Method for bedding panels into frames

Abstract

Abstract THE INVENTION PROVIDES A METHOD FOR BEDDING A PANEL INTO A FRAME MEMBER HAVING AN INTERIOR SURFACE FORMING A RECESS TO RECEIVE A MARGINAL EDGE OF THE PANEL. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INVENTION, THE PANEL MAY BE A GLASS MEMBER AND THE FRAME A METAL CHANNEL, THE TWO ELEMENTS FORMING THE WINDOW SASH FOR AN AUTOMOBILE. THE METHOD INCLUDES THE STEP OF FORMING A SOLID, RIGID BODY OF THERMOPLASTIC RESINOUS BEDDING MATERIAL HAVING AN INTERIOR SURFACE FORMING A RECESS. THE BODY IS DIMENSIONED TO FIT INTO THE FRAME MEMBER AND TO RECEIVE THE MARGINAL EDGE OF THE PANEL IN THE RECESS OF THE BODY. A HEAT CURABLE THERMOSETTING RESINOUS MATERIAL IS COATED OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE SOLID BODY AND THE THUR COATED BODY IS PLACED IN THE RECESS OF THE FRAME MEMBER. A MARGINAL EDGE OF THE PANEL IS THEN PLACED WITHIN THE ECESS OF THE SOLID BODY AND IS CONTACT WITH THE CURABLE RESINOUS MATERIAL. THE SOLID BODY IS THEN HEATED TO CURE THE UNCURED RESINOUS THERMOSETTING MATERIAL AND MAKE PLASTIC THE SOLID BODY TO WET THE MEMBERS AND PROVIDE GOOD ADHERENCE OF THE SOLID BODY TO BOTH THE PANEL AND THE FRAME MEMBER. THE ASSEMBLY IS THEN COOLED TO A SOLID CONDITION.

Inventors

• 👤 Robert J Deisenroth

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