Method of making a spacer for a windshield bracket

A process for providing a spacer upon a glazing which comprises:

• placing extrusion die means adjacent an edge of a glazing;
• guiding said die means along said glazing edge while feeding a settable polymer thereto so as to form a profiled extrudate of said polymer as a spacer upon said glazing, said polymer having a viscosity and shape retention characteristics sufficient to form a spacer having a lip portion which is oriented essentially parallel to the glazing surface and which extends beyond the edge of said glazing without support therefor wherein the guiding of said die means is continued until a spacer is provided along all edges of the glazing, the beginning and end points of said spacer forming a transition zone;
• compression molding said transition zone so as to form a flash of excess polymer;
• and
• eliminating said flash.

A process for providing a spacer upon a glazing, which comprises:

• guiding extrusion die means along a glazing edge while feeding a settable polymer thereto so as to form a profiled extrudate of said polymer as a spacer upon said glazing adjacent said glazing edge, said polymer having viscosity and shape retention characteristics sufficient to form a spacer having a lip portion which is oriented essentially parallel to the glazing surface and which extends beyond the edge of said glazing with support therefor wherein the guiding is continued until a spacer is provided along all edges of the glazing, the beginning and end points of said spacer forming a transition zone;
• compressing said transition zone so as to form a flash of excess polymer;
• and
• eliminating said flash.

A process for providing a spacer upon a glazing, which comprises;

• placing extrusion die means adjacent an edge of a glazing;
• guiding said die means along said glazing edge while feeding a settable polymer thereto so as to form a profiled extrudate of said polymer as a spacer upon said glazing, said polymer having viscosity and shape retention characteristics sufficient to form a spacer having a lip portion which is oriented essentially parallel to the glazing surface and which extends beyond the edge of said glazing without support therefor wherein said guiding step is continued until a spacer is provided along all edges of the glazing with the end point of said spacer overlapping the beginning point so as to form a transition zone thereof;
• compression molding said transition zone so as to form a flash of excess polymer wherein said compression molding step comprises utilizing compression molds to eliminate said transition zone and wherein a release film is placed between said compression molds and spacer prior to the compression molding step, which film adheres to the spacer after said molding step;
• and
• eliminating said flash by cutting off said flash after setting of said polymer.

A process for providing a spacer upon a glazing, which comprises:

• placing an extrusion die means adjacent an edge of a glazing;
• guiding said die means along said glazing edge while feeding a settable polymer thereto so as form a profiled extrudate of said polymer upon said glazing with the beginning and end points of said spacer forming a transition zone, said polymer having viscosity and shape retention characteristics sufficient to form a spacer having a lip portion which is oriented essentially parallel to the glazing surface and which extends beyond the edge of said glazing without support therefore;
• compression molding said transition zone so as to form a flash of excess polymer;
• and
• eliminating said flash.