Abstract: A refrigerated display case having a transparent insulating glazing unit for displaying cold or frozen products. The glazing unit has an antifrosting absorbent layer that inhibits the formation of visible condensation or frost.

Abstract: A transparent glass substrate (1, 1?, 1?) coated with one or more thin layers (6, 16, 28) is disclosed, wherein the thin layer most distant from the glass substrate is a composition comprising silicon nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride or oxycarbonitride, said thin layer most distant from the glass substrate being covered by a second layer (7, 17) which protects against high-temperature corrosion.

Abstract: A transparent glass substrate (1, 1?, 1?) coated with one or more thin layers (6, 16, 28) is disclosed, wherein the thin layer most distant from the glass substrate is a composition comprising silicon nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride or oxycarbonitride, said thin layer most distant from the glass substrate being covered by a second layer (7, 17) which protects against high-temperature corrosion.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a process for melting and refining vitrifiable materials, such that all or part of the thermal energy necessary for melting the said vitrifiable materials is supplied by the combustion of fossil fuel(s) with at least one oxidizer gas, the said fuel(s)/gas or the gaseous products resulting from the combustion being injected below the level of the mass of vitrifiable materials (7). The refining of the vitrifiable materials after melting takes place at least partly in the form of a “thin layer”. The invention also relates to the device for implementing the process and to its applications.

Abstract: An electrochemical device comprising at least one substrate (1,7), at least one electroconductive layer (2,6) at least one electrochemically active layer (3,5) capable of reversibly injecting ions, and an electrolyte (4), wherein the electrolyte (4) is a layer or a multilayer stack comprising at least one layer (4b) made of an ionically conductive material capable of reversibly injecting said ions but whose overall degree of oxidation is maintained essentially constant.

Abstract: In a method for making laminated glass, a sheet includes two glass substrates with an interlayer sheet between them. This sheet includes a polymer based film provided on one of the surfaces with a thin functional layer. The sheet is cut out in dimensions substantially identical to or greater than one of the glass substrates. The sheet is slit on at least the thickness of the film provided with the functional layer so as to delimit at least a peripheral zone of the film located between the slitting line and its edge. The interlayer sheet is assembled between the glass substrates. The peripheral zone is then detached by mechanical traction to transform the laminated glass sheet.

Abstract: A transparent glazing unit having at least one viewing area, combined with an antifrosting adsorbent layer deposited on at least one surface of the said area, and its use in a door of a refrigerated enclosure and more particularly a glazed door, the glazed area of which essentially consists of a vacuum glazing unit.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a transparent glazing unit having at least one viewing area and its use in a door of a refrigerated enclosure and more particularly a glazed door, the glazed area of which essentially consists of a vacuum glazing unit. According to the invention the viewing area is combined with an antifrosting absorbent layer deposited on at least one surface of the said area.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a transparent glazing unit having at least one viewing area and its use in a door of a refrigerated enclosure and more particularly a glazed door, the glazed area of which essentially consists of a vacuum glazing unit. According to the invention the viewing area is combined with an antifrosting absorbent layer deposited on at least one surface of the said area.

Abstract: The invention relates to an essentially metallic target of a cathodic sputtering device, in particular a magnetic-field-assisted device, the said target mainly comprising nickel alloyed with at least one other minor element in order to reduce or eliminate its ferromagnetism. The invention also relates to the use of the target to manufacture an electrochromic material with anodic colourization as a thin layer based on alloyed nickel oxide.

Abstract: In a process for fashioning a portion of a profiled bead (2), which has been extruded onto an object, in particular a pane (1), fastened in a treatment station (E), in which process an initially shapeless accumulation of material (4) is produced in the portion in question, which accumulation of material is given a final shape corresponding to the uniform cross section, of the profiled bead (2) by means of a moving tool (5), any excess material being expelled in order to be removed, the mass of material (4) is produced by the superposition of two portions of the extruded strip, the second portion being deposited after the die (D) has been moved and repositioned. Advantageously, the tool (5) is, according to the invention, automatically aligned on the profiled bead (2), immediately after the accumulated material (4) has been extruded and after the extrusion die (D) has continued its travel, without moving the object, and is brought into contact with this bead.

Abstract: A layer stack for the surface coating of transparent substrates, in particular panes of glass, has at least one metal oxide composite layer produced by reactive cathodic sputtering and contains Zn oxide and Sn oxide. Relative to the total amount of metal, this metal oxide composite layer contains from 0.5 to 6.5% by weight of one or more of the elements Al, Ga, In, B, Y, La, Ge, Si, P, As, Sb, Bi, Ce, Ti, Zr, Nb and Ta. In a layer stack which has a silver layer as a functional layer, the metal oxide composite layer may be used as an upper and/or lower antireflection layer, as a diffusion barrier layer, as a sublayer of an antireflection layer and/or as an upper cover layer.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is glazing which incorporates at least one electrically controllable system having variable optical and/or energy properties, especially in the form of a system comprising one or more reversible-insertion materials of the electrochromic-system type, in the form of an optical-valve or viologen-based system or in the form of a liquid-crystal or cholesteric-gel system. This glazing also includes at least one means for adjusting the optical appearance conferred on the said glazing by the said system, these means comprising at least one coating having antireflection properties in the visible.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for depositing at least one layer (3) based on tungsten and/or on molybdenum by chemical vapor deposition on a non-conductive substrate (1), such as glass, ceramic, glass-ceramic, or polymer, which includes providing at least one tungsten- and/or molybdenum-containing precursor in the form of a metal halide and/or of an organometallic compound, and at least one reducing agent, such as hydrogen or silane, to form the at least one metal layer. The present invention also relates to the substrate obtained by the preceding process and its applications, especially for producing a glazing, mirrors, or emissive screens.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for depositing at least one layer (3) based on tungsten and/or on molybdenum by chemical vapor deposition on a non-conductive substrate (1), such as glass, ceramic, glass-ceramic, or polymer, which includes providing at least one tungsten- and/or molybdenum-containing precursor in the form of a metal halide and/or of an organometallic compound, and at least one reducing agent, such as hydrogen or silane, to form the at least one metal layer. The present invention also relates to the substrate obtained by the preceding process and its applications, especially for producing a glazing, mirrors, or emissive screens.

Abstract: The present invention relates to glazing made of transparent laminated glass of at least two glass panes united by a transparent intercalating sheet of the thermoplastic type and an antisun coat which essentially reflects rays outside the visible spectrum of the solar rays, in particular infrared rays. The laminated glazing is characterized in that it is equipped, on the surface facing the driving compartment, with a transparent coat which essentially reflects heat rays, of the low-emissive type. Besides its antisun function, it also has an insulating function.

Abstract: A transparent glass substrate (1, 1′, 1″) coated with one or more thin layers (6, 16, 28) is disclosed, wherein the thin layer most distant from the glass substrate is a composition comprising silicon nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride or oxycarbonitride, said thin layer most distant from the glass substrate being covered by a second layer (7, 17) which protects against high-temperature corrosion.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a pattern on a transparent substrate, particularly a glass or glass-ceramic substrate. According to the invention, there is deposited on at least one area of one face of the substrate, a first layer of a photosensitive resin comprising at least one sensitizing agent and at least one photosensitive compound essentially composed of a polymer with an average degree of cross-linking d° such that it is able to absorb solid particles. Certain areas of said first layer are exposed to light, particularly in order to increase, in a controlled manner, the average degree of cross-linking do of said polymer so as to modulate its absorption capacity. On the first layer is deposited at least one second layer of a mineral-particle-based composition. The substrate is subjected to at least one treatment cycle, particularly in order to fix said mineral particles. The invention also concerns the substrate produced by this method and its applications.

Abstract: A multiple glazed insulating unit, especially for an aircraft window, with electromagnetic armour. An insulating multiple glazing unit includes a glazed section provided with at least two superposed panes of mechanically-strong transparent substrate, between which is interposed at least one gap filled with gas. The panes are mounted at their periphery in a seal, by which the glazing unit can be built into a structure designed to enclose a space containing instruments susceptible to being disturbed by an electromagnetic field, and which has an electromagnetic shielding function. The glazed section is provided with at least one continuous electrically-conductive transparent thin layer, and the seal is made conductive at least in part to ensure connection of the electrically-conductive transparent thin layer to the structure. Conductivities of the electrically-conductive transparent thin layer and of the seal are chosen to ensure continuity of the electromagnetic shielding of the structure.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for obtaining a substrate provided with a coating having photocatalytic properties, wherein the coating includes crystallized particles of an oxide of a metal A having photocatalytic properties. The crystallized particles are incorporated into the coating using a mineral binder comprising at least one oxide of a metal B also having photocatalytic properties in the crystallized state. The coating optionally includes at least oxide of a metal M devoid of photocatalytic properties and/or at least one silicon compound of the silicon oxide SiO2 type. The coating is deposited from liquid-phase dispersions containing the crystallized particles of the oxide of metal A and at least one precursor compound for the oxide of metal B of the binder and optionally a precursor compound for the oxide of metal M and for the Si compound, in a relative proportion A/(B+M+Si) by weight of the metals and Si ranging between 60/40 and 40/60.