Abstract: A process for producing planar dimmer comprising a transparent base, a dimming part, capable of dimming, disposed on the base, the dimming part comprising a first electrode layer formed on the base, a second electrode layer set facing the first electrode layer, a coloring part, disposed between the two electrode layers, and colors or discolors in response to the stimulus from the two electrode layers, and a conducting part disposed between the base and the first electrode layer in such a way as to be in contact with the first electrode layer in order to apply a uniform voltage throughout the first electrode layer.The process includes forming paint stripes, electrolessly plating a metal film over each of the stripes, forming an electrode layer over the metallized stripes, and forming a color-forming layer over the electrode layer.

Abstract: A coating which does not reduce the strength of a glass pane and consists of an aluminum phosphate binder in combination with a flake or platelet inorganic pigment is screen-printed on the glass and burned into the latter. The coating can be made conductive by incorporating graphite and/or carbon black therein.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for forming a thin film having a smooth surface and a uniform film thickness such as an antistatic or antireflection film on the outer surface of a display screen of a cathode ray tube, includes the steps of applying a film formation material solution containing a volatile solvent on the outer surface of the display screen of the cathode ray tube to form a solution film, rotating the cathode ray tube about a tube axis thereof to obtain an uniform film thickness of the solution film, and causing a portion of the solution film applied in and near the center of the outer surface of the display screen to dry while the cathode ray tube is being rotated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making a transparent conductive film, wherein a material for the film containing an organic indium compound and an organic tin compound is applied on a substrate, and made to thermally decompose, and thereafter, a heat treatment of the material is carried out in an atmosphere containing water vapor, thereby obtaining the transparent conductive film which shows low and stable electric resistance and is excellent in water resistance and chemical resistance, and is without undesirable cloudiness.

Abstract: This invention is designed to form thin films of metal sulfides usable in various types of electronic devices with a simple process comprising forming a layer of an organometallic compound having at least one metal-sulfur or metal-oxygen bond in the molecule on a substrate by printing or other means and then thermally decomposing the formed organometallic compound layer in an inert gas which may or may not be mixed with hydrogen sulfide.

Abstract: A film of the oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of Sn, Zr, In, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu is deposited on the surface of a substrate by a method which comprises establishing contact between the substrate and a treating liquid containing fluorine and the metal selected as described above thereby having the oxide of the metal dissolved to supersaturation therein.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a heated laminated windshield construction. Initially, a transparent material to be provided as the outer layer of such a laminated windshield is selected. A transparent basecoat is applied on the inner major surface of the outer layer. A quantity of electroconductive metal is deposited onto the basecoated surface to form a metal strike coat. A portion of the metal strike coat is masked so that unmasked portions of the strike coat comprise the pattern of the electroconductive metal film runs to be formed on the inner major surface. An electroconductive metal is electroplated onto the unmasked portions of the strike coat. Portions of the strike coat onto which no metal was electroplated are removed to thereby leave on the inner major surface of the layer a plurality of spaced apart electroconductive metal film runs comprising electroplated metal and the portion of the metal strike coat beneath the electroplated metal.

Abstract: According to the invention, an antistatic/anti-reflecting film of high adhesive strength can be formed easily by forming an SiO.sub.2 film on a cathode-ray tube faceplate by means of a condensation reaction of polyalkyl siloxane consisting essentially of condensed alkyl silicates. As a result, the sintering conditions for forming an antistatic/anti-reflecting film can be set adequately. The antistatic effect can be further enhanced, reflection of the external light can be decreased, and workability can be greatly improved.

Abstract: The disclosed charge transfer signal processor includes a vacuum housing having an input face and an output face, a 2-D electromagnetic input means cooperative with said input face for providing a 2-D input electronic charge signal within the vacuum housing, transfer means for imaging the 2-D input electronic charge signal in a region of the vacuum housing proximate the vacuum housing output face, and charge feedthrough means coupled to the vacuum housing output face for transferring the imaged 2-D electronic charge signal externally to the vacuum housing. In one embodiment, the charge transfer signal processor is operable as Gen-1 charge transfer amplifier. In another embodiment, a microchannel plate assembly is disposed in the vacuum housing intermediate the input and output faces, and the charge transfer signal processor is operable as a high-gain charge transfer signal amplifier.

Abstract: A method for coating a substrate, preferably of glass, with a pyrolyzed transparent, electroconductive layer. The coating is comprised of indium formate, optionally mixed with a powdered or gaseous tin compound or a gaseous organotin compound. The coating layer is deposited upon a hot substrate whereupon it pyrolytically decomposes, forming a layer which is subsequently heat treated in a reducing or an oxidizing atmosphere to optionally enhance the low emissivity and low resistivity of the coating or reduce said low emissivity and low resistivity properties.

Abstract: The specification discloses a method for coating a substrate with electrochromic coatings by dipping a substrate having a conductive surface into, or spraying, or spin coating with, a solution prepared by reacting an anhydrous halide of an electrochromically active transition metal with a C.sub.1 to C.sub.5 anhydrous alcohol, most preferably under a stream of inert gas, at 0 to 80 degrees C. The dipped substrate is removed at a rate necessary to give a desired thickness, and the resulting coating is dried and hydrolyzed and further condensed to create an electrochromically active coating.

Abstract: In a process for producing transparent, electrically conductive, augmented layers of indium oxide by means of a dipping process, during which the substrate to be coated is dipped into a solution containing hydrolyzable compounds of indium, whereupon the substrate is withdrawn from the solution, is dried, and tempered at temperatures of up to 500.degree. C., a dipping solution is used which, in addition to the indium compound, contains at least one additional hydrolyzable compound of an element in the 2nd, 4th or 5th main groups, in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th or 8th subgroup of the periodic system of elements, or of the rare earths.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device including a ferroelectric liquid crystal disposed between plates treated to enforce a particular ferroelectric molecular orientation to the plates. The devices employ alone or in combination non-planar boundary conditions, polar boundary conditions, boundaries with multiple physical states, intrinsic spontaneous splay distortion of the polarization orientation field, combined ferroelectric and dielectric torques, layers tilted with respect to the plates. The plates are spaced by a distance sufficiently small to ensure unwinding of the helix typical in a bulk of the material to form either monostable, bistable or multistable states which exhibit novel electro-optic properties. The liquid crystal is responsive to an externally applied electric field, temperature or the like to make a light valve or other electro-optical device.

Abstract: A glass enamel composition that may be fired upon a glass substrate to paint an opaques ceramic color. The glass enamel composition is of special utility in the formation of back windows of automobiles in which an electrically conductive heating grid is also to be formed. The glass enamel composition is comprised of lead or lead-free glass flux material, pigment, a printing vehicle, and a aluminum and/or lithium oxide. The aluminum and/or lithium oxide prevents sliding of the ceramic color to fibrous mold surfaces during hot forming the glass substrate. The aluminum and/or lithium oxide functions a migration preventor to prevent the migration of ions of the electrically conductive material to the glass which would, in the absence of the migration preventor, stain the glass.

Abstract: A process comprising applying to a substrate a thin film comprised of a liquid carrier and a precursor selected from among compounds in which one or more pairs of group III and V elements are each joined by a thermally stable bond and the group III and V elements are each substituted with two thermally volatilizable ligands. The precursor is heated to a temperature in excess of 200.degree. C. to remove its volatilizable ligands while leaving a ligand free III-V compound as a monophasic layer on the substrate.

Abstract: Metallizing pastes are disclosed, which contain, as inorganic materials, 15 to 50% by weight of a component to form a glass phase and 50 to 85% by weight of a metallic molybdenum powder. The glass phase essentially consists of 5 to 25% by weight of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 35 to 55% by weight of SiO.sub.2 and 30 to 55% by weight of MnO. A process for metallizing ceramic members is also disclosed. The metallizing paste is applied to surfaces of the ceramic member and the dried. The ceramic member with the dried metallizing paste is then fired in a temperature range from 1,200.degree. to 1,400.degree. C. for 0.5 to 10 hours in a mixed gas of hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas in which a ratio in partial pressure between steam and hydrogen, (P.sub.H.sbsb.2.sub.O /P.sub.H.sbsb.2), is adjusted in a range from 10.sup.-6 to 10.sup.0.

Abstract: A method for preparing dibutyl tin difluoride which comprises reacting dibutyl tin chloride and ammonium fluoride to form dibutyl tin difluoride; dissolving the dibutyl tin difluoride in an appropriate solvent to form a solution; adding a refractory powder having a predetermined particle size to the solution to act as a recrystallization initiator; rapidly cooling the solution to recrystallize the dibutyl tin difluoride; washing the recrystallized dibutyl tin difluoride at least once with a suitable solvent; and recovering a final dibutyl tin difluoride product having spherical grains averaging 15-25 microns in size which are free of alkaline-earth and alkali impurities. The products produced by this process.

Abstract: There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectric material charge storage members which are respectively backed by a series of parallel-like conductor (electrode) members, the conductor members behind each dielectric material member being transversely oriented with respect to the conductor member behind the opposing dielectric material member so as to define a plurality of discrete discharge volumes constituting a discharge unit, the surface of the dielectric material having at least one oxide of Al, Ti, Zr, Hf, and Si applied thereto in an amount sufficient to provide stable panel operating voltages which do not significantly change with panel operating time.

Abstract: A process for formation of tin oxide film is described, wherein a glass substrate is heated to a high temperature and then tin oxide film is formed on the surface of said substrate by a thermal decomposition oxidation reaction caused by bringing a tin compound or a mixture of a tin compound and a fluorine-containing compound into contact with the surface of said glass substrate, and wherein prior to the formation of tin oxide film, said glass substrate is preliminarily brought into contact with a solution of chloride of a metal belonging to Group IVB of the Periodic Table so that a layer of a composition containing the chloride of the Group IVB metal as the primary component is formed on the surface of said substrate.

Abstract: This specification teaches an electrically heated, glass vision unit having a complex curved configuration. The unit is made by cutting a glass substrate (10) from a flat glass bracket (12). The glass substrate (10) has first and second surfaces separated by a uniform distance. A pair of electrically conductive bus bars (16--16) are applied to one of the surfaces of the glass substrate (10). The bus bars (16--16) are so positioned on the flat glass substrate (10) that when the substrate (10) is bent to form the glass vision unit of complex curved configuration, inboard edges (16a--16a) of the pair of electrically conductive bus bars (16--16) are equally distant from one another throughout their entire extent. The flat glass substrate (10) is bent to form the glass vision unit of complex curved configuration. A conductive coating (20) is applied to the one surface of the glass substrate (10) and extends between the pair of bus bars (16--16) throughout their entire extent.

Abstract: A method and kit for glare control and improvement of image transmission through a reflective-transmissive surface comprising surface irregularities to control glare. A dispersion of particles is applied to the surface and allowed to dry. Then an inert fluid coating is applied to the surface to enhance clarity. A liquid dispersion comprising a flattening agent is applied to the surface and allowed to dry so that the particles and flattening agent form a transparent glare-reducing coating. An inert fluid coating is applied to sufficient thickness to remove some, but not all, of the surface irregularities created by the glare reducing coating. A method of formulating the liquid dispersion is also disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectric material charge storage members which are respectively backed by a series of parallel-like conductor (electrode) members, the conductor members behind each dielectric material member being transversely oriented with respect to the conductor members behind the opposing dielectric material member so as to define a plurality of discrete discharge volumes constituting a discharge unit, the surface of the dielectric material having at least one oxide of Al, Ti, Zr, Hf, and Si applied thereto in an amount sufficient to provide stable panel operating voltages which do not significantly change with panel operating time.

Abstract: To metallize transparent conductive paths of indium tin oxide (ITO) on substrates of display devices, a solderable metal layer is applied by electroless deposition. If the metal layer is adjacent a liquid crystal display device, the display device may be manufactured and tested prior to the electroless deposition, with only an edge of the substrate being dipped into the deposition bath. Prior to the deposition of the solderable metal layer, the indium tin oxide surface may be reduced and an adhesion improving layer of may also be deposited by above the indium tin surface and below the solderable metal layer. Integrated circuits can then be soldered to the metallized conductive paths.

Abstract: A gas discharge display device in which cathodes are printed on an insulating substrate; an insulating layer is printed on the surface of a display portion of a light-transmissive insulating panel, which absorbs thinner components of printing pastes and exhibits a light transmissivity after baking; anodes are printed on the insulating layer; barrier ribs are printed on the insulating layer; and the light-transmissive insulating panel is placed over the insulating substrate and the periphery of the resultant structure is hermetically sealed, after baking the insulating layer, cathodes, anodes and barrier ribs.

Abstract: This specification is directed to a method of improving the conductivity and lowering the emissivity of a doped tin oxide film on the surface of a soda lime silica glass sheet. The method includes the steps of heating the glass sheet to a temperature in a range from 1000.degree. F. to 1250.degree. F. Thereafter, a fluorine-containing compound is applied to a surface of the heated glass sheet to react therewith to form a film in which divalent oxygen atoms and hydroxyl ions on the surface of the glass sheet are replaced with monovalent fluorine atoms. In this manner, the surface of the glass sheet is brought closer to a state of electro-neutrality and the monovalent fluorine atoms form a more stable bond with soda and silica atoms of the surface of the glass sheet. Thereafter, a doped tin oxide film is applied to the film formed on the heated glass sheet to a thickness required to give the doped tin oxide film the desired conductivity and emissivity characteristics.

Abstract: It is often required to solder an electrical connection to a component or a lead thereto via a contact pad. At present pads are commonly of materials that tend to oxidize during any subsequent heat processing of the device, and are then difficult to solder. It has now been discovered that certain alloys of copper containing manganese may be used to construct contact pads that are both solderable and remain so even when ovened in air at 200.degree. C., and the invention provides a method of constructing solderable contact pads upon a chosen substrate, in which method there is formed on the relevant area of the substrate a layer of such a manganese/copper alloy.

Abstract: This specification teaches a method of manufacturing a curved windshield with an electrically conductive film thereon. The method includes the steps of placing an electrically conductive film, an oxidizable metal layer, and an oxidized metal layer in layered relationship on a flat glass sheet. A glass templet is cut from the coated sheet and electric bus bars are applied and dried on the electrically conductive film on the coated glass templet. A glass templet is cut from an uncoated glass sheet and the two so-formed templets are united with the coating of the one sheet exposed to the ambient. The glass sheets are heated and bent into curved configuration. Thereafter, a laminating interlayer is placed between the glass templets and the glass templets are laminated together.

Abstract: Transparency sheet material for use in a plain paper electrostatic copiers comprising (a) a flexible, transparent, heat resistant, polymeric film base, (b) an image receiving layer carried upon a first major surface of the film base, and (c) a layer of electrically conductive prime coat interposed between the image receiving layer and the film base. This sheet material can be used in either powder-toned or liquid-toned plain paper copiers for making transparencies.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a heated laminated windshield construction. Initially, a transparent material to be provided as the outer layer of such a laminated windshield is selected. A transparent basecoat is applied on the inner major surfce of the outer layer. A quantity of electroconductive metal is deposited onto the basecoated surface to form a metal strike coat. A portion of the metal strike coat is masked so that unmasked portions of the strike coat comprise the pattern of the electroconductive metal film runs to be formed on the inner major surface. An electroconductive metal is electroplated onto the unmasked portions of the strike coat. Portions of the strike coat onto which no metal was electroplated are removed to thereby leave on the inner major surface of the layer a plurality of spaced apart electroconductive metal film runs comprising electroplated metal and the portion of the metal strike coat beneath the electroplated metal.

Abstract: A process for producing an electrically conductive composite polymer article, which comprises contacting at least one polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of heterocyclic compounds, derivatives thereof, aniline and aniline derivatives with a polymer article containing a polymerization catalyst for the polymerizable compound, and polymerizing the polymerizable compound to prepare an electrically conductive polymer on the surface of the polymer article or on the surface and in the polymer article. Schottky-barrier diodes and patterned electrodes can also be produced by utilizing the process. According to the process, process steps can be simplified, and various devices having excellent conductivity and transparency can be produced.

Abstract: A process for preparing a transparent electrode substrate comprising forming, on an insulated transparent substrate film (A), a polymer compound layer (B) formed from at least one class consisting of polyurethane resin, a polyester resin and an epoxy resin, forming partly thereon a water-soluble coating layer (C), further forming conductive layer (D) having a surface electric resistance of 10 to 10.sup.4 ohm/.quadrature., and dissolving and removing the water-soluble coating layer (C) and the transparent conductive layer (D) thereon by the aid of washing.

Abstract: The specification discloses a method for making a curved, conductively coated glass member, and the resulting product, by providing for a sufficient degree of substoichiometry at the moment of bend that the glass can be bent using conventional bending techniques without crazing the coating. Two alternative methods for achieving the degree of substoichiometry are disclosed. One involves coating the part to an initial light transmittance (T.sub.o) which is lower than that typically sought by prior artisans. The other involves bending the part in a reducing environment. Also disclosed is a method for increasing conductivity of the coating by exposing the coated part to a reducing environment at temperatures considerably higher than those heretofore thought feasible for use in reduction curing.

Abstract: Providing a transparent layer of an oxide of an element from group IVa of the Periodic Table, notably TiO.sub.2, by providing a substrate with a solution of a compound of the element which upon heating is converted into the relevant oxide, drying the film and heating the dried film so as to form the transparent layer of the oxide. The oxide thus obtained is a form having a comparatively low refractive index. By heating the product, after providing the film, rapidly to a temperature of above 700.degree. C., preferably above 1,000.degree. C., keeping it at this temperature for some time and then rapidly cooling it again, a modification having a higher refractive index (for example, for TiO.sub.2 rutile) is obtained.

Abstract: Chromophoric compounds, each having a wide range of distinct color changes in response to changes in the oxidation states thereof, are provided in the form of polymerizable monomers, and polymers thereof, of certain metal containing, and electron group substituted, 2,2'-bipyridine compounds.

Abstract: A method of controlling light transmission through a reflective/transmissive surface by first creating surface irregularities having an anti-glare effect and then applying an inert liquid coating sufficiently thick to remove at least some, but not all, of the anti-glare effect. The surface irregularities are created by applying a dispersion and allowing it to dry to form a coating that reduces reflected glare at the surface. The dispersion is a dispersion of polyvinyl acetate particulates and water or acrylic particulates and water; alternatively, the dispersion comprises a matte varnish comprising an aqueous dispersion of an acrylic resin, and an aqueous dispersion of polyvinyl acetate.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing electrochromic recording materials, useful for recording signals and images, is carried out by coating a suitable substrate with a homogeneous fluid mixture of a hydrosoluble salt of a metal cathodically depositable from an aqueous solution of its ions and an initially hydrosoluble film-forming polymer resin, in water. The recording mediums of the invention are advantageous for generating images whose background and marks remain unaffected by light, heat and humidity.

Abstract: A dispersion for coating a reflective-transmissive surface comprising a mixture of an aqueous dispersion of polyvinyl acetate resin and an aqueous dispersion of an arcylic resin. When applied to such surfaces--for example, the protective glass or plastic of an electronic screen--the coating reduces reflected glare while maintaining the quality of the image transmitted from the screen being viewed. Methods of making and using the dispersion, as well as surfaces treated with the dispersion, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A process for the production of transparent, electrically conductive, infrared-reflecting indium oxide-tin oxide layers, especially on glass panes, involves steps wherein the glass panes are dipped into a first solution containing a hydrolyzable silicon compound and hydrolyzable compounds of titanium, zirconium, aluminum, tin or tantalum;the glass panes are heated up to 450.degree. C. in a moisture-containing atmosphere;the initially coated panes are dipped into a second solution containing hydrolyzable compounds of indium and of tin;the panes are dried at temperatures below 250.degree. C.; andthe panes are finally heated up to 550.degree. C. in a reducing atmosphere.

Abstract: The present invention comprises method and apparatus for substantially uniformly distributing a layer of discrete particles along a predetermined portion of the uppermost surface of a moving porous web so that the particles occupy less than 100% of the predetermined portion of the uppermost surface of said moving web.

Abstract: A phase-locked laser array including a plurality of closely spaced channels in the surface of the substrate with lands therebetween with the laser oscillation occurring in a cavity region over each of the channels. A broad-area electrical contact provides uniform electrical current flow to each of the lasing regions. The individual oscillators are coupled by the overlap of their evanescent optical fields. The invention also includes a method of fabricating this array which includes the steps of forming a plurality of corrugations in the surface of a substrate, forming a solution having a super-saturated growth condition for planar and concave surfaces and an under-saturated growth condition for convex surfaces, contacting the corrugated surface to the solution thereby partially melting the convex portions of the surface and forming planar lands between the concave portions of the corrugations.

Abstract: An electrically conductive adhesive composition effective for repairing discontinuities in the electrically conducting metal lines of rear window defoggers is disclosed. The composition comprises (a) an acrylic ester polymer resin (b) a metallic pigment and (c) an organic pigment.The composition is applied as a solid solution to the interrupted section of the metal line to bridge the gap in the line and the solvent is evaporated leaving an electrically conductive bridging layer which restores electrical flow to the line. The T.sub.g of the acrylic ester polymer resin should be such that the composition does not run, sag or otherwise lose its structural integrity when the metal line is heated to an operating temperature.

Abstract: In the manufacture of display structures--including fluorescent material displays--by means of a print process, a base material (glass or plastic material), prior to the print process, is coated with an electrically conductive layer. During the print process, a strippable coating or pigmented lacquer having the shape of the structure, is deposited onto a first layer. After the print process, the non-printed electrically conductive layer is etched away and in the case of the non-fluorescent display structure, the strippable coating is peeled off the electrically conductive layer. The invention provides an improvement in the manufacture of display structures over the hitherto conventional photographic reproduction of silk-screen printing methods, and provides display structures having sharp edges to a thickness of approximately 10 .mu.m.

Abstract: The partial metallization of electrically conductive non-metallic patterns, for example transparent patterns of indium oxide and/or tin oxide or resistance layers of cermet material, on insulating carriers by means of an electroless plating solution. The plating is initiated by applying a potential difference for a short period of time between the patterns and an auxiliary electrode.

Abstract: A deposit of electrochromic display material such as, for example, lutetium diphthalocyanine chemically treated to have substantially the same color as electrolytically cycled deposits of the same display material.

Abstract: An electrically heated glass pane includes a plurality of heating conductors (2) comprising a family of parallel conductors extending between a pair of power supply conductors (3) both disposed on and burnt-in a surface of a glass pane (1). A strip (4), of non-conductive material, covers conductors (3) and extends laterally from the edges of the conductors. The conductors (2) merge into the conductors (3) at a transitional region (7) broadened by an increasing flare so that the cross section of the region, determining the electrical resistance, is greater than the cross section of the conductors (2) providing resistive heating. A layer (12) which covers the same area as the strip (4) may be disposed below each conductor (3), directly on the surface of the glass pane (1). An opening (16) is recessed in layer (12), so that the conductors (3) are connected directly with the surface of glass pane (1).

Abstract: In a liquid crystal imaging display comprising a liquid crystal layer formed over the top surface of a MOS integrated circuit, the reflectivity of the pixel control electrodes is enhanced by means of a polycrystalline silicon layer formed over the MOS integrated circuit and polished to have an optically smooth surface over which the pixel control electrodes and the liquid crystal may be placed. Contrast ratios on the order of 100 to 1 are achieved.

Abstract: A method for producing AC-driven thin film electroluminescent displays, wherein the phosphor is laser annealed to enhance crystallinity. Preferably the phosphor is zinc fluoride, which has a relatively low melting point, facilitating low temperature processing.

Abstract: A transparent electroconductive film formed on a glass substrate by a special wettability-improving treatment of the surface portion of a SiO.sub.2 film formed on the glass substrate, followed by coating with an indium complex solution, drying, irradiation with ultraviolet light and calcination, has low sheet resistance, good film properties and high quality.

Abstract: A transparent conducting film is prepared from a composition comprising an indium compound, a tin compound, and a solvent as essential components, the tin compound being a compound represented by the following general formula:(R).sub.a Sn(NO.sub.3).sub.b (X).sub.4-a-b (1)wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X is a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, or a carboxyl group, and a and b are integers of 1.about.3, and a+b.ltoreq.4 by coating a substrate with the said composition, subjecting the coated substrate to ultraviolet irradiation at a substrate temperature of 200.degree. C. or higher, and heating the substrate at 400.degree. C. or higher. The composition has a long pot life and the film has a low resistance and distinguished mechanical strength, chemical resistance and etching susceptibility.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the manufacture of glass sheets, particularly electrically heated backlites (EHB's). The process includes the steps of selecting a glass sheet and then applying an opaque band to a surface of that sheet. The opaque band is formed from a radiation curable paste which includes both a filler material which can fuse to the glass sheet when heated to a fusion temperature and a radiation curable material which is heat decomposable into components which are nonreactive with the glass sheet when heated to a fusion temperature. The radiation curable material is cured thereby to form a temporary bond of the radiation curable paste to the surface of the glass sheet. As an optional step in order to form an EHB, a pattern of electrically conductive material is deposited on the surface of the glass sheet. This conductive material contains at least one component which is heat fusable with the surface of the glass sheet when heated to the fusion temperature.