And Divalent Metal Oxide (e.g., Oxides Of Zinc, Cadmium, Beryllium, Alkaline Earth Metal, Magnesium, Etc.) Patents (Class 501/72)
  • Patent number: 4948760
    Abstract: An inorganic glass having high water repellence produced by irradiating and/or implanting ions upon or into a surface of the inorganic glass, the ions are those of at least one element selected from the group consisting of(a) halogen elements selected from F, Cl, and Br, group 3A, 3B, 4A and 5B elements of the International Periodic Table selected from Al, Ti, Y, In and Bi,(b) rare gas elements selected from He, Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe, group 3A, 4A, 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B and 5B elements of the International Periodic Table selected from Sc, Cu, Zn, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Au, Hg, Tl and Pb, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal elements selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, and(c) Ce, the dose of th (a), (b) and (c) ions being 5.times.10.sup.14 to 1.times.10.sup.20 ion/cm.sup.2, 5.times.10.sup.14 to 1.times.10.sup.17 ion/cm.sup.2 and 1.times.10.sup.17 to 1.times.10.sup.20 ion/cm.sup.2, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohwaki, Yasunori Taga
  • Patent number: 4949010
    Abstract: X-ray attenuating polycrystalline ceramic materials having at least 20 wt. percent cerium oxide are disclosed. In addition, the materials can include one or more X-ray attenuating substances selected from the group including compounds of strontium, zirconium, yttrium, niobium, molybdenum, neodymium and tungsten. The materials can be formed in strong, non-porous bodies such as cathode ray tube funnels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald O. Petersen, James L. McAlpin
  • Patent number: 4933307
    Abstract: Porous, silica-rich shapes have improved strength and abrasion resistance by leaching the precursor glass shape in preconditioned acid having silica ion and at least one common ion that is also present in the precursor glass shape. The precursor glass shapes have shapes such as fibers, hollow fibers, tubes, rods, beads, hollow spheres and plates and compositions having 30-75 volume percent silica and at least 10-65 volume percent nonsiliceous acid extractable components. Preconditioning of the acid solution results from a pretreatment of the acid with compounds that dissociate into the ions when added to the acid solution or with shapes, particles or fragments of glass compositions different from or similar to the glass shape to be leached so long as the glass composition has extractable material to provide the silica ion and at least one common ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Marshall, Joseph J. Hammel, Herbert W. Barch, Roy D. Hegedus, Walter J. Robertson
  • Patent number: 4897370
    Abstract: A process for preparing a glass or glass-ceramic composite sintered body by a sol-gel method comprises reacting(A) at least one silicic acid ester represented by the general formula (I). ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 are each hydrogen or a group represented by Chd xH.sub.2x+1 (OC.sub.2 H.sub.4).sub.y - wherein x is 1 to 5, and y is 0 to 10, provided that R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 are not all hydrogen at the same time, and n is 0 to 20;(B) at least one phosphorus compound represented by the general formula (II), (III) or (IV): ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 to R.sub.9 are each hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or an aralkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms, and m is 0 to 10; and(C) at least one compound selected from the group consisiting of calcium salts and calcium coumpounds represented by the general formula (V)Ca(OR.sub.10).sub.2 (V)wherein R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Lion Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu Horiguchi, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Tuyoshi Goto
  • Patent number: 4897371
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to soda-lime-silica glass articles, having a surface which is resistant to coloring by electron rays which is suitable for use as the glass panel of a cathode ray tube. Said glass article being produced by a float process, and said surface having the sodium ions exchanged with lithium and at least one of potassium, rubidium, and cesium ions. In another aspect of the invention a soda-lime-silica glass containing 0.2-1.5% by weight of Li.sub.2 O having the sodium ions in at least one surface exchanged with potassiums is produced, such that the ratio of Na.sub.2 O/(Na.sub.2 O+K.sub.2 O) is 0.2-0.6 for a depth of 0.5 microns from said surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Suzuki, Kazuo Shibaoka
  • Patent number: 4859636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of strengthening a glass article formed of sheet glass produced by the float process. The strengthening method includes a known ion exchange treatment to replace alkali metal ions in the surface layers of the glass with, e.g., alkali metal ions larger in ionic radius such as potassium ions. To prevent warping of the glass article during the ion exchange treatment by the influence of a metal element such as tin used as the molten metal in the float process and diffused into one surface of the sheet glass, the glass article is pretreated by contacting at least said surface with an external source of sodium ions and/or lithium ions and heating the glass article together with the external source of the alkali metal ions at 350.degree.-650.degree. C. for 0.01-100 hr. The pretreatment is neither preceded nor followed by grinding or polishing of said surface of the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shinichi Aratani, Masaaki Katano, Takeshi Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 4857485
    Abstract: A silicon carbide fiber reinforced glass-ceramic matrix composite article is disclosed. The matrix is a lithium alumino silicate glass-ceramic composition which may include from 1 to 5 weight percent B.sub.2 O.sub.3. The fiber reinforced glass-ceramic matrix composite article exhibits both high flexural strength at elevated temperatures and oxidative stability at elevated temperatures in an oxidizing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Brennan, George K. Layden, Karl M. Prewo
  • Patent number: 4853349
    Abstract: This invention is directed to the preparation of two groups of glass-ceramic materials exhibiting properties rendering them especially suitable as substrates for integrated circuit packaging. The first group of materials contains gehlenite, anorthite, and akermanite as the predominant crystal phases and consists essentially, in weight percent of 1-7.25% MgO, 22-40% CaO, 18-36% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and 29-42% SiO.sub.2. The second group of materials contains gehlenite, anorthite, and hardystoneite as the predominant crystal phases and consists essentially, in weight percent, of 2-13% ZnO, 22-37.5% CaO, 18-34% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and 28-42% SiO.sub.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventor: Francis W. Martin
  • Patent number: 4839313
    Abstract: Glaze compositions for ceramic substrates such as an alumina substrate are described. In a first embodiment, the glaze composition consists of 55 to 75 mol % SiO.sub.2, 1 to 15 mol % Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 3 to 20 mol % CaO, 1 to 13 mol % BaO and 0.1 to 5 mol % Y.sub.2 O.sub.3. In a second embodiment, the glaze composition consists essentially of 55 to 75 mol % SiO.sub.2, 1 to 15 mol % Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 3 to 20 mol % CaO, 1 to 13 mol % BaO, 1 to 5 mol % Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, 25 mol % or less SrO, 7 mol % or less B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 2 mol % or less ZnO and 2 mol % or less MgO. In a third embodiment, the glaze composition consists essentially of 58 to 75 mol % SiO.sub.2, 2 to 15 mol % Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0.5 to 5 mol % La.sub.2 O.sub.3, 2 to 20 mol % CaO and 1 to 13 mol % BaO. In a fourth embodiment, the glaze composition consists essentially of 58 to 75 mol % SiO.sub.2, 2 to 15 mol % Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0.5 to 5 mol % La.sub.2 O.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Kondo, Tatsunori Kurachi, Masahiko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 4830989
    Abstract: A continuous, monofilamentous, alkali-resistant glass fiber especially useful in cementitious products is conveniently prepared from a glass-forming composition comprising a magnesium silicate such as talc and a calcium carbonate such as limestone. Either the fiber itself or a strand comprising a plurality of the fiber is advantageously coated with an alkali-resistant polymer such as butadiene-styrene to provide additional alkali resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil C. Trivedi, John D. Mackenzie
  • Patent number: 4830990
    Abstract: This invention relates to glass compositions especially suitable for projection cathode ray tube faceplates which are essentially free from PbO and other readily reducible metal oxides, fluorine, ZnO, TiO.sub.2, and MgO, and which consist essentially, in weight percent, of______________________________________ Li.sub.2 O 0.75-3 Li.sub.2 O + Na.sub.2 O + K.sub.2 O 11-16 Na.sub.2 O 5-7 CaO + SrO + BaO 21.5-26 K.sub.2 O 5-7 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 1-2 SrO 7.5-10 ZrO.sub.2 2-7 BaO 14-16 CeO.sub.2 0.4-0.8 CaO 0-3 SiO.sub.2 55-60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventor: John H. Connelly
  • Patent number: 4812423
    Abstract: This specification discloses optical light-weight glass having a composition of SiO.sub.2 47--70, Li.sub.2 O 5.5-21, K.sub.2 O 2-30, Na.sub.2 O 0-30 (Li.sub.2 O+Na.sub.2 O+K.sub.2 O 21-50), TiO.sub.2 9.5-24, B.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-20, CaO 0-20, MgO+SrO+BaO+ZnO 0-4, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-5 and ZrO.sub.2 +La.sub.2 O.sub.3 +Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 +WO.sub.3 0-3, all being in % by weight, and having a refractive index (n.sub.d) of 1.58-1.65, an Abbe number (.gamma..sub.d) of 35-50 and a specific gravity of 2.69 or less. This optical glass is light in weight, high in transparency and low in dispersion, and is particularly suitable for spectacle lenses, but can also be utilized for photographic lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kodama, Katsumi Mangyo, Takeo Ichimura
  • Patent number: 4804885
    Abstract: X-ray attenuating ceramic materials having at least one substance selected from the group including compounds of strontium, zirconium, yttrium, niobium, molybdenum, neodymium and tungsten are disclosed. A zinc compound can be used for fluxing and X-ray attenuation in certain ceramic materials. The materials can be formed into strong, non-porous bodies such as cathode ray tube funnels. Such materials include forsteritic porcelains manufactured from batches containing strontium zirconate. Other X-ray attenuating ceramics contain a mixture of X-ray attenuating substances, including a compound of barium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald O. Petersen, James L. McAlpin
  • Patent number: 4749665
    Abstract: Partially crystallized ceramic articles is prepared by firing at low temperatures of 800.degree. to 1100.degree. C., a mixture consisting essentially of, (a) 40 to 50 wt. % of powdered, noncrystalline glass consisting essentially of 10 to 55 wt. % of at least one selected from the group consisting of CaO and MgO, 45 to 70 wt. % of SiO.sub.2, 0 to 30 wt. % of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0 to 30% of B.sub.2 O.sub.3 and up to 10% impurities, the powder size of said glass being at least 4.0 m.sup.2 /g in terms of specific surface area measured by the BET Method; and (b) 60 to 50 wt. % of powdered Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and the ceramic article is composed essentially of a noncrystallized glass phase, alumina and at least one of crystallized glass phase among anorthite, wollastonite, cordierite and mullite formed by partially crystallizing the glass (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Narumi China Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yano, Susumu Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 4748085
    Abstract: In a multilayer ceramic circuit board comprising a substrate, an insulating layer on the substrate, and a conductive pattern on the insulating layer, an additive of Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 or MnO.sub.2 is added to the insulating layer to reinforce adhesion between the insulating layer and the conductive pattern. Each of the substrate and the insulating layer is manufactured by firing at a temperature between 800.degree. C. and 1000.degree. C., alumina particles and a glass composition comprising an alumina component. When a total amount of alumina in the substrate is equal to or greater than that in the insulating layer, an amount of Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 or MnO.sub.2 is restricted to a range between 0.1% and 10.0% by weight, with a difference between the total amounts of alumina falling within a range between 0% and 30% by weight. When the total amount of alumina in the substrate is smaller than that in the insulating layer, the amounts of Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 and MnO.sub.2 may be between 0.1% and 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Narumi China Corporation
    Inventors: Junzo Fukuda, Masashi Fukaya, Hiroshi Kawabe, Susumu Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 4738938
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for refining glassy material or the like by vacuum. The material is first melted and then introduced into a vacuum chamber, preferably into space above liquid held in the chamber. Other aspects involve a two-step melting process preparatory to the vacuum refining, in which the material is initially liquefied in one stage and dissolution of particles is substantially completed in a second stage. The molten material is preferably foamed immediately upon entry into the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald E. Kunkle, Wright M. Welton, Ronald L. Schwenninger
  • Patent number: 4734388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glass compositions suitable for cathode ray tube faceplates which are essentially free from readily reducible metal oxides, MgO, and fluorine, and which consist essentially, in weight percent on the oxide basis, of:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 60-63 BaO 5.5-8.5 ZrO.sub.2 + Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 >4-6.25 Li.sub.2 O 0.25-0.8 CaO 1.5-4.0 Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 0.25-0.55 Na.sub.2 O 7.25-9.25 TiO.sub.2 0.25-0.75 As.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-0.25 K.sub.2 O 6-8.25 ZrO.sub.2 4-6.25 Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 + As.sub.2 O.sub.3 0.35-0.75 SrO 5.5-8.5 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-<2 CeO.sub.2 0.15-0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Robert A. Cameron, John H. Connelly
  • Patent number: 4732794
    Abstract: A partially devitrified porcelain enamel composition is formed by melting an oxide mixture in which 20-50 wt % BaO, 30-60 wt % SiO.sub.2, and 2-20 wt % TiO.sub.2 are present to form a homogeneous melt, quenching the melt to form a frit and firing the frit. The oxide mixture may optionally include K.sub.2 O, Na.sub.2 O, Li.sub.2 O, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, B.sub.2 O.sub.3, As.sub.2 O.sub.3, CaO, CeO.sub.2, MgO, F.sub.2, N.sub.2 O.sub.5, PbO, P.sub.2 O.sub.5, Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3, SnO.sub.2, SrO, ZnO, ZrO.sub.2, and MoO.sub.3. Metal substrates coated with such a partially devitrified porcelain enamel composition are particularly suitable for the production of electronic circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: Mobay Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Hyde
  • Patent number: 4725333
    Abstract: This application is directed to a process of forming a laminate. The steps include providing a glass and a metal foil of either deoxidized copper alloy or oxygen-free copper alloy. The glass is heated at a temperature of between about 600.degree. to about 1025.degree. C. with a viscosity between about 10.sup.3 to about 10.sup.8 poise. Then it is pressed against the foil and cooled to chemically bond it to the foil and form a laminate of a metal foil and a substantially pore-free glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: Charles J. Leedecke, Norman G. Masse, Michael J. Pryor
  • Patent number: 4721693
    Abstract: A silicate raw material for ceramics containing alkali oxides, zinc oxide and silicon dioxide is characterized in that the three components alkali oxide, zinc oxide and silicon dioxide are present as calcined three-component silicates in a molar ratio of from 1:1:2 to 1:2:6, preferably in integral molar ratios, are employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Zinkweiss-Forschungsgesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Siegfried Lenk, Karl-Heinz Ulbrich, Willi Backhaus
  • Patent number: 4701425
    Abstract: A soda-lime-silica glass composition containing TiO.sub.2 for forming glass articles, e.g., glazings, the composition absorbing both infrared and ultraviolet radiation and having an Illuminant A (red and blue end of the spectrum) transmittance of about 68 percent or more, an Illuminant C transmittance of at least about 70 percent, and a solar ultraviolet transmittance of about 50 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.
    Inventors: Rodney G. Baker, Daniel P. Lubelski
  • Patent number: 4687540
    Abstract: This invention relates to a laminated glass capacitor and method of making the capacitor. The capacitor is constructed of a plurality of internal electrodes stacked and having glass layers therebetween to give electrostatic capacity. External electrodes are connected to associated internal electrodes for taking out the electrostatic capacity. The glass layers are selected from a substantially pore free glass and the internal electrodes are formed of a metal foil selected from the group consisting of deoxidized copper alloy and oxygen free copper alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: Narendra N. Singhdeo, Michael J. Pryor, Charles J. Leedecke, Norman G. Masse
  • Patent number: 4657875
    Abstract: Porous glass product of the invention comprises about 60 to about 80% by weight of SiO.sub.2, about 7 to about 15% by weight of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 6 to about 12% by weight of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 3 to about 7% by weight of Na.sub.2 O and about 3 to 7% by weight of CaO and having pores about 200 to about 10000 nm in size and circular in cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Miyazaki Prefecture
    Inventors: Tadao Nakashima, Masataka Shimizu, Mikio Kawano
  • Patent number: 4599319
    Abstract: New, PbO-free glasses for cathode ray tubes are composed of (in % by weight) 50-52 SiO.sub.2 ; 0-3 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ; 1-1.7 Li.sub.2 O; 6.5-10.7 Na.sub.2 O; 0-4.5 K.sub.2 O; 0.4-1.4 F; 0-0.5 TiO.sub.2 ; 0.2-1.2 CeO.sub.2 ; 0-5 ZnO; 0-7.0 BaO; 15-22 SrO; and 6.3-10.3 ZrO.sub.2, and are characterized by a high protective effect against X-rays while having at the same time good resistance to acid and stability to radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Schott-Glasswerke
    Inventor: Werner Sack
  • Patent number: 4495299
    Abstract: A thallium-containing optical glass composition which contains the following oxides in the indicated proportions in mole %:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 35-80 Tl.sub.2 O 4-26 Tl.sub.2 O + R.sub.2 O 8-42 (in which R is an alkali metal) ZnO 6-26 ZrO.sub.2 0-2 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-8 SnO and/or SnO.sub.2 0-5 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-less than 10 ______________________________________and satisfies the following relations:O.ltoreq.K.sub.2 O.ltoreq.104.ltoreq.Na.sub.2 O+Li.sub.2 O.ltoreq.260.1.ltoreq.ZrO.sub.2 +Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 +SnO and/or SnO.sub.2 .ltoreq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Noguchi, Takashi Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 4495298
    Abstract: A thallium-containing optical glass composition which comprises the following oxides in the indicated proportions in mole %: SiO.sub.2 35-80, Tl.sub.2 O 1-30, Tl.sub.2 O+R.sub.2 O (R being an alkali metal) 1-35, ZnO 0-35, GeO.sub.2 0-30, BaO 0-25, TiO.sub.2 0-20, MgO 0-20, B.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-less than 10, ZrO.sub.2 0-2, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-8, SnO 0-5, CaO 0-10, SrO 0-10, PbO 0-10, La.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-5, Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-8, and Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 0-2, and satisfies the following relations:5.ltoreq.ZnO+GeO.sub.2 +BaO+TiO.sub.2 +MgO+B.sub.2 O.sub.3 .ltoreq.40,0.1.ltoreq.ZrO.sub.2 +Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 +SnO.ltoreq.8,and0.ltoreq.CaO+SrO+PbO+La.sub.2 O.sub.3 +Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 +Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 .ltoreq.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takasi Yamagishi, Yukio Noguchi
  • Patent number: 4472030
    Abstract: A cesium-containing optical glass comprising, by weight, 32-56% of SiO.sub.2, 6-25% of K.sub.2 O, 6-32% of Cs.sub.2 O, 0-30% of BaO, 0-2.5% of MgO, 5-34% of ZnO, 0-3% of ZrO.sub.2 and 0-5% of SnO.sub.2, provided that the total proportion of BaO, MgO and ZnO is 8-40% and the total proportion of ZrO.sub.2 and SnO.sub.2 is 0.2-6%. When this cesium-containing optical glass is treated in a molten bath containing potassium nitrate, the cesium ion in the glass is easily exchanged with a potassium ion and therefore, the cesium ion concentration gradually decreases radially outwardly from the central axis and the potassium ion concentration gradually increases in that direction. Thus, there is obtained a light converge-type lens in which the refractive index gradually decreases in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masakiyo Tachibana, Yukio Noguchi, Noboru Akazawa
  • Patent number: 4465744
    Abstract: An ionically conducting glass for use as a solid electrolyte in a power or secondary cell containing an alkali metal-containing anode and a cathode separated by an alkali metal ion conducting glass having an ionic transference number of unity and the general formula: A.sub.1+x D.sub.2-x/3 Si.sub.x P.sub.3-x O.sub.12-2x/3, wherein A is a network modifier for the glass and is an alkali metal of the anode, D is an intermediate for the glass and is selected from the class consisting of Zr, Ti, Ge, Al, Sb, Be, and Zn and X is in the range of from 2.25 to 3.0. Of the alkali metals, Na and Li are preferred and of the intermediate, Zr, Ti and Ge are preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Sherman Susman, Kenneth J. Volin
  • Patent number: 4459510
    Abstract: The invention relates to lamps having a glass lamp vessel (1) and to a glass suitable therefor. The relevant glass is adequately resistant to attack by electrons, is resistant to atmospheric influences and is properly workable in a gas flame. This glass contains 44-60 mole % silicon oxide; 0-7.5 mole % boron oxide; 0-6 mole % zirconium oxide; 0-7.5 mole % aluminium oxide; 5-20 mole % calcium oxide; 12.5-25 mole % barium oxide; 0-15 mole % magnesium oxide; 0-10 mole % strontium oxide; 2-8 mole % sodium oxide. The sum of the alkaline earth metals is 25-42.5 mole %.No discoloration occurs in sodium vapor discharge lamps when the lamp vessel has been made of this glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Hendrik J. M. Joormann
  • Patent number: 4445754
    Abstract: A glass suitable for use as the core glass in a high numerical aperture optical fibre has a composition selected from the range of glasses which comprise(i) from 15 to 25 mole percent of soda,(ii) from 25 to 65 mole percent of silica and germania, taken together, the content of germania not exceeding 42 mole percent,(iii) up to 22.5 mole percent of boric oxide and barium oxide, taken together, the content of boric oxide not exceeding 20 mole percent, and the content of barium oxide not exceeding 12 mole percent, and(iv) from 0.01 to 1 weight percent of a redox buffering agent. The glass can be prepared by controlling the partial oxygen pressure of the melt so that it is approximately 10.sup.-5 atmospheres. An optical fibre can be produced, by using a soda-boro-silicate clad glass, and a core glass having the composition in the above range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: Post Office
    Inventors: Keith J. Beales, Sally Partington, Anthony G. Dunn
  • Patent number: 4444893
    Abstract: An optical quality glass suitable for use in ophthalmic lenses having a refractive index of at least 1.59, an Abbe number of at least 40.5, a density of no greater than 2.67 g/cm.sup.-3, and a coefficient of thermal expansion .alpha. of less than 90.times.10.sup.-7 per .degree.C. contains at least 90 mole % of SiO.sub.2, Li.sub.2 O, Na.sub.2 O, K.sub.2 O, CaO, and TiO.sub.2, and essentially does not contain Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, B.sub.2 O.sub.3, or oxides of elements having atomic weights above 90, such as Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5, La.sub.2 O.sub.3, or ZrO.sub.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Schott Glass Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Mader, Reinhard Kassner
  • Patent number: 4443550
    Abstract: A glass composition suitable for production of a fibrous wollastonite comprising, in % by weight:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 35 to 60 CaO 30 to 55 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 1 to 30 Li.sub.2 O 0 to 4 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0 to 8 and Na.sub.2 O + K.sub.2 O 0 to 8 ______________________________________a method for producing said fibrous wollastonite using the glass composition, and fibrous wollastonite obtained by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kume, Toshiaki Mizuno
  • Patent number: 4439528
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the production of spontaneous opal glasses exhibiting softening points in excess of 750.degree. C., a coefficient of thermal expansion between about 60-90.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C., a crystal liquidus temperature below 1350.degree. C., a liquidus viscosity of at least 200 poises, and excellent resistance to attack by alkalies. Spherically-shaped glassy droplets constitute the opal phase in the glasses which consist essentially, in weight percent, of______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 50-72 Na.sub.2 O 0-8 CaO 10-40 Al.sub.2 O.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventor: Roger J. Araujo
  • Patent number: 4418153
    Abstract: Layered glass batch pellets are produced in a continuous process which comprises the steps of:(a) maintaining in the pelletizing zone of a rotary apparatus a moving bed of recycle pellets,(b) feeding sand and particles of a calcium carbonate source into the pelletizing zone,(c) feeding a Na.sub.2 O source comprised of a solution of sodium hydroxide into the pelletizing zone, the recycle pellets being coated with a layer comprised of the solution of sodium hydroxide, the sand and the calcium carbonate source and forming layered pellets,(d) passing the layered pellets into a heated drying zone to form dried layered pellets, the dried layered pellets having a residual moisture content of from about 4 to about 12 percent by weight,(e) passing the dried layered pellets from the drying zone to a cycle zone,(f) recycling a portion of the dried layered pellets to the pelletizing zone as the recycle pellets, and(g) recovering a portion of the dried layered pellets from the recycle zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventor: Walter C. Saeman
  • Patent number: 4366252
    Abstract: A fluorine-free glass composition is disclosed especially adapted for forming the faceplate of a cathode ray tube such as a television tube. The glass is silica based and includes a fluorine-free flux and an X-ray absorber which may comprise lead oxide, barium oxide, strontium oxide, and mixtures thereof. Optionally, the glass may contain still other oxides to impart desired physical properties. The absence of fluorine avoids the usual problems of that ingredient in melting and processing the glass. In addition, the resultant glass as a faceplate provides improved protection to a viewer of a cathode ray tube by excellent absorption of X-rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1982
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward A. Weaver
  • Patent number: 4358541
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the production of glass-ceramic coatings capable of being fired repeatedly to temperatures in excess of 950.degree. C. without thermal deformation and being especially suitable for application to titanium-stabilized stainless steels. The coatings are highly crystalline, substantially free from alkali metal oxides, and consist essentially, by weight, of:______________________________________ MgO 5-35 CaO 0-35 ZnO 0-25 CaO + ZnO 10-35 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-10 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-25 P.sub.2 O.sub.5 0-10 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 + P.sub.2 O.sub.5 4-25 SiO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1982
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Ronald L. Andrus, Kenneth Chyung, Richard F. Reade, deceased, by Clara M. Reade, administratrix
  • Patent number: 4347326
    Abstract: Foamable glass composition suitable for making glass foam, which starts from water glass material and consisting essentially of 100 parts by weight of anhydrous modified sodium silicate and 0.5-4 parts by weight of CaCO.sub.3 as a foaming agent. A foam in the closed-cell form, which is light is in weight, and excellent water resistance, strength and heat resistance, is obtained, wherein CO.sub.2 in a gas existing in the cell is 50% by volume or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Assignee: Asahi-Dow Limited
    Inventors: Isamu Iwami, Shingo Kimura, Toshio Iwasa
  • Patent number: 4339541
    Abstract: Soda-lime glass contains by weight the following glass forming oxides:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 60 to 75% Na.sub.2 O 10 to 20% CaO 0 to 16% K.sub.2 O 0 to 10% MgO 0 to 10% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0 to 5% BaO 0 to 2% BaO + CaO + MgO 10 to 20% K.sub.2 O + Na.sub.2 O 10 to 20% ______________________________________In order to produce a tinted glass having favorable properties as regards its cost, color and freedom from haze, the following coloring agents (proportions by weight) are incorporated in the glass: ______________________________________ Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 0.3 to 0.5% Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 0.0075 to 0.0230% Se 0.0005 to 0.0019% Co 0.0040 to 0.0070% Ni 0.0050 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignee: BFG Glassgroup
    Inventor: Jacques Dela Ruye
  • Patent number: 4337410
    Abstract: Glass compositions which are suitable for making face-plates of cathode-ray tubes used for displaying television pictures, particularly for displaying color television pictures. A problem in formulating such glasses is to obtain glasses which can be worked satisfactorily and which do not discolor significantly as a result of electron bombardment and X-ray irradiation. The glass compositions consist of the following constituents in the following quantities (expressed in % by weight):______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 57-65 ZrO.sub.2 1-4 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-4 SrO 6-14 Na.sub.2 O 5.5-8.0 PbO 0-1 K.sub.2 O 7.5-10.0 Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 + As.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-2 MgO 0-4 TiO.sub.2 0.2-2.0 CaO 0-4 CeO.sub.2 0.05-1.0 ______________________________________wherein wt. % Na.sub.2 O/(wt. % Na.sub.2 O+wt. % K.sub.2 O)=0.40-0.47 and wt. % BaO+2 wt. % SrO+2 wt. % ZrO.sub.2 +3 wt. % PbO>32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1982
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Josephus J. Van der Geer, Willem Van Pelt, Marinus Ploeger, Wilhelmus J. Spoor, Gerardus H. A. M. Van der Steen
  • Patent number: 4331770
    Abstract: The instant invention is directed to faceplate glasses for television picture tubes which, because they are essentially free from MgO, have liquidus temperatures below 800.degree. C. Such glasses consist essentially, in weight percent on the oxide basis, of:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 58-65 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 1-3 CaO 1-4 SrO 6-12 BaO 2-9 PbO 1-3 Na.sub.2 O 5-9 K.sub.2 O 5-12 Na.sub.2 O + K.sub.2 O 14-18 TiO.sub.2 0.3-1 CeO.sub.2 0.05-0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventor: David A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 4323652
    Abstract: Dielectric composition, screen printing paste having such a composition and products obtained.The invention describes a dielectric composition which may be used in particular as an insulating screen-printing paste, which is compatible with a copper-containing conductive screen-printed layer, the paste containing, dispersed in an organic vehicle, a mixture of ceramic phases, consisting essentially of zinc oxide and cobalt oxide, and a vitreous phase containing at least a glass which can be devitrified by dissolving the zinc oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Hugues Baudry, Claude Morhaim, Dominique Bricout
  • Patent number: 4312953
    Abstract: Olive-green colored reduced glass compositions are disclosed in which the glass is a soda-lime-silicate glass having Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, S.sup.-2 and Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 present in the following approximate ranges in % by weight:______________________________________ Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 0.1-0.4 S.sup.-2 0.01-0.04 Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 0.02-0.2 ______________________________________The glass is especially adapted for making beer bottles that are pleasing to the eye and are light protective without the use of cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry N. Mills, John Jasinski
  • Patent number: 4311504
    Abstract: This invention is directed to glazes exhibiting a strong yellow-to-brown coloration or a bright red color which are stable at temperatures of 700.degree.-950.degree. C., the latter glazes being stable in non-oxidizing or inert environments. Both glazes utilize frits consisting essentially, in weight percent on the oxide basis as calculated from the batch, of______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 35-47 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 5.5-9 BaO 24-42 TiO.sub.2 1.5-4 ZrO.sub.2 6-10 Li.sub.2 O 1-5 MgO 0-5 CaO 0-4 SrO 0-8 ZnO 0-10 Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-8 SrO + MgO + CaO + ZnO + Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-10 ______________________________________The yellow-to-brown coloration is produced through the addition of 0.5-10% by weight Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 and 0-4% TiO.sub.2. The red coloration is produced through the addition of 2-10% cadmium sulfoselenide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventor: Jaroslava M. Nigrin
  • Patent number: 4309078
    Abstract: A pentagonal prism for use in a viewfinder of a single lens reflex camera is made of a glass whose refractive index and Abbe number are not less than 1.6 and 45, respectively. Effective optical path regions on a pair of roof surfaces of the prism are left transparent so that viewfinder light can be totally reflected at both of the roof surfaces. A light absorbing paint is coated in an upper front surface, a pair of said surfaces of the prism as well as at regions other than effective optical path region of the roof surfaces, a bottom light incident surface and a rear light exit surface of the prism. The light absorbing paint prevents the occurrence of ghost images in the view field of the viewfinder. New type glasses suited for the prism are proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kyoichi Hara, Yasuo Yamazaki, Takeshi Egawa