipped with means enabling it to measure the outside temperature and the temperature of the outer surface of the glass, to determine a minimum heating time for each group according to said outside temperature, and to maintain the heating in said group as long as the outer surface temperature of the glass opposite said group is not higher than the melting point of ice.
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