← Back to Patent Explorer
US4857094A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method for the manufacture of a toughened and/or bent pane with solar control coating containing platinum or the like

Assignee: Flachglas Wernberg GmbH
•
Filing: 1988-09-06
•
Granted: 1989-08-15
•
Expires: 2008-09-06
📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

Abstract Method for the manufacture of a toughened and/or bent glass pane of soda-lime-silica glass with reduced transmission for solar radiation, in which to at least one side of the transparent glass carrier is applied a metal layer of platinum, iridium or optionally rhodium, alloys of these metals or metal alloys with a majority content of at least one of these metals in a thickness such that the light transmittance of the laminate formed from the glass carrier and the metal layer is between 10 and 90%, particularly between 30 and 90% of that of the glass carrier alone and a toughening and/or bending process is performed in air at a temperature of 580° to 680° C., preferably 600° to 650° C., whereby the metal layer is applied to the substantially flat glass carrier before the toughening and/or bending process and on the side of the metal layer remote from the glass carrier an oxide stabilizing layer from or with a majority content of at least one metal oxide or mixed metal oxide, preferably from the group Bi, In, Ni, Sb, Sn, Ta, Ti and Zn is applied with a thickness of 2 to 20 nm before the toughening and/or bending process.

Inventors

  • 👤 Rolf Groth
  • 👤 Franz-Josef Schmitte

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 09:36
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C17/00; C03C17/34; C03C17/36; C03C17/3602; C03C17/3605; C03C17/3649; C03C17/3657; C03C17/366; C03C17/3681

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 191 words
A method for manufacturing a toughened and/or bent glass pane constructed from soda-lime-silica glass and having a reduced transmission of solar radiation consisting of the steps of: vacuum coating at least one side of a transparent glass carrier with a metal layer comprising at least one constituent chosen from the group consisting of: platinum, iridium, rhodium, platinum alloys, iridium alloys, rhodium alloys at ambient temperature; the metal layer being applied being applied in a thickness such that the light transmittance of a laminate formed from the glass carrier and the metal layer is between approximately 10 to about 90 percent of that of the glass carrier alone; vacuum coating at ambient temperature the resultant metal layer with an oxide stabilizing layer having an oxide of at least one metal chosen from the group consisting of: Bi, In, Ni, Sb, Sn, Ta, Ti, and Zn, the stabilizing layer being applied in a thickness of approximately 2 to about 20 mm; and heating to bend and/or toughen the glass pane at a temperature of approximately 580° to about 680° C. without further steps to prevent metal migration into the glass pane to occur.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 191 words
A method for manufacturing a toughened and/or bent glass pane constructed from soda-lime-silica glass and having a reduced transmission of solar radiation consisting of the steps of: vacuum coating at least one side of a transparent glass carrier with a metal layer comprising at least one constituent chosen from the group consisting of: platinum, iridium, rhodium, platinum alloys, iridium alloys, rhodium alloys at ambient temperature; the metal layer being applied being applied in a thickness such that the light transmittance of a laminate formed from the glass carrier and the metal layer is between approximately 10 to about 90 percent of that of the glass carrier alone; vacuum coating at ambient temperature the resultant metal layer with an oxide stabilizing layer having an oxide of at least one metal chosen from the group consisting of: Bi, In, Ni, Sb, Sn, Ta, Ti, and Zn, the stabilizing layer being applied in a thickness of approximately 2 to about 20 mm; and heating to bend and/or toughen the glass pane at a temperature of approximately 580° to about 680° C. without further steps to prevent metal migration into the glass pane to occur.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the stabilizing layer is applied in a thickness of max 15 nm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the stabilizing layer is applied in a thickness of max 12 nm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 16 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the stabilizing layer is applied by magnetron cathodic sputtering.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 47 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said second coating comprises on a 100 weight percent total weight basis of at least about 85 weight percent of at least one said metal oxide with the balance up to 100 weight percent being at least one other metal oxide.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US4170460A Cited
US4240816A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1992-08-14 1993-02-13 1993-08-15 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1996-08-14 1997-02-13 1997-08-15 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2000-08-14 2001-02-13 2001-08-15 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag