Abstract: A high performance green glass composition containing at least 14.5% by weight Na2O, at least 10.5% by weight CaO, at least 0.5% by weight total iron (measured as Fe2O3) and is substantially magnesium-free, the glass thus produced having a ferrous value of at least 30% and a performance (light transmission minus Direct Solar Heat Transmission) of at least 28% at at least one thickness of 2.8 mm to 5 mm. The invention also relates to glasses made from such composition and to a laminated glass assembly in which two sheets of glass sandwich a polymeric material, at least one, preferably both, of the sheets of glass having such a composition.

Abstract: A laminar structure comprised of at least one layer of glass and a sheet of plasticized PVB containing an adhesion control agent is provided wherein pin point pockets of air which are entrapped in said sheet coalesce and cause delamination of said structure, delayed delamination and associated defects are prevented by adding a nucleating agent with the plasticized PVB by coating the sheet or glass surface with a nucleating agent, by extruding the PVB sheet with the nucleating agent in the composition, or by forming the nucleating agent in situ during the extrusion or lamination process.

Abstract: The invention describes a system and methods for filtering electromagnetic, visual, and minimizing acoustic transmissions. In particular, the anti-surveillance security system of the present invention can be readily configured by connecting a combination of filters to a transparent substrate, whereby the system has a shielding effectiveness_between 22 db-40 db in the frequency range of 30 megahertz-3 gigahertz, an IR transmission at wavelengths between 780 nm and 2500 nm of no more than 50%, and a light transmission less than 1% for wavelengths up to 450 nm.

Abstract: De-airing of PVB/glass laminates can be improved, while haze in the pre-press is minimized and sleep time reduced as a result using a PVB sheet having a roughened surface with directionality. A roughened surface with a washboard pattern that is useful in this regard can be obtained by varying certain conditions of a melt-fracture extrusion process.

Abstract: A laminated glass comprising plural glass sheets and an interlayer interposed between the plural glass sheets, wherein the interlayer is an organic resin film having IR cutoff fine particles with diameters of at most 0.2 &mgr;m dispersed therein, the product of the solar transmittances of the respective glass sheets is from 0.3 to 0.6, and the content of the IR cutoff fine particles dispersed in the interlayer is from 0.1 to 0.5 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by total mass of the interlayer.

Abstract: Plasticized polyvinyl butyral sheet containing dispersed therein, an infrared-absorbing effective amount of at least one quaterrylenetetracarboxylic diimide infrared-absorbing additive of formula I in the specification. A glass laminate having visible light transmitting and infrared light absorbing properties contains such sheet sandwiched between glass layers.

Abstract: The present invention has it for its object to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass and a laminated glass which shows a much decreased extent of blushing of the peripheral region thereof even when placed in a high-humidity atmosphere, without compromise in those fundamental performance characteristics which are required of laminated glass, such as transparency, weather resistance, adhesion and penetration resistance.

Abstract: A laminated glass having a surface density of at most 12 kg/m2 and comprising a plurality of glass sheets laminated one on another with an interliner provided between the respective adjacent glass sheets, wherein the interliner has an ability to shield infrared rays and an ability to insulate sounds having a frequency of 5,000 Hz.

Abstract: This invention has its object to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass an interlayer film for laminated glass which, when assembled into laminated glass, offers good transparency, weathering resistance, adhesion, penetration resistance and other characteristics, does not cause marginal whitening of laminated glass even exposed to a highly humid atmosphere, and free from the risk for a fire hazard in autoclaving or the problem associated with edge trimming and a laminate glass comprising said interlayer film.

Abstract: The defect known as “applesauce” is eliminated from laminated glass structures which include an intermediate plastic film carrying an energy reflective layer by adhering this film to one of the glass sheets of the laminate with an adhesive layer which is less than 5 mils (0.127 mm) thick.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an interlayer product for laminated safety glass whereby multiple layers of interlocking interlayer film having the desired properties of thickness and melt fracture surface pattern are combined to meet a specific functional need. In the present invention, two or more rolls of sheeting comprising polyvinyl butyral as the primary component are simultaneously unwound and rewound together under controlled tension, line speed and temperature so that the edges of the respective layers are aligned and roll formation is normal, the tension on the respective sheets is equal, thickness is maintained and entrapped air is minimized. The resulting product is used to produce laminated safety glass with thick interlayer construction.

Abstract: An antifogging article includes a substrate and an antifogging film covering the substrate. This antifogging film contains a water-absorbing organic polymer and an inorganic substance and has a water repellent finishing on a surface of the antifogging film. Another antifogging article includes (1) a substrate, (2) a water-absorbing, antifogging film covering the substrate, and (3) a water-permeable, protective film covering the antifogging film. This antifogging film contains (a) a polyvinyl acetal resin having a degree of acetalization of not greater than 10 mol % and (b) a hydrolysate or partial hydrolysate of an alkylsilylisocyanate represented by the general formula R2nSiR14−n where R1 is an alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 1 or 2, R2 is an isocyanate group, and n is 1 or 2. These antifogging articles are superior in antifogging property and abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A polyvinyl butyral composition is disclosed which is comprised of polyvinyl butyral resin containing an IR absorbing effective amount of lanthanum hexaboride or a mixture of lanthanum hexaboride and at least one of tin oxide and antimony tin oxide. Also disclosed are a sheet of the IR absorbing polyvinyl butyral and a glass laminate having the IR absorbing polyvinyl butyral sheet disposed between two sheets of glass.

Abstract: Composite laminate interlayers for adhering a glass laminate comprising two sheets of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) between layers of plasticized polyvinyl butyral (PVB) adhesive layers, wherein the two PET layers provide increased stiffness for the laminate without sacrificing the optical clarity of the laminate.

Abstract: The present invention has it for its object to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass and a laminated glass which shows a much decreased extent of blushing of the peripheral region thereof even when placed in a high-humidity atmosphere, without compromise in those fundamental performance characteristics which are required of laminated glass, such as transparency, weather resistance, adhesion and penetration resistance. The present invention is related to an interlayer film for laminated glass comprising a plasticized poly(vinyl acetal) resin and having the haze after 24 hours of immersion is not more than 50% when said interlayer film with a thickness of 0.3 to 0.8 mm is immersed in water at 23° C.

Abstract: A laminated glass comprising plural glass sheets and an interlayer interposed between the plural glass sheets, wherein the interlayer is an organic resin film having IR cutoff fine particles with diameters of at most 0.2 &mgr;m dispersed therein, the product of the solar transmittances of the respective glass sheets is from 0.3 to 0.6, and the content of the IR cutoff fine particles dispersed in the interlayer is from 0.1 to 0.5 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by total mass of the interlayer.

Abstract: This invention has its object to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass an interlayer film for laminated glass which, when assembled into laminated glass, offers good transparency, weathering resistance, adhesion, penetration resistance and other characteristics, does not cause marginal whitening of laminated glass even exposed to a highly humid atmosphere, and free from the risk for a fire hazard in autoclaving or the problem associated with edge trimming and a laminate glass comprising said interlayer film. This invention is related to an interlayer film for laminated glass comprising a plasticized poly(vinyl acetal) resin film, wherein, when a laminated glass fabricated by interposing said interlayer film between a pair of glass sheets each 2.0 to 4.0 mm thick is allowed to sit in an environment of 80° C. and 95% relative humidity for 2 weeks, the distance of whitening from its edge is not greater than 7 mm, and when said interlayer film for laminated glass is allowed to sit at 150° C.

Abstract: The invention discloses a sheet-like structure material and its manufacturing method. The sheet-like structure material has the advantages that impact imposed on its edge ends can be adsorbed to protect its adherends, and that the labor required for installing it and edge ends treatment can be significantly saved. The structure material comprises an outer peripheral structure which has elasticity and is integrally formed at the outer periphery of a sheet-like composite body comprising two glass sheets and an intermediate resin layer disposed between the glass sheets. The outer peripheral structure is formed from a resinous material used for forming the intermediate resin layer, by allowing the material to ooze from between the glass sheets.

Abstract: A transparent heat-swellable material, a method for its preparation and fire-resistant glazing panels in which it is incorporated, are provided by a mixture of hydrated alkali metal silicate and an additive selected from polyalcohols and mono-or polysaccharides, in which the additive content is in the range of 5 to 22% by weight, the water content is in the range of 12 to 19.5% by weight, and the hydrated alkali metal silicate has a silicon oxide (SiO2): alkali metal oxide molar ratio greater than 3.3 to 1. Glazing panels including the said material offer thermal insulation of greater than 30 minutes, a barrier to flames and fumes for greater than 90 minutes and thermal radiation of less than 10 kW/m2, or even of less than 6 kW/m2, after 90 minutes.

Abstract: A laminar structure comprised of at least one layer of glass and a sheet of plasticized PVB containing an adhesion control agent is provided wherein delamination resulting from air being from air being dispersed or entrapped and dissolved in the PVB is controlled by use of a surface energy modifying agent, said surface energy modifying agent being selected to provide a total surface energy for the sheet of less than 52 dynes/cm.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions of matter which include a thin metallic and/or metallic oxide, nitride, carbide, silicide, boride, or sulfide coating disposed directly upon a polymeric substrate, in the absence of a carrier layer for the thin coating. Also disclosed are methods to make the composition and an apparatus to practice the method.

Abstract: A laminated glass comprises a tempered first glass sheet, in which by breaking the glass sheet at one point, cracks spread spontaneously so that a crack-network is formed, and a second glass sheet. The second glass sheet has a lower strength than the first glass sheet, or such a thickness and a strength that the second glass sheet can be easily broken on the side of the first glass. Such a laminated glass can reduce the difficulty in escaping from the interior of an automobile sunk in water or the like.

Abstract: A method for making laminated glass. The 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: The present invention has it for its object to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass and a laminated glass which shows a much decreased extent of blushing of the peripheral region thereof even when placed in a high-humidity atmosphere, without compromise in those fundamental performance characteristics which are required of laminated glass, such as transparency, weather resistance, adhesion and penetration resistance.

Abstract: The invention provides a laminated glass and a method of producing the same. This laminated glass includes first and second transparent glass plates and an interlayer film interposed therebetween. This interlayer film has functional ultra-fine particles which have a particle diameter of up to 0.2 &mgr;m and are dispersed therein. Due to the incorporation of the ultra-fine particles thereinto, the interlayer film is provided with various additional functions such as heat insulation, ultraviolet ray absorption and the maintenance of a sufficient radio transmittance. Therefore, the laminated glass becomes suitable as an architectural or automotive laminated glass.

Abstract: A compound glass arrangement comprises between two glass layers (5a, 5b) and embedded between two foils (3) a layer carrier foil (1). On the carrier foil (1) there is provided a coating (2) which is exclusively dielectric. It has a maximum of reflection for light in the near infrared spectral range and a transmission maximum for light in the visible spectral range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a damped glass and/or plastic laminate which damps both sounds and vibrations which is particularly useful for vehicle windows such as automobile windows, aircraft windows, watercraft windows, etc.; office building windows; airport windows; etc. The laminate comprises outer rigid layers such as glass or plastic and at least one inner layer of vibration damping material and a flexible plastic material such as polyvinyl butyral.

Abstract: Silicate based glass compositions with phosphorus compounds included in the composition as spectral modifiers to impart desirable color and improved energy absorbance properties are disclosed. The phosphorus compound is generally a metal phosphide which is added to the batch glass composition in amounts greater than 0.05 weight percent prior to melting. The composition and method result in a finished glass suitable for use in architectural and automotive glazings.

Abstract: The force, by which the glass sheets of a laminated glass push onto each other, is applied to the edges of the laminated glass to prevent the delamination of the laminated glass caused by moisture penetrating or diffusing from these edges into the intermediate film. A pair of glass sheets having different curvatures, in which if the pair of glass sheets are laid on each other, aligning their edges, their central portions are apart from each other and do not adhere to each other, and in which if bent, their surfaces adhere to each other, are bonded with a PVB film, while being bent so that their surfaces adhere to each other to form a laminated glass. At the edges of the laminated glass, in the portion where the glass sheets try to regain their original shapes to push onto each other through the intermediate film, the delamination of the glass sheets is inhibited.

Abstract: The invention relates to a soundproofing window in which an intermediate film provides for damping of vibrations transmitted in particular by structure-borne conduction.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing an integrated circuit arrangement, trenches that define active zones are formed in a substrate. A first insulating layer that fills the narrow trenches is conformally deposited and is structured with a mask and anisotropic etching such that spacers arise at sidewalls of the wide trenches and supporting locations arise in a region of the wide trenches. The surface of the active zones is uncovered by forming a second insulating layer with an essentially planar surface and by a planarizing layer erosion on the basis of chemical-mechanical polishing or conventional dry etching.

Abstract: A solid adhesive having adhesive resins, benzylidene sorbitol, isothyazoline preservatives, organic solvents, and about 25-60% water, the components being balanced such that the solid adhesive has good formability or shapability. A stick-shaped solid adhesive product made from the solid adhesive has a unique combination of shape-maintainability, bending strength, and crush strength.

Abstract: A laminated glass to be used as a front windshield of an automotive vehicle including a head-up display system. The laminated glass comprises outboard-side and inboard-side glass plates. An intermediate film is interposed between the inboard-side and outboard-side glass plates to bond the glass plates to each other. An optically functioning film such as a polarization-direction changing film is bonded to the outboard-side glass plate. At least one of the inboard-side glass plate, the outboard-side glass plate and the intermediate film is colored in a manner that a color difference between first and second parts of the laminate is not higher than 2.4, in which the first part includes the optically functioning film while the second part is other than the first part.

Abstract: A pane with low energy transmission. The pane has a laminated structure of at least one glass sheet tinted in its mass and preferably having antisolar properties, and at least one sheet of polymer material containing a UV-absorbent, the at least one glass sheet and at least one sheet of polymer material being chosen to give a light transmission factor TL.sub.A of less than 60%, an energy transmission factor TE such that the ratio TL.sub.A /TE is greater than 1 and a transmission factor TUV less than 0.5%, the total thickness of the pane being preferably between 2.5 and 8 mm. The application of the pane, notably, as a lateral pane, rear window pane, roof or sun roof for transportation vehicle is disclosed.

Abstract: A transparent or opaque sheet is affixed onto the inner surface of a side door window glass of a vehicle for coloration, light blockage, decoration and the like. In the sheet-affixed window glass, the sheet is directly but detachably affixed onto the inner surface of the window glass via a front holder and a back holder.

Abstract: Diclosed is a plate glass wherein surfaces (3a) of plate glass (3) are formed flat and finished with a maximum surface ruggedness not exceeding 0.05 mm, and boundaries (3c) between end surfaces (3a) and front and back surfaces (3b) of the plate glass (3) are finished with a maximum surface ruggedness not exceeding 0.007 mm. Thus, though the plate glass is treated with heat reinforcement by the method simpler and more convenient than the prior art, the plate glass maintains performance as fire glass. It is now possible to provide quality improvement as plate glass, a reduction in running cost of heat reinforcing treatment equipment, and a reduction in working stress due to the weight of the plate glass itself in time of fitting the plate glass.

Abstract: In a laminated glass pane comprising two glass sheets (1, 2) and a transparent support film (4) having an infra red reflecting surface coating (3), connected to the two glass sheets (1, 2) by adhesive layers (5, 6), the first adhesive layer (5) has a thickness of at most about 50 .mu.m. The second adhesive layer (6) preferably has a thickness of 0.76 mm.

Abstract: A laminated glass for vehicles comprising at least two single glass sheets which are laminated through at least one interlayer, wherein an outermost single glass sheet in a laminate comprising at least two single glass sheets is an aluminosilicate glass containing lithia (Li.sub.2 O).The laminated glass is suitable as the countermeasure of flying stones when applied to windows of vehicles. The aluminosilicate glass sheet is preferably obtained by a float method, and it is also preferably chemically tempered by ion exchange.

Abstract: A pane with low energy transmission. The pane has a laminated structure of at least one glass sheet tinted in its mass and preferably having antisolar properties, and at least one sheet of polymer material containing a UV-absorbent, the at least one glass sheet and at least one sheet of polymer material being chosen to give a light transmission factor TL.sub.A of less than 60%, an energy transmission factor TE such that the ratio TL.sub.A /TE is greater than 1 and a transmission factor TUV less than 0.5%, the total thickness of the pane being preferably between 2.5 and 8 mm. The application of the pane, notably, as a lateral pane, rear window pane, roof or sun roof for transportation vehicle is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides a laminated glass and a method of producing the same. This laminated glass includes first and second transparent glass plates and an interlayer film interposed therebetween. This interlayer film has functional ultra-fine particles which have a particle diameter of up to 0.2 .mu.m and are dispersed therein. Due to the incorporation of the ultra-fine particles thereinto, the interlayer film is provided with various additional functions such as heat insulation, ultraviolet ray absorption and the maintenance of a sufficient radio transmittance. Therefore, the laminated glass becomes suitable as an architectural or automotive laminated glass.

Abstract: Glass compositions containing, expressed in percentages by weight, from 0.75 to 1.4% total iron expressed in the form Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, from 0.25 to 0.32% ferrous iron in the form of FeO and which has, and at a thickness of between approximately 3 and 3.3 millimeters, exibit a total light transmission factor under illuminent A (TL.sub.A) of at least 70%, a total energy transmission factor (T.sub.E) less than approximately 46% and a transmission factor for ultraviolet radiation (T.sub.UV) less than approximately 25%, and are suitable for the production of windows or panes for use in the architectural field or in automobile and industrial vehicles.

Abstract: A windshield for a head-up display system has a pair of opposing major surfaces that are nonparallel to one another in selected areas. Light rays directed toward the nonparallel area of the windshield are reflected from the outer and inner major surfaces of the windshield and directed toward the eye of the observer as parallel or superimposed light rays to eliminate ghost images when viewing images projected by the head-up display system through the windshield. The interlayer blank utilized to make the windshield has a non-uniform thickness profile with a tapered thickness positioned in the selected areas of the windshield.

Abstract: The present invention provides a glass composite transparency having a desired color, intensity and a high performance ratio. In particular, the transparency includes at least one rigid transparent ply, e.g. a colored glass or plastic substrate, and a member secured to a major surface of the substrate, e.g. a flexible plastic layer or a coating. The member has a color that generally complements the color of the glass substrate to reduce the overall color intensity of the composite transparency. The resulting composite transparency is gray in color and has a LTA to TSET ratio of at least 1.4, preferably with LTA.gtoreq.70%.

Abstract: A laminated safety pane for an aircraft comprises a glass sheet intended to be on the side of the pane facing the interior of the cabin of the aircraft, the glass sheet being coated, on its surface facing the interior of the cabin with a transparent anti-splinter covering and protection film for the glass sheet, of a polyurethane having a high capacity for elastic deformation.

Abstract: A glass-plastics bilayer safety glass pane, comprising a substrate of glass, and a complex sheet of plastics material comprising a layer of PVB and a film of polyester provided with a scratch-resistant and abrasion-resistant coating, and a layer of thermoplastic polyurethane incorporated between the glass substrate and the PVB layer.

Abstract: A sheet for laminated safety glass comprising polyvinyl butyral resin containing a multivalent metal-substituted aromatic chelate compound in an amount effective to control adhesion of the sheet to glass.

Abstract: A light transmitting roof, skylight or interior floor/ceiling includes plural panels each having a light transmitting plate assembly formed of a glass plate laminated to a plastic plate having a lower thermal conductivity or a glass plate supported on a grid of glass blocks. The glass and plastic plates are secured together by a silicone adhesive disposed in a peripheral ledge or channel formed in one of the plate members. A perimeter frame is secured to the plate assembly, is inset from the side edges of the plate assembly and may include a grid of divider members for aesthetic and light transmitting purposes or for supporting the glass blocks. The perimeter frame is secured to the laminated plate assembly by angle members and the frame is secured to a substructure such as a grid of beams by respective angle members.

Abstract: Glass compositions containing, expressed in percentages by weight, from 0.75 to 1.4% total iron expressed in the form Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, from 0.25 to 0.32% ferrous iron in the form of FeO and which has, and at a thickness of between approximately 3 and 3.3 millimeters, exibit a total light transmission factor under illuminent A (TL.sub.A) of at least 70%, a total energy transmission factor (T.sub.E) less than approximately 46% and a transmission factor for ultraviolet radiation (T.sub.UV) less than approximately 25%, and are suitable for the production of windows or panes for use in the architectural field or in automobile and industrial vehicles.

Abstract: This invention relates to first and second plate glass templates each having an outer smooth major surface and an inner rough major surface, only each of the major outer smooth surfaces being peripherally bounded by a chamfer formed at the cut edge. In this invention, the first and second templates are joined together with the rough surfaces in facing retention. The first and second plate glass templates may be used in forming a window.

Abstract: A laminated glass pane having at least one rigid glass sheet and one flexible plastic material sheet is described, which has a peripheral strip disposed over at least a part of the edge of the pane over at least one edge of a flexible plastic sheet. The peripheral strip has two layers of respectively different materials, a first layer designated the "internal layer", is comprised of a material having a softening temperature which is less than or equal to the temperature employed in autoclaving the sheets which are components of the pane, and a second layer designated the "external layer", is comprised of a material having a softening temperature which is greater than the temperature employed in autoclaving the sheets.