Soil-resistant coating for glass surfaces
First Claim
1. A sheet of glass having an interior surface bearing a reflective coating thereon and an exterior surface bearing a water-sheeting coating thereon, the reflective coating comprising a reflective metal layer and at least one dielectric layer, the water-sheeting coating comprising silica sputtered directly onto the exterior surface of the sheet of glass, the water-sheeting coating having an exterior face which is substantially non-porous but which has an irregular surface, the water-sheeting coating reducing the contact angle of water on the coated exterior surface of the glass article below about 25°
- and causing water applied to the coated exterior surface of the pane to sheet.
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Abstract
A glass article which has a water-sheeting coating. In one embodiment, a glass sheet is provided bearing a sputtered water-sheeting coating comprising silica on an exterior surface and bearing a reflective coating on an interior surface. The interior surface of a sheet of glass can be coated with a reflective coating by sputtering, in sequence, at least one dielectric layer, at least one metal layer, and at least one dielectric layer. The exterior surface of the glass can be coated with a water-sheeting coating by sputtering silica directly onto the exterior surface of the sheet of glass. Both the reflective coating and the water-sheeting coating can optionally be applied during the same pass through the same sputter coating apparatus.
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20 Claims
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1. A sheet of glass having an interior surface bearing a reflective coating thereon and an exterior surface bearing a water-sheeting coating thereon, the reflective coating comprising a reflective metal layer and at least one dielectric layer, the water-sheeting coating comprising silica sputtered directly onto the exterior surface of the sheet of glass, the water-sheeting coating having an exterior face which is substantially non-porous but which has an irregular surface, the water-sheeting coating reducing the contact angle of water on the coated exterior surface of the glass article below about 25°
- and causing water applied to the coated exterior surface of the pane to sheet.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A sheet of glass having an interior surface bearing a reflective coating thereon and an exterior surface bearing a water-sheeting coating thereon, the reflective coating comprising two metal layers comprising silver and at least one dielectric layer, the water-sheeting coating comprising silica sputtered directly onto the exterior surface of the sheet of glass, the water-sheeting coating having a median thickness of between about 15 angstroms and about 150 angstroms, the water-sheeting coating having an exterior face which is substantially non-porous but which has an irregular surface, the water-sheeting coating reducing the contact angle of water on the coated exterior surface of the glass article below about 25°
- and causing water applied to the coated exterior surface of the pane to sheet.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
- 15. A multiple-pane insulating glass unit comprising two panes of glass held in a spaced-apart relationship by a spacer, a first of said two panes having an exterior surface oriented away from a second of said two panes, said exterior surface carrying a water sheeting coating, the first of said two panes having an interior surface oriented toward the second of said two panes, said interior surface carrying a reflective coating, the water-sheeting coating comprising substantially non-porous silica deposited directly on said exterior surface, the reflective coating comprising a metal layer sandwiched between a pair of dielectric layers.
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