The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 October 1970 — Page 24

trifling more safety Io glass t» the rear window that keeps a fogfree surface when heated, aiding good rearward visibility.

Styling isNowAdded To Auto Safety Glass

If you remember when flying glass brought many injuries in automobile accidents, when all car glass was flat, or when no car had tinted glass, don’t automatically classify yourself as an old fogey. It was only 40 years ago that safety glass started becoming an accepted part of motoring. And it has only been since World War II that cars started having most of the glass styling and comfort features taken for granted today. The automotive glass story

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really started in 1929. This was when laminated glass, composed of two glass panels separated by a plastic interlayer (the construction used in windshields today) was developed. Tempered glass, the heat-strengthened single glass panel now used for all side and rear windows, was not introduced until 1935. It AU Began in 1910 Actually the idea of a glass-and-plastic lamination, in which glass particles adhere to the plastic when the glass is fractured, began in

1910. That’s when a Frenchman named Edouard Benedictus stumbled onto the idea of using celluloid as a clear binder for two glass panels. He accidentally dropped a flask containing a dried-out cellulosic solution, and was amazed when the flask didn’t shatter. . In the mid-30’s, safety glass became standard for windshields and vent windows, but was an option on other auto glass area. Many motorists rejected the option because it originally cost SSO more to equip side and back windows with safety glass. As manufacturing techniques were perfected, safety glass became the low-cost material it is today, and became mandatory in all car window areas. Along with its now prominence as a safety feature, safety glass also became important as a styling feature. Auto glass through the 1930’s was flat, leading to some claims that the windows looked like "holes punched in the auto body." But in 1939 came the first car glass with a curve: the back window, contoured to help air flow over the back of the moving vehicle. War Interrupted World War II interrupted automotive production, but new-found ways to curve glass for wartime airplanes paved the way for curved glass in peacetime cars. Windshields started being curved in the 1940’s with simple bends in the old twopiece windshield with divider bar. Today virtually all automotive glass has a curvature

which enhances styling while maintaining good optical quality. Like curved glass, tinted and shaded glass now seems so much a part of motoring that’s it’s taken for granted. But it was only 23 years ago that cars available to the public could be equipped with blue-green glass for reduction of glare and sun heat gain. Windshields with a band of shading at the top, to give drivers a “sunshade” without blocking vision, did not come until 1951. Does More Today Today automotive safety glass can do more than ever before. For example, there are now heated rear windows which keep the inside glass surface free of fog, as well as antenna windshields which function as the car’s radio aerial. These windshields bring in radio signals through wires between the two glass panels, and eliminate the need for the regular antenna rod. Short Takes . . . A tune-up improves gasoline mileage, and engine performance. Planning a trip? Consult your local service station for the best routes. Check your windshield wipers and cleaning fluid often.

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