Method for producing a window glass for a vehicle provided with an ornamental braid

#This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-372839, filed Dec. 24, 2002, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

#The present invention relates to a method for producing a window glass for a vehicle provided with an ornamental braid and a window glass for a vehicle provided with an ornamental braid.

#A method for producing a window glass for a vehicle provided with an ornamental braid is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.6-72144. The method comprises steps of setting an ornamental braid, a spacer and a glass plate on a lower mold of an injection molding machine in the order of the ornamental braid, the spacer and the glass plate, closing an upper mold to lock the molds, and injecting molten resin into a cavity formed between the upper mold and the lower mold with the ornamental braid pressed against the lower mold by the spacer, thereby integrally molding a resin frame and the ornamental braid along the periphery of the glass plate.

#In the drawings:

#FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a mold of an injection molding machine for explaining a method for producing a window glass for a vehicle provided with an ornamental braid in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention in which (b) is a view in the direction of arrows b—b in (a), while (a) is a view in the direction of arrows a—a in (b).

#FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a window glass for a vehicle provided with an ornamental braid produced by the method in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

#A method for producing a window glass for a vehicle provided with an ornamental braid in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

#As shown in FIG. 1, an ornamental braid 2 with channel-shaped cross section is set on a lower mold 1 of an injection molding machine with the open end thereof directed upward. An ornamental braid connection member 3 of substantially rectangular parallelopiped shape is set on the lower mold 1 with one end portion thereof fitted in one end portion of the ornamental braid 2. A pin 5 is inserted in a hole formed in the lower mold 1 and a hole 4 formed in the ornamental braid connection member 3 to fix the ornamental braid connection member 3 on the lower mold 1 and clamp the ornamental braid 2 with the ornamental braid connection member 3 and the lower mold 1, thereby fixing the ornamental braid 2 on the lower mold 1. A glass plate 6 is positioned at a suitable distance from the ornamental braid 2 and the ornamental braid connection member 3, and set on the lower mold 1.

#An upper mold 7 is closed to lock the molds, resin 9 is injected into a cavity 8 formed between the lower mold 1 and the upper mold 7, the molds are opened after hardening of the resin 9, and a molded resin article is taken out the molds.