Calcium Oxide Containing Patents (Class 501/70)
  • Patent number: 7811377
    Abstract: A substantially white powder for use as a filler and/or extender derived from by-products of manufacturing vitreous low alkali, low iron glass fibers, and a method for producing the powder. The filler has very low alkalinity and by virtue of its being essentially free of crystalline silica is non-hazardous to health and therefore safe for consumer-based and industrial-based uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Albacem LLC
    Inventors: Raymond T. Hemmings, Robert D. Nelson, Philip L. Graves, Bruce J. Cornelius
  • Patent number: 7811954
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass reinforcement strands, the composition of which comprises the following constituents in the limits defined below, expressed as percentages by weight: 59 to 63% SiO2; 10 to 16% Al2O3; 16 to 23% CaO; 1 to 3.2% MgO; 0 to 2% Na2O+K2O+Li2O; 0 to 1% TiO2; 0.1 to 1.8% B2O3; 0 to 0.5% Li2O; 0 to 0.4% ZnO; 0 to 1% MnO; and 0 to 0.5% F. These strands have improved properties in terms of mechanical strength, acid resistance and high-temperature resistance for a low-cost composition. The invention also relates to a process for producing the said strands and to the composition allowing them to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Technical fabrics Europe
    Inventors: Anne Berthereau, Emmanuel Lecomte, Sophie Creux
  • Publication number: 20100255350
    Abstract: To provide glass for an information recording medium substrate, which is excellent in the acid resistance and weather resistance. Glass for an information recording medium substrate, which comprises, as represented by mol % based on the following oxides, from 61 to 72% of SiO2, from 3 to 12% of Al2O3, from 0 to 14.3 of Li2O, from 0 to 22% of Na2O, from 0 to 22% of K2O, from 4 to 13% of MgO, from 0 to 6% of TiO2 and from 0 to 5% of ZrO2, provided that the total content of Li2O, Na2O and K2O (R2O) is from 8 to 22%, the ratio of the content of Li2O to R2O (Li2O/R2O) is at most 0.52, the ratio of the content of Na2O to R2O (Na2O/R2O) is at least 0.35, or the ratio of the content of K2O to R2O (K2O/R2O) is at least 0.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Jun ENDO, Tatsuo Nagashima, Tetsuya Nakashima, Manuel Diaz Reyes
  • Patent number: 7807594
    Abstract: A glass fiber composition comprises about 33-47 weight % SiO2; about 18-28 weight % Al2O3; about 5-15 weight % Fe2O3; greater than or equal to about 2 weight % and less than 10 weight % R2O; about 8-30 weight % CaO; and less than 4 weight % MgO; wherein R2O represents alkali metal oxides. Preferably, the glass fiber composition has a liquidus temperature of less than 2350° F.; and a viscosity at a liquidus temperature of the glass fiber composition of greater than 500 poise; and fire resistant glass fiber formed from the glass fiber composition has a biodissolution rate of greater than 50 ng/cm2/hr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventor: Elam A. Leed
  • Patent number: 7803731
    Abstract: A glass fiber composition comprises about 52-65 weight % SiO2; less than or equal to 4 weight % Al2O3; about 7-16 weight % Fe2O3; greater than 6 weight % and less than or equal to about 14 weight % R2O; about 6-25 weight % CaO; less than or equal to 10 weight % MgO; and about 10-25 weight % RO; wherein R2O represents alkali metal oxides and RO represents alkaline earth metal oxides. Preferably, the glass fiber composition has a liquidus temperature of less than 2350° F.; and a viscosity at a liquidus temperature of the glass fiber composition of greater than 500 poise; and fire resistant glass fiber formed from the glass fiber composition has a biodissolution rate of greater than 50 ng/cm2/hr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventor: Elam A. Leed
  • Publication number: 20100240515
    Abstract: The low-sodium-oxide glass and glass tube, which have the following chemical components 55.0-70.0% SiO2, 2.0-4.0% Al2O3, 3.0-7.0% MgO, and CaO, 0-3.5% SrO, 10.5-13.0% BaO, 2.0-4.0% Li2O, <1.0% Na2O, 11.0-14.0% K2O, 0.1-0.6% CeO2, (0.02%) TiO2, and (0.03%) Fe2O3, has been disclosed to replace the borosilicate glass, with improvements to the physical properties and chemical durability, transmittance percentage controlled in the wave length interval at 313 nanometers (nm.), including the dielectric constant at the temperature of 25° C., 1 MHz and the dielectric loss, tan ?, or the dissipation factor at the temperature of 25° C., 1 MHz, for maximum effectiveness for the light bulb manufacturing industry and also for other industries, for instance, backlights tubes, fluorescent lamps, circular fluorescent lamps, compact fluorescent lamps, stems (flare tubes), and exhaust tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: L. LIGHTING GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Somchai Ovutthitham
  • Patent number: 7795798
    Abstract: A transparent white fluorescent glass is provided which contains a soda lime glass as a base material, 0.8 to 2.5 wt % of Sn, calculated as SnO, and 0.045 wt % or less of Fe, calculated as Fe2O3, and a transparent white fluorescent glass which contains the soda lime glass as a base material, 0.8 to 2.5 wt % of Sn, calculated as SnO, and 0.02 to 0.14 wt % of Ce, calculated as CeO2. This fluorescent glass can be suitably used for producing at low cost a large plate material having a size that is several tens of centimeters or more that is easy and simple to operate and exhibits satisfactory white fluorescence by ultraviolet ray irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tomoko Akai, Kohei Kadono
  • Patent number: 7786035
    Abstract: A glass composition which is reduced in the amount of residual bubbles and is produced using smaller amounts of an environmentally unfriendly component such as arsenic oxide and antimony oxide. This glass composition contains, in terms of mass %: 40-70% SiO2; 5-20% B2O3; 10-25% Al2O3; 0-10% MgO; 0-20% CaO; 0-20% SrO; 0-10% BaO; 0-0.5% Li2O; 0-1.0% Na2O; 0-1.5% K2O; and 0-1.5%, excluding 0%, Cl, Li2O+Na2O+K2O exceeding 0.06%. The glass composition can be produced suitably using, for example, a chloride as part of the raw glass materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: AvanStrate Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi Kishimoto, Haruki Niida, Akihiro Koyama, Yukihito Nagashima
  • Patent number: 7781355
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass reinforcement strands, the composition of which comprises the following constituents in the limits defined below, expressed as percentages by weight: 58 to 63% SiO2; 10 to 16% Al2O3; 16 to 23% CaO; 0.5 to 3.5% MgO; 0 to 2% Na2O+K2O+Li2O; 1 to 1.5% TiO2; 0 to 1.5% B2O3; 0 to 0.4% Li2O; 0 to 0.4% ZnO; 0 to 1% MnO; and 0 to 0.5% F. These strands have improved properties in terms of mechanical strength, acid resistance and high-temperature resistance for a low-cost composition. The invention also relates to a process for producing the said strands and to the composition allowing them to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics Europe
    Inventors: Anne Berthereau, Emmanuel Lecomte, Sophie Creux
  • Publication number: 20100210443
    Abstract: A glass composition for substrates having good polishability while securing characteristics for FPD substrates, especially for PDP substrates, from which a glass substrate having excellent polishing workability and productivity can be obtained, is provided. A glass composition for substrates, which is characterized by comprising, as represented by mass % based on oxides, from 55 to 75% of SiO2, from 5 to 15% of Al2O3, from 0 to 4% of MgO, more than 5.5% and at most 12% of CaO, from 5 to 18% of SrO, from 0 to 13% of BaO, from 0.5 to 6% of ZrO2, from 0 to 10% of Na2O, from 0 to 15% of K2O, from 6 to 20% of Na2O+K2O, from 17 to 25% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and from 15 to 25% of CaO+SrO, as a glass matrix composition; and having a glass transition point of at least 600° C., an average thermal expansion coefficient of from 75×10?7 to 90×10?7/° C. within a range of from 50 to 350° C., and an abrasion resistance of at least 98.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kensuke Nagai, Tetsuya Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20100210442
    Abstract: A method is provided for separating or dividing strengthened glass articles, particularly strengthened glass sheets, into at least two pieces, one of which has a predetermined shape and/or dimension. A flaw is initiated in the glass at a depth that is greater than the depth of the strengthened surface layer of the glass, and a vent extending from the flaw is created at a vent depth that is greater than the depth of and outside the strengthened surface layer to at least partially separate the glass. In one embodiment, the vent is generated by treating the glass with a laser to heat the glass to a temperature in a range from about 50° C. below the strain point of the glass up to a temperature between the strain point and the anneal point of the glass. A glass article having at least one strengthened surface and at least one edge having an average edge strength of at least 200 MPa is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Anatoli Anatolyevich Abramov, Sinue Gomez, Sergio Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7772144
    Abstract: A soda-lime-silica based glass composition for manufacturing on a float line that has a faster refining rate due to the introduction of alkali earth oxides such as BaO, ZnO and/or SrO in the amount of from about 1-4% in total. These oxides replace part or all of the MgO in the base glass composition thereby decreasing the overall MgO content in the glass composition to about 2% or less. The glass can realize a lower viscosity at high temperatures so that refining of the melt may occur faster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Leonid M. Landa, Ksenia A. Landa, Richard Hulme, Scott V. Thomsen, Anthony V. Longobardo
  • Patent number: 7767607
    Abstract: A glass substrate of the present invention for magnetic recording media having high heat resistance and easy chemical strengthening ability at once has not been obtained, which is a glass composition essentially comprising 60 to 70 wt % SiO2, 5 to 20 wt % Al2O3, 0 to 1 wt % Li2O, 3 to 18 wt % Na2O, 0 to 9 wt % K2O, 0 to 10 wt % MgO, 1 to 15 wt % CaO, 0 to 4.5 wt % SrO, 0 to 1 wt % BaO, 0 to 1 wt % TiO2 and 0 to 1 wt % ZrO2, wherein the sum of Li2O, Na2O and K2O is from 5 to 25 wt %, and the sum of MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO is from 5 to 20 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignees: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Kurachi, Akihiro Koyama, Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100190630
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a substrate, which contains no B2O3 and which can be used as a glass plate for an LCD panel. A glass plate for a substrate, which contains substantially no B2O3, which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass % based on oxide of SiO2: 68 to 80, Al2O3: 0.1 to 5, MgO: 9.5 to 12, CaO+SrO+BaO: 0 to 2, and Na2O+K2O 6 to 14, and which has a density of at most 2.45 g/cm3, an average coefficient of thermal expansion from 50 to 350° C. of at most 75×10?7/° C., a glass transition point of at least 600° C. and a brittleness of at most 6.5 ?m?1/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuya Shimada, Junichiro Kase
  • Publication number: 20100183737
    Abstract: The glass flake of the present invention has a composition that includes, in terms of mass %, 60<SiO2?65, 8?Al2O3?15, 47?(SiO2—Al2O3)?57, 1?MgO?5, 18?CaO?30, 0<Li2O?4, 0<(Li2O+Na2O+K2O)?4, and 0?TiO2?5, and that is substantially free from B2O3, F, ZnO, BaO, SrO, and ZrO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kosuke Fujiwara, Akihiro Koyama, Koichi Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20100184345
    Abstract: The invention relates to reinforcing glass yarns of which the composition comprises the following components within the limits defined below expressed in weight percent: SiO2 62-72% Al2O3 4-11% CaO 8-22% MgO 1-7% Na2O + K2O + Li2O 0-9% BaO + SrO 0-4% B2O3 0-4% F2 0-2% Other components: TiO2 + ZrO2 + 0-4% Fe2O3 (total iron) + P2O5 + MnO + Cr2O3 + MoO3 + ZnO + SO3 These yarns consist of an economical glass offering an excellent comprise between its mechanical properties represented by the specific Young's modulus and its drawing conditions. The invention also relates to the glass composition suitable for manufacturing said glass yarns, the basic structures of such yarns, in particular meshes, fabrics and mats, and the composites incorporating such yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics Europe
    Inventors: Jerome Lalande, Anne Berthereau
  • Publication number: 20100179048
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glass sheet, the composition of which is of the soda-lime-silica type and comprises the following constituents in contents varying within the weight limits defined below: Fe2O3 (total iron) 0 to 0.02%; and WO3 0.1 to 2%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Dominique Sachot, Octavio Cintora
  • Patent number: 7754631
    Abstract: To provide an alkali-free glass substrate, which has a high Young's modulus, a low linear expansion coefficient, a high strain point and a low density, does not devitrify in the float forming process and is excellent in acid resistance. An alkali-free glass substrate, which contains neither alkali component nor BaO and consists essentially of, as represented by mol % based on oxide, from 57.0 to 65.0% of SiO2, from 10.0 to 12.0% of Al2O3, from 6.0 to 9.0% of B2O3, from 5.0 to 10.0% of MgO, from 5.0 to 10.0% of CaO and from 2.5 to 5.5% of SrO, provided that MgO+CaO+SrO is from 16.0 to 19.0%, MgO/(MgO+CaO+SrO)?0.40, and B2O3/(SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3)?0.12; wherein Young's modulus ?75 GPa; the linear expansion coefficient at from 50 to 350° C. is from 30×10?7/° C. to 40×10?7/° C.; the strain point ?640° C.; the temperature T2 (the viscosity ? satisfies log ?=2)?1,620° C.; the temperature T4 (the viscosity ? satisfies log ?=4)?1,245° C.; the devitrification temperature ?T4; and weight loss per unit area is at most 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Terutaka Maehara, Manabu Nishizawa, Junichiro Kase, Syuji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7754632
    Abstract: The glass according to the invention has a soda-lime type composition to which are added colouring elements present in the following proportions by weight: Fe2O3 1.1 to 1.5% (total iron in the composition) Co 150 to 200 ppm Cr2O3 25 to 100 ppm Se 10 to 50 ppm MnO less than 600 ppm TiO2 less than 0.1% the constituents of the composition, especially the coloured elements, being selected in such proportions that the luminous transmittance at a thickness of 4 mm, TLA4, is less than 20%, and the energetic transmittance, TE4 (Moon), is less than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Laurent Delmotte, Veronique Dieu, Marc Van Den Neste
  • Publication number: 20100167091
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is glass for use in substrate for information recording medium, which comprises, denoted as molar percentages, a total of 70 to 85 percent of SiO2 and Al2O3, where SiO2 content is equal to or greater than 50 percent and Al2O3 content is equal to or greater than 3 percent; a total of equal to or greater than 10 percent of Li2O, Na2O and K2O; a total of 1 to 6 percent of CaO and MgO, where CaO content is greater than MgO content; a total of greater than 0 percent but equal to or lower than 4 percent of ZrO2, HfO2, Nb2O5, Ta2O5, La2O3, Y2O3 and TiO2; with the molar ratio of the total content of Li2O, Na2O and K2O to the total content of SiO2, Al2O3, ZrO2, HfO2, Nb2O5, Ta2O5, La2O3, Y2O3 and TiO2 ((Li2O+Na2O+K2O)/(SiO2+Al2O3+ZrO2+HfO2+Nb2O5+Ta2O5+La2O3+Y2O3+TiO2)) being equal to or less than 0.28.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Tachiwana, Yoichi Hachitani, Xuelu Zou, Mikio Ikenishi, Kinobu Osakabe
  • Publication number: 20100160528
    Abstract: Disclosed is a glass composition having a stable quality, which can be easily obtained. This glass composition can be used as a glass filler to be blended into a polycarbonate resin, and enables to reduce the load imposed on a glass manufacturing apparatus. Specifically, this glass composition contains, in mass %, 50?SiO2?60, 8?Al2O3?15, 0?MgO?10, 5?CaO<21, 0<SrO+BaO?25, 10<MgO+SrO+BaO?30, 0?Li2O+Na2O+K2O<2, 2<TiO2?10 and 0?ZrO2<2 and does not substantially contain B2O3, F, and ZnO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited
    Inventors: Kosuke Fujiwara, Akihiro Koyama
  • Publication number: 20100144509
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a neutral gray colored glass composition that has a soda-lime-silica glass base composition containing as major colorants 0.30 to 0.70% by weight Fe2O3; 0 to 30 ppm of Co3O4; 1 to 20 ppm of Se; and 20 to 200 ppm of CuO. The glass provides an illuminant “A” light transmission greater of 65%, a total solar energy transmittance of less than or equal to 60%, a solar ultraviolet transmittance of less than 46%; a dominant wavelength from 490 nm to 600; and an excitation purity of less than 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Jose Guadalupe Cid-Aguilar, Miguel Angel Kiyama-Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 7732360
    Abstract: The invention is a colorless glass composition having a base glass composition, comprising, in weight percentage, from about 0.01 to 0.03 wt % of Fe2O3; about 20-30% reduction (% Fe+2) and about 0.05 to 1 wt % of TiO2, the glass having a visible light transmission of at least 89%, a ultraviolet radiation transmittance of no more than 81%; a solar direct transmission of no more than 90%; a dominant wavelength from 600 nm to 490 nm; and a purity of less than 2%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Vidrio Plano De Mexico, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: José Guadalupe Cid-Aguilar, Rafael Enrique Pinto-Negroe, Herbert Scheffler-Hudlet
  • Patent number: 7731915
    Abstract: Pollutant decomposition device, including at least one outer transparent sheet and at least one inner transparent sheet being arranged such that a gap is formed between them and such that the gap is in communication with a surrounding gaseous composition on one side of the device such that the gaseous composition can pass through the gap. The device further including a photocatalyst arranged in the gap for depolluting the gaseous composition that pass through the gap. To obtain optimum decomposition efficiency the outer transparent sheet has a high degree of ultraviolet transmittance compared with the inner transparent sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: ChromoGenics AB
    Inventors: Claes-Göran Granqvist, Sten-Eric Lindqvist
  • Publication number: 20100137122
    Abstract: A glass composition for substrates excellent in productivity is provided by lowering the high temperature viscosity while securing characteristics and quality required for FPD substrates, particularly for PDP substrates. A glass composition for substrates, which is characterized by comprising, as represented by mass% based on oxides, from 55 to 75% of SiO2, from 5 to 15% of Al2O3, from 4 to 18% of MgO, from 3 to 12% of CaO, from 4 to 18% of SrO, from 0 to 20% of BaO, from 6 to 20% of Na2O+K2O, from 0.5 to 6% of ZrO2 and from 18 to 25% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, as a glass matrix composition, and containing from 0.001 to 0.6% of SO3, and which is further characterized in that when the viscosity is represented by q, the temperature satisfying log?=2 is at most 1,545° C. and the devitrification temperature is at most the temperature satisfying log?=4, the thermal expansion coefficient is from 75×10?7 to 90×10?7/° C., the specific gravity is at most 2.8, and the glass transition point is at least 600° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kensuke Nagai, Tetsuya Nakashima, Kei Maeda
  • Patent number: 7727917
    Abstract: A glass composition for chemical tempering includes oxides in wt % ranges of: SiO2 60 to 75; Al2O3 18 to 28; Li2O 3 to 9; Na2O 0 to 3; K2O 0 to 0.5; CaO 0 to 3; MgO 0 to 3; ZrO2 0 to 3; where MgO+CaO is 0 to 6 wt %; Al2O3+ZrO2 is 18 to 28 wt %, and Na2O+K2O is 0.05 to 3.00 wt %. The glass has a log 10 viscosity temperature in the temperature range of 1328° F. (720° C.) to 1499° F. (815° C.); a liquidus temperature in the temperature range of 2437° F. (1336° C.) to 2575° F. (1413° C.), and a log 7.6 softening point temperature in the temperature range of 1544° F. (840° C.) to 1724° F. (940° C.). The chemically tempered glass has, among other properties, an abraded modulus of rupture of 72 to 78 KPSI, and a modulus of rupture of 76 to 112 KPSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Larry J. Shelestak, George B. Goodwin, Amarendra Mishra, James M. Baldauff
  • Publication number: 20100126218
    Abstract: A soda-lime-silica glass for solar collector cover plates and solar mirrors has less than 0.010 weight percent total iron as Fe2O3, a redox ratio of less than 0.350, less than 0.0025 weight percent CeO2, and spectral properties that include a visible transmission, and a total solar infrared transmittance, of greater than 90% at a thickness of 5.5 millimeters, and reduced solarization. In one non-limiting embodiment of invention, the glass is made by heating a pool of molten soda-lime-silica with a mixture of combustion air and fuel gas having an air firing ratio of greater than 11, or an oxygen firing ratio of greater than 2.31. In another non-limiting embodiment of the invention, streams of oxygen bubbles are moved through a pool of molten glass. In both embodiments, the oxygen oxidizes ferrous iron to ferric iron to reduce the redox ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: Larry J. Shelestak, Ronald L. Shewenninger
  • Publication number: 20100129944
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate which has a low B2O3 content and which can be used as a glass plate for e.g. an LCD panel. A glass plate which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass % based on oxide, from 53 to 74 mass % of SiO2, from 15 to 23 mass % of Al2O3, from 0 to 3 mass % of B2O3, from 2 to 17 mass % of MgO, from 0 to 12 mass % of CaO, from 0 to 6 mass % of SrO, from 6 to 28 mass % of MgO+CaO+SrO, from 0 to 9 mass % of Na2O, from 0 to 6 mass % of K2O and from 0.8 to 11 mass % of Na2O+K2O, contains from 100 to 500 ppm of SO3, has an average coefficient of thermal expansion from 50 to 350° C. of at most 60×10?7/° C., and has a strain point of at least 600° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuya SHIMADA, Manabu Nishizawa, Junichiro Kase
  • Publication number: 20100129726
    Abstract: To provide a glass containing little B2O3, whereby when its powder is fired, its thermal expansion curve does not have an inflection point. Non-lead glass comprising, as represented by mol % based on the following oxides, from 35 to 41.5% of SiO2, from 8 to 25% of MgO, more than 27 to 35% of CaO, from 0 to 2% of SrO, from 0 to 4% of BaO, from 5 to 15% of ZnO and from 4.5 to 10% of Al2O3, wherein the total content of these components is at least 97%, and when SrO and BaO are contained, the total content of SrO and BaO is at most 2%. Non-lead glass comprising, as represented by mol % based on the following oxides, from 39.5 to 41.5% of SiO2, from 10 to less than 13% of MgO, from 18 to 22% of CaO, more than 12 to 15% of SrO, from 0 to 1% of BaO, from 6 to 11% of ZnO and from 4.5 to 7% of Al2O3, wherein the total content of these components is at least 97%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masamichi TANIDA, Yuki YOKOYAMA, Shinji HONDA
  • Publication number: 20100122728
    Abstract: A high transmission low iron glass includes antimony, has reduced total alkali content, and increased silica content, and is suitable for use in photovoltaic devices (e.g., solar cells) or the like. A method of making the glass is also provided. In certain example embodiments, the glass composition may be made on a pattern line with a highly positive batch redox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Kevin R. Fulton, Richard Hulme, Scott V. Thomsen
  • Patent number: 7713895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clear glass composition of the soda-lime-silicate type that absorbs ultraviolet radiation, which composition includes optical absorbents below in contents varying within the following weight limits: Fe2O3 (total iron) 0.01 to 0.15% V2O5 (total vanadium) 0.11 to 0.40% MnO (total manganese) 0.05 to 0.40% and which has, for a thickness of 3 mm, an ultraviolet transmission not exceeding 40% and chromatic coordinates (a*,b*) of between ?3 and 3. It also relates to glass hollowware or flat articles, obtained from the aforementioned composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Emballage
    Inventors: Bertrand Maquin, Lucien Fosse
  • Patent number: 7709081
    Abstract: The invention relates to porous bioglass and to the preparation method thereof. More specifically, the invention relates to a solid, porous crystalline or partially-crystalline composition containing at least SiO2, Ca<SB>O</SB>, Na2O, and P2O5, comprising micropores and macropores. The invention is characterised in that: the pore ratio varies between 50% and 80%, preferably between 60 and 75%, and is measured using the geometric method; the average diameter of the macropores varies between 100 and 1250 micrometers, preferably between 150 and 300 micrometers; the average diameter of the micropores is less than or equal to 5 micrometers; and the compression strength varies between 7 MPa and 70 MPa. The invention also relates to the method of preparing one such composition and to such a composition treated with a physiological liquid having an ionic composition similar to that of human plasma. The invention also relates to an implant which is made from one such composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Institut National des Sciences Appliques (INSA)
    Inventors: Rachid Zenati, Gilbert Fantozzi, Jerome Chevalier, Mourad Arioua
  • Patent number: 7709406
    Abstract: Described herein are alkali-free, boroalumino silicate glasses exhibiting desirable physical and chemical properties for use as substrates in flat panel display devices, such as, active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs). The glass compositions possess numerous properties that are compatible with the downdraw process, particularly fusion drawing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Corning Incorporation
    Inventors: Lauren Kay Cornelius, Adam James Ellison, Shari Elizabeth Koval
  • Patent number: 7704902
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass fibers having a chemical composition that contains the following constituents in the limits defined hereafter and expressed in percentage by weight, namely: 38 to 49 SiO2; 15 to 25 Al2O3; 1 to 15 CaO; 0 to 4 MgO; 14 to 25 Na2O; 0 to 10 K2O; 0 to 8 B2O3; 0 to 3 Fe2O3; and 0 to 3 P2O5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Isover
    Inventors: Bertrand Maquin, Jérôme Lalande, Yannick Lefrere
  • Patent number: 7700682
    Abstract: A glass filler for a polycarbonate resin, whereby the refractive index of the glass filler can be improved to the same level as a polycarbonate resin, and the transparency of a molded product after reinforced with such a filler can be maintained without coloration, and a polycarbonate resin composition employing such a filler, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Fiber Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Keiji Sekine
  • Publication number: 20100089606
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of display screens, especially plasma screens. One subject of the invention is a glass composition which comprises the constituents below in the following weight proportions: SiO2 ?55-75%; Al2O3 ??1-5%; ZrO2 ??1-5%; Na2O ??1-5.5%; K2O ??1-9%, preferably 1-8.5%, and advantageously ??1-7.5%; CaO ??7-11%; and SrO ??3-9%, preferably 3.5-9%, and advantageously 4.5-9%, said composition having an Al2O3/ZrO2 weight ratio varying from 0.7 to 1.8, preferably from 0.7 to 1.2. The substrates obtained have a strain point at least equal to 570° C. and a coefficient of thermal expansion ?20-300 between 70 and 90×10?7/° C..
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Sung-Min Kwon, Jerome Lalande
  • Publication number: 20100087307
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to obtain a glass substrate having high mechanical strength by reconciling suitability for ion exchange and devitrification proof in a glass. The strengthened glass substrate of the invention is a strengthened glass substrate having a compression stress layer in the surface thereof, the glass substrate having a glass composition including, in terms of % by mass, 40-70% of SiO2, 12-25% of Al2O3, 0-10% of B2O3, 0-8% of Li2O, 6-15% of Na2O, 0-10% of K2O, 13-20% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0-3.9% of MgO, 0-5% of CaO, 0-5% of ZnO, 0-6% of ZrO2, and 0-5% of SrO+BaO, the value of (MgO+ZrO2+ZnO)/(MgO+ZrO2+ZnO+Al2O3) in terms of mass proportion being from 0.25 to 0.45. The above-mentioned strengthened glass can be produced by melting raw glass materials mixed together so as to result in the given glass composition, forming the melt into a sheet by an overflow downdraw process, and then conducting an ion exchange treatment to form a compression stress layer in the glass sheet surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Murata, Hiroki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7691763
    Abstract: A glass composition for forming a blue colored glass is disclosed. The glass composition is made up of a base glass portion, iron oxide, and at least one first additive compound selected from Nd2O3 in an amount up to 1 weight percent and/or CuO in an amount up to 0.5 weight percent. The base glass portion has the following components: SiO2 from 66 to 75 weight percent; Na2O from 10 to 20 weight percent; CaO from 5 to 15 weight percent; MgO from 0 to 5 weight percent; Al2O3 from 0 to 5 weight percent; B2O3 from 0 to 5 weight percent; and K2O from 0 to 5 weight percent. The total iron in the glass composition ranges from 0.3 to 1.2 weight percent, and the glass composition has a redox ratio ranging from 0.15 to 0.65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehran Arbab, Robert B. Heithoff, Larry J. Shelestak, Dennis G. Smith
  • Patent number: 7678722
    Abstract: A glass composition that includes a base glass composition including: SiO2 from 65 to 75 weight percent, Na2O from 10 to 20 weight percent, CaO from 5 to 15 weight percent, MgO from 0 to 5 weight percent, Al2O3 from 0 to 5 weight percent, K2O from 0 to 5 weight percent, and a colorant and property modifying portion including total iron ranging from of equal to or less than 0.6 weight percent; and TiO2 ranging from 0.1 to 1.0 weight percent, wherein the redox ratio ranges from 0.33 to 0.45 and the weight percents are based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry J. Shelestak
  • Patent number: 7674736
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glass for dental applications which can be used as a glazing material of dental restorations and resists high temperatures, and thus does not tend to flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent, AG
    Inventors: Diana Tauch, Harald Bürke, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7670975
    Abstract: To provide an alkali free glass which is suitable as a glass substrate for LCD and has few defects of bubbles and an undissolved starting material, and a process for producing an alkali free glass which can readily lower the defects in bubbles and an undissolved starting material. An alkali free glass with a matrix composition comprising SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO and containing substantially no alkali metal oxide, of which the temperature at which the viscosity becomes 102 dPa·s, is at most 1,600° C. and which contains sulfur in an amount of from 0.001 to 0.1% as calculated as SO3, as represented by the mass percentage, per 100% of the total amount of the above matrix composition, and a process for producing a glass which comprises preparing a starting material and melting it so that a sulfate be incorporated to the starting material in an amount of from 0.01 to 5% as calculated as SO3, as represented by the mass percentage, per 100% of the total amount of the above matrix composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Suzuki, Manabu Nishizawa, Seiji Miyazaki, Junichiro Kase, Kei Maeda
  • Patent number: 7670976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass substrate composition comprising SiO2 55˜70 wt %, Al2O3 0˜1 wt %, ZrO2 0.1˜5 wt %, Na2O 0.1˜5 wt %, K2O 7˜13 wt %, MgO 7˜14 wt %, CaO 0˜4 wt %, SrO 7˜12 wt % and SO3 0.01˜0.5 wt %. The glass substrate prepared by using the above composition shows less thermal deformation at a baking process under a high temperature since the strain point of the glass is at least 570° C., does not have such disadvantages as increase of fuel cost and short life cycle of refractories resulted from less than 1460° C. of melting point, and has 80˜95×10?7/° C. of thermal expansion coefficient in the temperature range of 50˜350° C. Therefore, the glass according to the present invention is suitable as a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: KCC Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hyuk Lee, Si Moo Lee, Jae Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 7670977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glass composition of silica-soda-lime type colored blue which comprises the coloring agents below in a content varying within the following limits, by weight: Fe2O3 (total iron) 0.2 to 0.51% CoO 10 to 50 ppm Cr2O3 10 to 300 ppm CuO 0-400 ppm the glass exhibiting a redox factor of less than 0.35, a dominant wavelength ?D of between 485 and 489 nm, an excitation purity of less than 13% and a selectivity at least equal to 1.1 under a thickness of between 3 and 5 mm. It also relates to the glass sheet obtained from the abovementioned composition, said sheet being intended in particular to form an automobile window or for the construction industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Laurent Teyssedre, Dominique Sachot, Pierre Jeanvoine
  • Publication number: 20100047521
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass articles suitable for use as electronic device housing/enclosure or protective cover which comprise a glass material. Particularly, a housing/enclosure/cover comprising an ion-exchanged glass exhibiting the following attributes (1) radio, and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.03 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz; (2) infrared transparency; (3) a fracture toughness of greater than 0.6 MPa·m1/2; (4) a 4-point bend strength of greater than 350 MPa; (5) a Vickers hardness of at least 450 kgf/mm2 and a Vickers median/radial crack initiation threshold of at least 5 kgf, (6) a Young's Modulus ranging between about 50 to 100 GPa; (7) a thermal conductivity of less than 2.0 W/m° C., and (9) and at least one of the following attributes: (i) a compressive surface layer having a depth of layer (DOL) greater and a compressive stress greater than 400 MPa, or, (ii) a central tension of more than 20 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Matthew John Dejneka, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Katherine Rose Rossington, Robert Sabia
  • Patent number: 7666806
    Abstract: A glass composition that includes a base glass composition including: SiO2 from 65 to 75 weight percent, Na2O from 10 to 20 weight percent, CaO from 5 to 15 weight percent, MgO from 0 to 5 weight percent, Al2O3 from 0 to 5 weight percent, K2O from 0 to 5 weight percent and BaO 0 to 1 weight percent, and a colorant and property modifying portion including total iron from 0.25 to 0.9 weight percent, Cr2O3 from 6 PPM to 400 PPM, Er2O3 from 0.3 to 3.0 weight percent, and TiO2 from 0.1 to 0.8 weight percent, wherein the glass composition has a redox ratio ranging from 0.15 to 0.62.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry J. Shelestak, Dennis G. Smith, James M. Baldauff
  • Patent number: 7666511
    Abstract: An alkali aluminosilicate glass that is chemically strengthened and has a down-drawable composition. The glass has a melting temperature less than about 1650° C. and a liquidus viscosity of at least 130 kpoise and, in one embodiment, greater than 250 kpoise. The glass undergoes ion exchange at relatively low temperatures to a depth of at least 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Adam James Ellison, Sinue Gomez
  • Publication number: 20100040812
    Abstract: Flat glass composition comprising the following (expressed as percentages by weight): SiO2 60 75%; Al2O3 0 5%; Na2O 10 18%; K2O 0 5.5%; CaO 0 5%; MgO 0-2%; SO3 0 1%; Fe2O3 (total iron)>0.01%; TiO2 0-1% and one or both of: SrO 0-15%; BaO 0-15% with the proviso that the summed amount of SrO and BaO is greater than 4%. A preferred composition comprises: SiO2 65-74%; Al2O3 0-3%; Na2O 13 16%; K2O 0-2%; CaO 1-4.9%; MgO 0-2%; SO3 0-1%; Fe2O3 (total iron)>0.01%; TiO2 0 1%; BaO 4-10%; SrO 0-5%, wherein the summed amount of the alkaline earth metal constituents is in the range 10-13% and the summed amount of the alkali metal constituents is in the range 14-16%. The ferrous level of the glass may be greater than or equal to 28%, its performance in a thickness of 5 mm or less may be greater than or equal to 29 at LTA?70%, and greater than or equal to 27 at LTA?75%, and its liquidus temperature may be less than or equal to 980° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: John Buckett, Keith Haughey, Neil Mcsporran
  • Publication number: 20100041540
    Abstract: <br></br> A glass composition contains the following constituents expressed in terms of oxides: 65 wt % to 75 wt % of SiO2; 1 wt % to 5 wt % of Al2O3; 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % of Li2O; 5 wt % to 12 wt % of Na2O; 3 wt % to 7 wt % of K2O; 12 wt % to 18 wt % of Li2O+Na2O+K2O; 2.1 wt % to 7 wt % of MgO; 2 wt % to 7 wt % of CaO; 0 wt % to 0.9 wt % of SrO; 7.1 wt % to 12 wt % of BaO; and substantially no PbO. The glass composition for a lamp is substantially lead-free, has an electrical insulation suitable for an illumination purpose, and further reduces the risk of devitrification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Junko Toda, Yasurou Niguma, Masanobu Itou
  • Patent number: 7661277
    Abstract: As a jig material to use under plasma reaction for producing semiconductors, the present invention provides a quartz glass having resistance against plasma corrosion, particularly corrosion resistance against fluorine-based plasma gases, and which is usable without causing anomalies to silicon wafers; the present invention furthermore provides a quartz glass jig, and a method for producing the same. A quartz glass containing 0.1 to 20 wt % in total of two or more types of metallic elements, said metallic elements comprising at least one type of metallic element selected from Group 3B of the periodic table as a first metallic element and at least one type of metallic element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, Ti, Zr, Hf, lanthanoids, and actinoids as a second metallic element, provided that the maximum concentration of each of the second metallic elements is 1.0 wt % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Sato, Nobumasa Yoshida, Mamoru Endo
  • Patent number: RE41127
    Abstract: An aluminosilicate glass having a composition consisting essentially of, as calculated in weight percent on an oxide basis, of 58-70% SiO2, 12-22% Al2O3, 3-15% B2O3, 2-12% CaO, 0-3% SrO, 0-3% BaO, 0-8% MgO, 10-25% MCSB (i.e., MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO), and SrO and BaO in combination being less than 3%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. Kohli