Process for manufacturing glass with functional coating

• US 5,137,560 A
• Filed: 03/08/1991
• Issued: 08/11/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AGC Flat Glass Company Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hirano, Akira, Ohmura, Shinya, Tsuchiya, Hisakazu
• Primary Examiner(s): LINDSAY JR, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/666,715
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: 65/60.1, 65/60.5, 65/60.52, 65/106, 65/114, 427/108, 427/126.2, 427/126.3, 427/165, 427/226, 427/282, 427/287
• US Class Current: 65/60.52
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10174 Coatings of a metallic or dielectric material on a constituent layer of glass or polymer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10247 Laminated safety glass or glazing containing decorations or patterns for aesthetic reasons containing metal wires for aesthetic reasons B32B17/10422
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10266 on glass pane
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/002 for flat glass, e.g. float glass
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/25 by deposition from the liquid phase
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/27 by oxidation of a coating previously applied
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/229 Non-specific enumeration
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/23 Mixtures
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/231 In2O3/SnO2
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2218/119 by printing
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2218/32 After-treatment
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/28 Interference filters

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a process for manufacturing glass with functional coating by the steps of: 1) forming a film on a predetermined portion of a glass plate by screen-printing or flexographic printing of a liquid for forming functional coating which contains therein a metal oxide material; and 2) baking said printed film simultaneously while heating the glass plate for the bending treatment and/or tempering treatment, to thereby form the functional coating containing the metal oxide as the principal constituent.

Disclosed also is a process for manufacturing glass with functional coating as a combiner for head-up display, wherein, after forming the functional coating by baking the printed film simultaneously during bending and/or tempering of the glass plate, as in the above-mentioned process, the glass plate with the functional coating thereon is joined together with another sheet of glass plate with interposition of a plastic intermediate film between them in a manner that the functional coating is exposed outside to thereby obtain a laminated glass plate.

Claims

1. A process for manufacturing glass with functional coating, which is characterized by the steps of:

1) forming a film on a predetermined portion of a glass plate by screen-printing of a liquid for forming functional coating which contains therein a material to be turned into metal oxide; and

2) baking said printed film simultaneously while heating said glass plate for the bending and/or tempering treatment, to thereby form the functional coating containing the metal oxide as the principal constituent.

2. The process for manufacturing glass with functional coating according to claim 1, characterized in that, as the liquid for forming the functional coating, use is made of a liquid containing therein a metal alkoxide and a thickener, and having a viscosity of from 1,000 to 20,000 cps.

3. The process for manufacturing glass with functional coating according to claim 1, characterized in that, as the liquid for forming the functional coating, use is made of a liquid containing therein 0.5 to 6.0% by weight of a metal alkoxide, converted in terms of the metal oxide.

7. The process for manufacturing glass with functional coating according to claim 1 or 4, characterized in that a printed film is formed on the glass plate by the screen-printing or flexographic printing, and then, prior to the baking step, said printed film is dried at a temperature of from 50°

C. to 200°

C.

8. The process for manufacturing glass with functional coating according to claim 1 or 4, characterized in that said glass plate is subjected to the bending treatment, in a manner to render one surface of the glass plate, on which said printed film has been formed, to be concaved.

9. A process for manufacturing glass with functional coating as a combiner for head-up display, characterized in that, after forming the functional coating by the process according to claim 1 or 4, said glass plate with the functional coating is together with another sheet of glass plate with interposition of a plastic intermediate film between them in a manner that said functional coating is exposed outside, thereby forming a laminated glass plate.

10. The process for manufacturing a combiner for head-up display according to claim 1 or 4, characterized in that the optical film thickness of said functional coating after its baking ranges from 400 to 2,300 Å

.

4. A process for manufacturing glass with functional coating, which is characterized by the steps of:

1) forming a film on a predetermined portion of a glass plate by flexographic printing of a liquid for forming functional coating which contains therein a material to be turned into metal oxide; and

2) baking said printed film simultaneously while heating said glass plate for the bending and/or tempering treatment, to thereby form the functional coating containing the metal oxide as the principal constituent.

5. The process for manufacturing glass with functional coating according to claim 4, characterized in that, as the liquid for forming the functional coating, use is made of a liquid containing therein a metal alkoxide and a thickener, and having a viscosity of from 20 to 120 cps.

6. The process for manufacturing glass with functional coating according to claim 4, characterized in that, as the liquid for forming the functional coating, use is made of a liquid containing therein 2.0 to 8.0% by weight of a metal alkoxide, converted in terms of the metal oxide.