Abstract: The invention relates to an installation (1) for treating the inner face (6) of the wall (3) of a glass container (2), which wall (3) delimits a receiving cavity (4) and an opening (5) providing access to the cavity (4), the installation (1) comprising a source (12) of a treatment substance (13) and a means (15) for dispensing the treatment substance (13) into the cavity (4) of the container (1), said dispensing means (15) comprising a metering chamber (16) which extends between an inlet orifice (18) and an opposite outlet orifice (19) intended to be positioned above the opening (5) of the container, and also an upper shutter (20) and a lower shutter (21) for the chamber (16), which are positioned in a tiered manner at the inlet orifice (18) and the outlet orifice (19), respectively, of the chamber (16). Installations and methods for treating glass containers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method, and to an associated apparatus, for treating a container (1) comprising a glass wall (2) defining a receiving cavity (3) for receiving a product, said glass wall (2) having an inner face (4) and an opposite outer face (5), said glass wall (2) being provided with a first coating that includes a solid residual compound resulting from a step of dealkalization of the glass in the vicinity of the surface of said inner face (4) of said glass wall (2) to which said container (1) had previously been subjected, said method comprising a step of spraying the surface of said glass wall (2) with droplets of a liquid, in order to form on said glass wall (2), starting from said first coating, a second coating which includes said residual compound and which is more transparent and/or more uniform than said first coating.—Treatment of glass-walled containers.

Abstract: A baby bottle and a method of making the bottle are disclosed, the bottle being a glass container, having a protective coating for protection against thermal shocks that covers the outside of at least a fraction of the glass container, the glass container being made of soda-lime glass and the protective coating having at least a first layer of a flexible material adhering to the glass container. A second layer may be applied over the first layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for affixing a pattern (2) onto a substrate (3), said system (1) including a transfer means (4) to which said pattern (2) is attached, and a pressing means (5), said system (1) being characterized in that it includes a means (6) for aiding in the positioning of the pattern (2) relative to the substrate (3), said aiding means (6) including a first member (7) rigidly connected to the substrate (3) or to the pressing means (5) and a second member (9) rigidly connected to the transfer means (4), said first and second members (7, 9) being designed in such that engagement is established therebetween that prevents the possibility of the members moving away from each other. The invention can be used for depositing decorative and/or functional elements onto a substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hollow body is disclosed, the body provided with a glass inside surface defining a cavity, said method being characterized in that it includes a step of covering at least a fraction of said inside surface with a lining of composition that is mostly metal, said covering step including sub-steps of activating and of grafting said inside surface respectively with an activation agent and with a grafting agent, and in that said hollow body comprises a single piece of glass inside which said cavity is formed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of fabricating a container (1) comprising a glass wall (2) defining a reception cavity for receiving a composition for administration to a human being or to an animal, said glass wall (2) presenting an inside face situated facing said reception cavity, said method being characterized in that it comprises a step of covering at least a fraction of said inside face in a vitreous material covers said fraction of the inside face at a mass per unit area that does not exceed substantially 70 g/m2. The invention relates to glass containers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of coating a surface (2) of a hollow body (1), said method comprising: a step of positioning said hollow body (1) on a support (7) designed to receive said hollow body (1); and a step of spraying at least one coating material onto said surface (2) of said hollow body (1) by means of a spray device (9), relative movement being imparted to said support (7) and to said spray device (9); said coating method being characterized in that said relative movement takes place at a velocity that varies as a function of the distance (d) between the spray device (9) and said surface (2). Coating machines.

Abstract: An industrial decoration method in which a colored pattern (11) is made in the bulk of an article (1) made of transparent glass of composition including at least one metallic oxide of silver, of gold, or of copper, said method including the following successive steps: a step of laser irradiating the zone of said glass article that is to be colored; and a final step of annealing the irradiated glass; and being characterized in that a glass composition is used that includes cerium and that has a total content of antimony plus tin that is less than 100 ppm, and in that the step of laser irradiating the zone that is to be colored is performed with laser irradiation having a pulse duration that is less than or equal to 10?11 s, while delivering power to the glass at greater than 1012 W/cm2, and more preferably lying in the range 1012 W/cm2 to 5×1014 W/cm2 for decorating and marking glass articles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for affixing a pattern (2) onto a substrate (3), said system (1) including a transfer means (4) to which said pattern (2) is attached, and a pressing means (5), said system (1) being characterized in that it includes a means (6) for aiding in the positioning of the pattern (2) relative to the substrate (3), said aiding means (6) including a first member (7) rigidly connected to the substrate (3) or to the pressing means (5) and a second member (9) rigidly connected to the transfer means (4), said first and second members (7, 9) being designed in such that engagement is established therebetween that prevents the possibility of the members moving away from each other. The invention can be used for depositing decorative and/or functional elements onto a substrate.