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It reacts with glass to keep it from breaking

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Derrick Griffin

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It's there to hold the lower part of the handle to the glass. While also pulling some of the heat from the glass, so the glass doesn't get too hot.

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Because the type of glass used doesn't lend well to molding handles or sharp bends. Many heat resistant carafes are made of Borosilicate glass.

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Because you can't put a screw through a piece of glass without breaking it, the metal band is what the bottom half of the handle is attached to

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