Heat-reflecting panel having neutral-color outer appearance

• US 4,327,967 A
• Filed: 06/11/1980
• Issued: 05/04/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bfg Glassgroup
• Original Assignee: Bfg Glassgroup
• Inventors: Groth, Rolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, Michael L.
• Application Number:
  US06/158,481
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 428/469, 428/472, 428/623, 428/630, 428/632, 428/639, 428/661, 428/666, 428/672, 428/680, 428/660, 428/678, 428/926, 126/901, 350/1.1, 350/1.6, 350/1.7, 350/314, 350/256, 350/164, 350/166, 350/259, 350/260, 350/264, 350/265, 350/258, 52/171, 52/172, 52/789, 49/390
• US Class Current: 359/591
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/36 at least one coating being a metal
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3618 Coatings of type glass/inorganic compound/other inorganic layers, at least one layer being metallic
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3628 one layer at least containing a sulfide
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3649 made of metals other than silver
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3652 the coating stack containing at least one sacrificial layer to protect the metal from oxidation
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/366 Low-emissivity or solar control coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3681 the multilayer coating being used in glazing, e.g. windows or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/734 comprising an alternation of high and low refractive indexes
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/282 reflecting for infrared and transparent for visible light, e.g. heat reflectors, laser protection
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/926 Thickness of individual layer specified
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12549 Adjacent to each other
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12597 Noncrystalline silica or noncrystalline plural-oxide component [e.g., glass, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12611 Oxide-containing component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12812 Diverse refractory group metal-base components: alternative to or next to each other
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12847 Cr-base component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12889 Au-base component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12931 Co-, Fe-, or Ni-base components, alternative to each other

Abstract

A heat-reflecting panel having a neutral-color outer appearance has a transparent film support, such as a glass pane, an interference film having a refractive index >2 disposed on the support, a heat reflecting gold film of a thickness of 70-105 A disposed on the side of the interference film remote from the support, and neutralization film formed from chromium, iron, nickel, titanium or alloys thereof, or an alloy of chromium, aluminium and iron, the neutralization film disposed on the side of the gold film remote from the interference film.

Claims

1. In a heat reflecting panel having a neutral color external appearance and having a transparent film support, an interference film of dielectric material with a refractive index >

2 placed upon said transparent film support and a heat reflecting gold coating placed on the side of the interference film remote from said transparent film support, the improvement wherein said gold coating has a thickness between 70 and 105 A and a neutralization film is provided on the side of said gold film remote from the interference film, said neutralization film having a thickness of between about 8 and 60 A and comprising a material selected from the group consisting of chromium, iron, nickel, titanium, alloys of the aforementioned metals, and an alloy of the metals chromium, aluminum and iron.

2. The heat reflecting panel according to claim 1 wherein the neutralization film comprises a chromium-nickel alloy containing 20% by weight chromium and 80% by weight nickel.

3. The heat reflecting panel according to claim 2 wherein the thickness of the neutralization film is 13 A.

4. The heat reflecting panel according to claim 1 or 3 wherein the thickness of the gold film is 93 A.

5. The heat reflecting panel according to claim 1 wherein the interference film is formed from zinc sulfide.

6. The heat reflecting panel according to claim 5 wherein a dielectric adhesive film of a metal oxide which is substantially absorption-free for visible light and has a thickness significantly smaller than the wavelength of light is provided between the transparent film support and the zinc sulphide interference film.

7. The heat reflecting panel according to claim 1 in combination with a multiple panel arrangement for installation in a building, said multiple panel arrangement having an inside panel and an outside panel relative to the interior and the exterior of the building, wherein said heat reflecting panel is the outside panel of said multiple panel arrangement.