And Chromium, Nickel, Or Cobalt Patents (Class 501/71)
  • Publication number: 20020198094
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blue colored, infrared and ultraviolet absorbing glass composition having a luminous transmittance of up to 60 percent. This glass composition can form transparent glass panels that have varying limited LTA from one another as panel sets for mounting in automobiles. The glass uses a standard soda-lime-silica glass base composition and additionally iron and cobalt, and optionally selenium and/or titanium, as infrared and ultraviolet radiation absorbing materials and colorants. The glass of the present invention has a color characterized by a dominant wavelength in the range of 480 to 489 nanometers and an excitation purity of at least 8 percent at a thickness of 0.160 inches (4.06 millimeters). In one embodiment of such a blue colored, infrared and ultraviolet radiation absorbing soda-lime-silica glass article includes a solar radiation absorbing and colorant portion having 0.9 to 2.0 percent by weight total iron, 0.15 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Mehran Arbab, Larry J. Shelestak, Dennis G. Smith
  • Patent number: 6498118
    Abstract: A glass composition employing as its colorant portion at least iron (total iron expressed as Fe2O3), erbium (e.g., Er2O3), and holmium (e.g., Ho2O3). The glass may be grey or otherwise colored in different embodiments. In certain example embodiments the colorant portion may include, by weight percentage: Ingredient wt. % total iron: 0.10-0.90% erbium oxide: 0.20-2.50% selenium:   0.0-0.0020% cobalt oxide:   0.0-0.0050% titanium oxide: 0.0-2.0% boron oxide: 0.0-2.0% holmium oxide: 0.10-1.60% thulium oxide: 0.0-2.0% ytterbium oxide: 0.0-3.0% lutetium oxide:  0.0-1.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Ksenia A. Landa, Leonid Landa, Anthony V. Longobardo, Scott V. Thomsen, David R. Hall, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20020169064
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-colored high-transmittance glass sheet including, as coloring components, in weight percent, less than 0.06% total iron oxide in terms of Fe2O3 (T—Fe2O3); 0.5 to 5 ppm CoO; and 0 to 0.45% cerium oxide; wherein the ratio of FeO in terms of Fe2O3 to T—Fe2O3 is less than 40%; and wherein the glass sheet has a dominant wavelength of 470 to 495 nm when measured at a glass sheet thickness of 10 mm. The present invention also provides a light-colored high-transmittance glass sheet of light neutral gray or bronze tint with a dominant wavelength of 560 to 585 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: Yukihito Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20020155938
    Abstract: A grey glass composition employing as its colorant portion at least iron (Fe2O3/FeO) and erbium (Er2O3), and also preferably selenium and cobalt. An exemplary colorant portion for use in a glass composition (with a soda lime silica or other suitable base glass) includes, by weight percentage: 1 Total iron (expressed as Fe2O3): 0.35 to 0.50% Er2O3: 0.50 to 1.20% Se: 0.0002 to 0.0010% Co3O4: 0.0007 to 0.0018% TiO2: 0.0 to 0.15% B2O3: 0.0 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Ksenia A. Landa, Leonid Landa, Scott V. Thomsen, Anthony V. Longobardo
  • Publication number: 20020155939
    Abstract: Ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass having an almost neutral color such as turquoise blue and deep green and exhibiting low or middle visible light transmittance, low total solar energy transmittance, and low ultraviolet transmittance is formed of base glass containing: 65 to 80 wt. % SiO2; 0 to 5 wt. % Al2O3; 2 to 10 wt. % MgO; 5 to 15 wt. % CaO (a total amount of MgO and CaO is 7 to 15 wt. %); 10 to 18 wt. % Na2O; 0 to 5 wt. % K2O (a total amount of Na2O and K2O is 10 to 20 wt. %); and 0 to 5 wt. % B2O3, and colorants including: 1.25 to 2.2 wt. % total iron oxide (T-Fe2O6) expressed as Fe2O3; 0.001 to 0.018 wt. % CoO; 0 or less than 0.0008 wt. % Se; and 0.028 to 0.2 wt. % NiO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Seto, Yukihito Nagashima, Isamu Kuroda, Shigekazu Yoshii
  • Patent number: 6468934
    Abstract: An ultraviolet/infrared absorbent glass is formed of base glass, and colorants. The base glass includes 65 to 80 wt. % SiO2; 0 to 5 wt. % Al2O3; 0 to 10 wt. % MgO; 5 to 15 wt. % CaO; 10 to 18 wt. % Na2O; 0 to 5 wt. % K2O; 5 to 15 wt. % a total amount of MgO and CaO; 10 to 20 wt. % a total amount of Na2O and K2O; 0.05 to 0.3 wt. % SO3; and 0 to 5 wt. % B2O3. The colorants are formed of 0.35 to 0.55 wt. % the total iron oxide (T-Fe2O3) expressed as Fe2O3; 0.08 to 0.15 wt. % FeO; 0.8 to 1.5 wt. % CeO2 and 0 to 1.5 wt. % TiO2. FeO expressed as Fe2O3 is equal to or more than 20 wt.% and less than 27 wt. % of T-Fe2O3. The glass has high visible light transmittance and light greensih color shade so that it is useful for a window of a vehicle and a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihito Nagashima, Mitsuhiro Kawazu, Toshifumi Tsujino
  • Patent number: 6455452
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bronze colored, infrared and ultraviolet absorbing glass composition having a luminous transmittance of up to 60 percent. The glass uses a standard soda-lime-silica glass base composition and additionally iron and selenium, and optionally cobalt, as infrared and ultraviolet radiation absorbing materials and colorants. The glass of the present invention has a luminous transmittance (LTA) of up to 60 percent and its color is characterized by a dominant wavelength in the range of 560 to 590 nanometers and an excitation purity of 12 to 75% at a thickness of 0.160 inches (4.06 mm). In one embodiment of the invention, the glass composition of a bronze colored, infrared and ultraviolet radiation absorbing soda-lime-silica glass article includes a colorant portion having 0.7 to 2.2 percent by weight total iron, 0.15 to 0.5 percent by weight FeO, 3 to 100 PPM Se, and optionally up to 200 PPM CoO, and preferably 1.1 to 1.4 percent by weight total iron, 0.24 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: John F. Krumwiede
  • Patent number: 6436860
    Abstract: The ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass has a grayish, almost neutral color shade, low visible light transmittance, low total solar energy transmittance, and low ultraviolet transmittance, and is suitable for a rear window of a vehicle and capable of protecting privacy. The glass consists of base glass including: 65 to 80 wt. % SiO2; 0 to 5 wt. % Al2O3; 0 to 10 wt. % MgO; 5 to 15 wt. % CaO wherein a total amount of MgO and CaO is 5 to 15 wt. %; 10 to 18 wt. % Na2O; 0 to 5 wt. % K2O wherein a total amount of Na2O and K2O is 10 to 20 wt. %; and 0 to 5 wt. % B2O3, and colorants including: 1.0 to 1.6 wt. % total iron oxide (T-Fe2O3) expressed as Fe2O3; more than 0.019 wt. % and equal to or less than 0.05 wt. % CoO; more than 0.0008 wt. % and equal to or less than 0.003 wt. % Se; and more than 0.05 wt. % and equal to or less than 0.1 wt. % NiO. The glass with any one of thicknesses between 1.8 mm and 5 mm has a visible light transmittance (YA) measured by the C.I.E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Seto, Shigekazu Yoshii
  • Patent number: 6413893
    Abstract: The present invention provides a green colored, infrared and ultraviolet absorbing glass article having a luminous transmittance of up to 60 percent. The composition of the glass article uses a standard soda-lime-silica glass base composition and additionally iron, cobalt, selenium, and chromium, and titanium, as infrared and ultraviolet radiation absorbing materials and colorants. The glasses of the present invention have a color characterized by a dominant wavelength in the range of about 480 to 565 nanometers, preferably about 495 to 560 nanometers, with an excitation purity of no higher than about 20 percent, preferably no higher than about 10 percent, and more preferably no higher than about 7 percent. The glass compositions may be provided with different levels of spectral performance depending on the particular application and desired luminous transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry J. Shelestak, Robert B. Heithoff, Andrew Calabrese, John F. Krumwiede, Anthony V. Longobardo
  • Patent number: 6408650
    Abstract: The invention is a method of retaining selenium in a lass containing selenium by including a manganese compound and not including nitrates or nitrites routinely used in the industry to retain selenium. Particularly, a preferred embodiment involves manufacturing a gray soda-lime-silica glass composition including selenium as a colorant, the components of the gray soda-lime-silica glass have colorants consisting essentially of: greater than 0.9 to 1.9 wt. % total iron oxide as Fe2O3; 0.10 to 1.00 wt. % manganese compound as MnO2; 0.0010 to 0.0060 wt. % selenium as Se; 0.002 to 0.025 wt. % cobalt oxide as Co, and 0 to 1.0 wt. % titanium oxide as TiO2 which are combined and melted to make the glass composition. The glass composition has at 4.0 mm. thickness: 10 to 55% light transmittance using Illuminant A, less than 25% ultra violet transmittance, and less than 50% infra red transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Nashed Boulos, James Victor Jones
  • Patent number: 6407021
    Abstract: An ultraviolet radiation-absorbing, colorless, transparent soda-lime-silica glass as well as glass bottles formed out of the glass are disclosed which, while maintaining high transmittance to light in the visible region and thereby allowing the contents to be seen clearly, absorbs ultraviolet radiation and thus prevents coloration, discoloration, fading in color or deterioration of the flavor of the contents caused by ultraviolet radiation. The glass is characterized in that its composition includes, in % by weight, SO3 . . . 0.15-0.4%; Cerium oxide . . . 0.2-1% (calculated as CeO2); Fe2O3 . . . 0.01-0.08%; FeO . . . 0-0.008%; Manganese oxide . . . 0.01-0.08% (calculated as MnO); and Cobalt oxide . . . 0-0.0005% (calculated as CoO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Kitayama, Teiji Kita
  • Patent number: 6403509
    Abstract: A high LTa, low UV and IR transmittance grey glass employing as its colorant portion iron (Fe2O3/FeO), erbium (Er2O3) and, optionally, titanium (TiO2). Enhanced effects are achieved by forming separate prebatch mixes, one of which includes rouge, metallic Si (optional), SiO and sand, the other including the remainder of ingredients, which after separate formation are then admixed to form the final, overall batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Gary Seldon Cochran, Anthony Vincent Longobardo, Ksenia Alexander Landa, Leonid Mendel Landa
  • Patent number: 6402156
    Abstract: Glass-ceramic sealants for ceramic membrane reactors, ceramic membrane sealed to holders or substrates and methods of making seals between two ceramic materials or between a ceramic and a metal or metal alloy are provided. These sealants combine silicate glass-ceramic materials with selected metal oxides and, optionally, materials similar or identical to the materials being sealed, and employ thermal processing so that the resultant materials will have a thermal expansion coefficient that substantially matches the thermal expansion coefficients of the two materials. Surfaces of the ceramic sealant that are exposed to reactive atmospheres can be protected by providing a metal or metallic alloy layer over the ceramic seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Eltron Research, Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Schutz, Thomas F. Barton
  • Patent number: 6395659
    Abstract: The ultraviolet/infrared transmittance glass consists of base glass including: 65 to 80 wt. % SiO2; 0 to 5 wt. % B2O3; 0 to 5 wt. % Al2O3; 0 to 10 wt. % MgO; 5 to 15 wt. % CaO; 10 to 18 wt. % Na2O; 0 to 5 wt. % K2O; 5 to 15 wt. % total amount of MgO and CaO; and 0 to 20 wt. % total amount of Na2O and K2O, colorants including: equal to or more than 0.05 wt. % and less than 0.2 wt. % total iron oxide (T—Fe2O3) expressed as Fe2O3; 0.63 to 1.4 wt. % CeO2; 0.02 to 1.5 wt. % TiO2; 0.0005 to 0.005 wt. % CoO; and 0.0003 to 0.002 wt. % Se. FeO expressed as Fe2O3 is between 30 wt. % and 60 wt. % of T—Fe2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Seto, Koichi Sakaguchi, Shigeki Nakagaki
  • Patent number: 6395660
    Abstract: An ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass consists of base glass, and colorants. The base glass comprises 65 to 80 wt. % SiO2; 0 to 5 wt. % Al2O3; greater than 2 to less than or equal to 10 wt. % MgO; 5 to 15 wt. % CaO wherein a total amount of MgO and CaO is 7 to 15 wt. %; 10 to 18 wt. % Na2O; 0 to 5 wt. % K2O wherein a total amount of Na2O and K2O is 10 to 20 wt. %; and 0 to 5 wt. % B2O3. The colorants without Se is formed of 1.25 to 2.2 wt. % total iron oxide (T—Fe2O3) expressed as Fe2O3; 0.001 to 0.03 wt. % CoO; and 0.003 to 0.2 wt. % NiO. The glass has a turquoise blue or deep green color, and exhibits low or middle visible light transmittance, low total solar energy transmittance and low ultraviolet transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Seto, Yukihito Nagashima, Isamu Kuroda, Shigekazu Yoshii
  • Patent number: 6391810
    Abstract: Lead- and barium-free crystal glass for the manual or machine production of high-grade glass objects with a refractive index higher than 1.52 and a density of at least 2.45 g/cc, wherein the crystal glass comprises the following components in weight percent. SiO2 59.0-71.0 TiO2 0.001-8.0  Al2O3 0.01-4.0  CaO  2.0-10.0 MgO 0.5-8.0 ZnO 0.01-11.0 K2O 0.08-11.0 Na2O  3.0-15.5 Sb2O3 or AS2O3 0.001-1.5  SrO 0.001-0.1  B2O3 0.01-3.0  Li2O 0.01-2.0  SO42− 0.0008-1.2   F− 0.008-0.2  as well as at least two components selected from the group consisting of Er2O3, Nd2O3, CeO2, CoO, Pr2O3, SeO, NiO and MnO and has a moisture content of 0.025 to 0.07% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: F. X. Nachtmann Bleikristallwerke GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Lenhart
  • Publication number: 20020058579
    Abstract: An ultraviolet and infrared radiation absorbing green glass comprises: in % by weight, as coloring components,
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Seto, Yukihito Nagashima, Shiqekazu Yoshii
  • Publication number: 20020058117
    Abstract: The cooking panel is made from an opaque glass-ceramic material uniformly colored throughout and having keatite mixed crystals as the predominant crystalline phase, which is ceramicized with a ceramicizable glass or a transparent glass-ceramic with high quartz mixed crystals as the predominant crystalline phase in a definite color location range according to its later service and wear pattern. The cooking panel makes deposited material, such as dirt and the like, less conspicuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: BERND SCHULTHEIS, WALDEMAR WEINBERG, MONICA COTLEAR DE WITZMANN, ROLAND DUDEK, FRIEDRICH SIEBERS, KLAUS SCHOENBERGER
  • Publication number: 20020025899
    Abstract: An infrared and ultraviolet absorbing soda-lime-silica glass of a neutral tint containing 0.3% to 0.7% by weight total iron expressed as Fe2O3, together with amounts of Se, Co3O4 and a ferrous iron content to provide a ratio of ferrous iron to total iron in the range of 21 to 34. NiO and TiO2 may be added to the glass. The resultant glass, in a nominal 4 mm thickness, has a visible light transmission of at least 70% and a direct solar heat transmission at least 12 percentage points below the visible light transmission. The iron in the glass is preferably provided by the inclusion of the mineral wuestite in the glass batch formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: LIBBEY-OWENS-FORD CO.
    Inventors: Paige L. Higby, Bret E. Penrod, Rodney G. Baker, Kenneth Melvin Fyles, Helen Louise McPhail
  • Patent number: 6350712
    Abstract: The invention is a solar control glass having a base glass composition, and colorants consisting essentially of from about 0.40 to 0.93 wt. % Fe2O3; about 0 to 0.30 wt. % TiO2; and about 0.01 to 0.03 wt. % Cr2O3. The glass having a light transmission using “A” of at least 70%; a reduced ultraviolet radiation transmittance of less than 35%; a direct solar heat transmittance of less than 45%; a dominant wavelength below 545 nanometers; and a purity of less than 7%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Vitro Corporativo, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventor: Roberto Marcos Cabrera-llanos
  • Patent number: 6340646
    Abstract: A colored film-coated ultraviolet/infrared absorbent glass plate is formed of base glass, colorants, and a colored film. The base glass includes 65 to 80 wt. % SiO2; 0 to 5 wt. % Al2O3; 0 to 10 wt. % MgO; 5 to 15 wt. % CaO; 10 to 18 wt. % Na2O; 0 to 5 wt. % K2O; 5 to 15 wt. % total amount of MgO and CaO; 10 to 20 wt. % total amount of Na2O and K2O; 0.05 to 0.3 wt. % of SO3; and 0 to 5 wt. % B2O3. The colorants includes 0.35 to 0.55 wt. % total iron oxide (T-Fe2O3) expressed as Fe2O3; 0.08 to 0.15 wt. % FeO; 0.8 to 1.5 wt. % CeO2; and 0 to 0.5 wt. % TiO2. FeO expressed as Fe2O3 is equal to or more than 20 wt. % and less than 27 wt. % of T-Fe2O3. The colored film has a red color shade with a thickness between 30 nm and 300 nm and includes fine particles of gold and silicon oxide of more than 50 wt. % and equal to or less than 95 wt. %. The colored film is applied onto a surface of the ultraviolet/infrared absorbent glass plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihito Nagashima, Mitsuhiro Kawazu, Toshifumi Tsujino
  • Patent number: 6335299
    Abstract: A soda-lime glass which has a gray-green color, an excitation purity (P) of more than 7%, a light transmission of greater than 30% under Illuminant A and for a glass thickness of 4 mm, a selectivity (SE4) of greater than 1.55, and an ultraviolet radiation transmission (TUV4) of less than 10%, and which comprises soda-lime glass forming constituents as main constituents and coloring agents consisting essentially of, in weight %, more than 0.25 and less than 0.4% of FeO, from 0.9 to 1.8% of Fe2O3, from 0.001 to 0.010% of Co, from 0.0100 to 0.024% of Cr2O3, and from 0 to 0.2% of V2O5, in which the total quantity of iron is expressed as Fe2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Glaverbel S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Foguenne, Camille Dupont
  • Publication number: 20010056030
    Abstract: The ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass has an almost neutral color such as greenish gray, low visible light transmittance, low total solar energy transmittance, and low ultraviolet transmittance, and is suitable for a rear window of a vehicle and capable of protecting privacy. The glass consists of base glass including: 65 to 80 wt. % SiO2; 0 to 5 wt. % Al2O3; 0 to 10 wt. % MgO; 5 to 15 wt. % CaO wherein a total amount of MgO and CaO is between 5 and 15 wt. %; 10 to 18 wt. % Na2O; 0 to 5 wt. % K2O wherein a total amount of Na2O and K2O is between 10 and 20 wt. %; and 0 to 5 wt. % B2O3, and colorants including: 1.25 to 1.5 wt. % total iron oxide (T—Fe2O3) expressed as Fe2O3; 0.01 to 0.019 wt. % CoO; more than 0.0008 wt. % and equal to or less than 0.003 wt. % Se; and 0.055 to 0.1 wt. % NiO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Seto, Yukihito Nagashima, Shigekazu Yoshii
  • Patent number: 6333287
    Abstract: A colored glass is disclosed in which the generation of nickel sulfide stones has been eliminated or diminished without impairing glass appearance or productivity. The colored glass contains, in % by weight, 0.5-4% total iron oxide (T-Fe2O3) in terms of Fe2O3 and 0.0002 to less than 0.01% molybdenum in terms of Mo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Seto
  • Patent number: 6326324
    Abstract: An ultraviolet and infrared radiation absorbing glass is disclosed, which has a bronze or neutral gray tint, a low ultraviolet transmission, and a low total solar energy transmission and is suitable for use as a window glass for motor vehicles or buildings. The glass comprises, in % by weight: basic glass components comprising 65 to 80% SiO2, 0 to 5% B2O3, 0 to 5% Al2O3, 0 to 10% MgO, 5 to 15% CaO, 10 to 18% Na2O, and 0 to 5% K2O, provided that the sum of MgO and CaO is 5 to 15% and the sum of Na2O and K2O is 10 to 20%; coloring components comprising 0.20 to 0.30% total iron oxide (T-Fe2O3) in terms of Fe2O3, 0.65 to 1.1% CeO2, 0.35 to 1.1% TiO2, 0.001 to 0.005% CoO, and 0.0003 to 0.0015% Se; and an additional component comprising 0.02 to 0.30% SO3, wherein 20.5 to 25% of said T-Fe2O3 is FeO in terms of Fe2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Koichi Sakaguchi, Shigeki Nakagaki
  • Patent number: 6313053
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blue colored glass using a standard soda-lime-silica glass base composition and additionally iron and cobalt, and optionally chromium, as solar radiation absorbing materials and colorants. In particular, the blue colored glass includes about 0.40 to 1.0 wt. % total iron, preferably about 0.50 to 0.75 wt. %, about 4 to 40 PPM CoO, preferably about 4 to 20 PPM, and 0 to 100 PPM Cr2O3. The redox ratio for the glass of the present invention is greater than 0.35 up to about 0.60, and preferably between about 0.36 to 0.50. In one particular embodiment of the invention, the glass has a luminous transmittance of at least 55% and a color characterized by a dominant wavelength of 485 to 489 nanometers and an excitation purity of about 3 to 18 percent. In another embodiment of the invention, the glass has a luminous transmittance of at least 65% at a thickness of about 0.154 inches (3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry J. Shelestak
  • Patent number: 6309990
    Abstract: A low-dielectric-constant glass fiber having a glass composition comprising, by % by weight, 45 to 60% of SiO2, 8 to 20% of Al2O3, 15 to 30% of B2O3, 0 to 5% of MgO, 5%, exclusive of 5%, to 12% of CaO, 0 to 1.0% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0.5 to 5% of TiO2 and 0 to 2% of F2 is suitable for use for reinforcing a high-density printed wiring board required to have a low dielectric tangent and its peripheral members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignees: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd., Nitto Glass Fiber Mfg. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shinichi Tamura, Masahiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20010034295
    Abstract: The ultraviolet/infrared transmittance glass consists of base glass including: 65 to 80 wt. % SiO2; 0 to 5 wt. % B2O3; 0 to 5 wt. % Al2O3; 0 to 10 wt. % MgO; 5 to 15 wt. % CaO; 10 to 18 wt. % Na2O; 0 to 5 wt. % K2O; 5 to 15 wt. % total amount of MgO and CaO; and 0 to 20 wt. % total amount of Na2O and K2O, colorants including: equal to or more than 0.05 wt. % and less than 0.2 wt. % total iron oxide (T-Fe2O3) expressed as Fe2O3; 0.63 to 1.4 wt. % CeO2; 0.02 to 1.5 wt. % TiO2; 0.0005 to 0.005 wt. % CoO; and 0.0003 to 0.002 wt. % Se. FeO expressed as Fe2O3 is between 30 wt. % and 60 wt. % of T-Fe2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Seto, Koichi Sakaguchi, Shigeki Nakagaki
  • Patent number: 6306785
    Abstract: A living tissue replacement of crystallized glass having bioaffinity and mechanical strength is briefly obtained simply by pressure molding or machining without using a special equipment. A glass material having a softening point below its crystallization temperature and exhibiting viscous flow at temperatures below its melting point is heated at a temperature above its Tg and pressed at the temperature to mold to a desired shape, thereby manufacturing a living tissue replacement such as a dental crown. Molding can be done under a pressure of up to 20 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Nonami, Tatsuji Sano, Sadami Tsutsumi, Tetsuo Urabe, Masahiro Fukuma
  • Publication number: 20010021685
    Abstract: A method for shifting the absorption peak wavelength in the wavelength range 900-1600 nm of an infrared radiation absorbing glass from less than 1100 nm to 1100 nm or longer without substantially changing the tint of the glass, comprising the step of irradiating with ultraviolet light of 400 nm or shorter at an energy density of 1.0×106 J/m2/hr or more to increase the content of FeO in the irradiated glass by reducing Fe (III) to Fe (II) ,the ultraviolet light irradiated glass thereby comprising 0.02 wt. % or more FeO in terms of Fe2O3. The glass to be irradiated comprises, in % by weight: 65 to 80% SiO2, 0 to 5% Al2O3, 0 to 10% MgO, 5 to 15% CaO, 10 to 18% Na2O, 0 to 5% K2O, 5 to 15% MgO+CaO, 10 to 20% Na2O+K2O, and 0 to 5% B2O3; 0.02% or more total iron oxide (T-Fe2O3) in terms of Fe2O3, 0 to 2.0% CeO2, 0 to 1.0% TiO2, 0 to 0.005% CoO, and 0 to 0.005% Se.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Koichi Sakaguchi, Hiromitsu Seto, Yukihito Nagashima
  • Patent number: 6287998
    Abstract: An ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass is formed of a base glass and colorants. The base glass contains 65 to 80 wt. % SiO2; 0 to 5 wt. % Al2O3; 0 to 10 wt. % MgO; 5 to 15 wt. % CaO wherein a total amount of MgO and CaO is between 5 and 15 wt. %; 10 to 18 wt. % Na2O; 0 to 5 wt. % K2O wherein a total amount of Na2O and K2O is in a range of 10 and 20 wt. %; and 0 to 5 wt. % B2O3. The colorants contains more than 1.2 wt. % and not more than 1.5 wt. % total iron oxide (T-Fe2O3) expressed as Fe2O3; equal to or more than 0.003 wt. % and less than 0.015 wt. % CoO; 0.0009 to 0.005 wt. % Se; 0.0005 to 0.05 wt. % NiO; and 0 to 0.2 wt. % of TiO2, wherein FeO expressed as Fe2O3 is between 15 and 50 wt. % of T-Fe2O3. The ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass has a bronze or gray color shade, low visible light transmittance, low solar energy transmittance and low ultraviolet transmittance, so that it is useful for a privacy protecting glass in a rear window of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Seto, Yukihito Nagashima, Shigekazu Yoshii
  • Patent number: 6274523
    Abstract: The present invention provides a glass composition having a neutral gray color and a luminous (visible) transmittance within a range that allows the glass to be used as privacy glazing in a vehicle. The glass of the present invention has a standard soda-lime-silica flat glass base composition and uses iron, cobalt and selenium, and optionally nickel, as the colorants. It has also been found that a nickel-free, neutral gray colored glass with a luminous transmittance (C.I.E. illuminant A) of up to 40% at a thickness of 3.9 millimeters may be attained by using as colorants: 0.59 to 0.99 wt. % of the total glass Fe2O3 (total iron), no greater than 0.30 wt. % FeO; 60 to 180 PPM CoO and 5 to 30 PPM Se. It has been found that a nickel-bearing, neutral gray colored glass with a luminous transmittance (C.I.E. illuminant A) of up to but less than 40% at a thickness of 3.9 millimeters may be attained by using as colorants: 0.35 to 1.1 wt. % of the total glass Fe2O3 (total iron), no greater than 0.30 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: PPG Industris Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Krumwiede, Anthony V. Longobardo, Larry J. Shelestak, David R. Haskins
  • Patent number: 6258740
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultraviolet ray absorbing soda-lime glass. This glass contains less than 0.10 wt % of iron in terms of Fe2O3, which is optionally contained as an impurity in the glass, 0.7-2.6 wt % of CeO2, 0-1.3 wt % of TiO2, 0-0.12 wt % of V2O5, 0.08-0.30 wt % of sulfur in terms of SO3, and 0-0.0025 wt % of CoO. The glass at a thickness of 5 mm is not higher than 10% in ultraviolet radiation transmittance, is not lower than 80% in visible light transmittance, and is from 530 to 575 nm in dominant wavelength. The glass is transparent and clear, superior in ultraviolet ray absorption capability, and high in visible light transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Machishita, Kazutoshi Nakaya
  • Patent number: 6255238
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is brown solar glasses, absorbing UV or IR radiation, as well as solar ophthalmic lenses in said glasses. Said glasses have the following composition, expressed in percentages by weight: SiO2: 64-71; B2O3: 2-8; Al2O3: 0-4; ZrO2: 0-2; Li2O: 0-4; Na2O: 6-10; K2O: 7-16; CaO: 0-5.5; ZnO: 0-5.5; TiO2; 0-2; Fe2O3: 3-9; Co3O4: 0-0.030; NiO: 0-0.2; SeO2: 0.0030-0.1; As2O3: 0-0.1; Sb2O3: 0-0.1; SnO2: 0-0.1; Cl: 0-2; Br: 0-2; F: 0-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Corning S.A.
    Inventor: Yves A. H. Brocheton
  • Patent number: 6235666
    Abstract: A high LTa, low UV and IR transmittance grey glass employing as its colorant portion iron (Fe2O3/FeO), erbium (Er2O3) and, optionally, titanium (TiO2). Enhanced effects are achieved by forming separate prebatch mixes, one of which includes rouge, metallic Si (optional), SiO and sand, the other including the remainder of ingredients, which after separate formation are then admixed to form the final, overall batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Seldon Cochran, Anthony Vincent Longobardo, Ksenia Alexander Landa, Leonid Mendel Landa
  • Patent number: 6218323
    Abstract: A neutral-colored soda-lime-silicate glass with high light transmission in the visible region. The glass has a basic composition which contains at least the following constituents: SiO2, 66-75 weight %; Na2O, 10-20 weight %; CaO, 5-15 weight %; MgO, 0-6 weight %; Al2O3, 0-5 weight %; and K2O, 0-5 weight %; and incorporates a colorant portion comprising the following constituents: Co, 0.1-1 ppm; Fe2O3, ≦0.03 weight % (total iron content); and FeO/Fe2O3, >0.4. The glass possesses a light transmittance (illuminant D 65 according to DIN 67 507) of at least 89% at a reference thickness of 4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Flachglas Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Bretschneider, Hubert Drexler
  • Patent number: 6207284
    Abstract: Silicate based glass compositions with nitrogen compounds are included in the composition as performance modifiers to impart desirable color and improved energy absorbance properties. The nitrogen compound is, generally, a metal nitride which is added to the batch glass composition in amounts greater than 0.05 weight percent prior to melting the composition and method resulting in a finished glass suitable for use in architectural and automotive glazings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Libben-Owens-Ford Co.
    Inventors: Srikanth Varanasi, Paige L. Higby, Gwendolyn A. Young
  • Patent number: 6196027
    Abstract: The invention is a method of making silicate based glass compositions with phosphorus compounds included in the composition as spectral modifiers to impart desirable color and improved energy absorbance properties. 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.
    Inventors: Srikanth Varanasi, Michael B. Purvis, Paige L. Higby, Kevin V. Goodwin, Gwendolyn A. Young
  • Patent number: 6191059
    Abstract: Silicate based glass compositions with metal silicide compounds included in the composition as performance modifiers to impart desirable color and improved energy absorbance properties. The metal silicides are 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.
    Inventor: Srikanth Varanasi
  • Patent number: 6170292
    Abstract: The invention is a medium color gray soda-lime-silica glass composition having excellent ultra violet and infra red absorbing ability. The colorants of the glass composition consist essentially of: greater than 0.5 but less than 0.9 wt. % total iron oxide as Fe2O3; 0.1 to 1.0 wt. % manganese compound as MnO2; 0.0005 to 0.003 wt. % selenium as Se; 0.002 to 0.010 wt. % cobalt oxide as Co; up to 1.0 TiO2; the glass composition having, at 4.0 mm. thickness: 485-570 dominant wavelength, less than 5% purity of excitation, 35 to 60% light transmittance using Illuminant A, less than 40% ultra violet transmittance measured over 300-400 nm, and less than 45% infra red transmittance measured over 760-2120 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Nashed Boulos, James Victor Jones
  • Patent number: 6165924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a package for foods on the basis of green colored, ultraviolet radiation absorbing soda-lime glass that is permeable to visible light and has a dominant wavelength of 500 to 575 nm, which glass, as compared with the weight of the glass, contains at least 1.5% by weight of iron, calculated as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, and at least 0.10% by weight of chromium, calculated as Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Heineken Technical Services B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus Smout, Gerrit Jan Loggers
  • Patent number: 6150028
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass sheets formed from a glass which contains, in percentages by weight, from 1 to 2.5% of total iron expressed in the form of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, the FeO weight content being between 0.3 and 1%, the said sheets exhibiting, for a thickness of between 1 and 1.9 mm, an energy transmittance (T.sub.E) of less than 55%. The sheets according to the invention are more particularly intended for the production of laminated glazing panels for motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage
    Inventor: Pedro Pablo Mazon
  • Patent number: 6133179
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a glass composition of the silica-soda-lime type, having a UV transmission such that T.sub.UV.ISO <15%, and preferably T.sub.UV.ISO .ltoreq.13%, for a glass thickness of between 2.85 mm and 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage
    Inventor: Anne Berthereau
  • Patent number: 6110583
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.
    Inventors: Srikanth Varanasi, Michael B. Purvis, Paige L. Higby, Kevin V. Goodwin, Gwendolyn A. Young
  • Patent number: 6103650
    Abstract: The present invention provides a green colored, infrared and ultraviolet absorbing glass composition having a luminous transmittance of up to 60 percent. The glass composition uses a standard soda-lime-silica glass base composition and additionally iron, cobalt, chromium, and titanium, as infrared and ultraviolet radiation absorbing materials and colorants. The glass of the present invention has a color characterized by a dominant wavelength in the range of about 480 to 510 nanometers, preferably about 490 to 525 nanometers, with an excitation purity of no higher than about 20%, preferably about 5 to 15%. In one embodiment of the invention, the glass composition of a green colored, infrared and ultraviolet radiation absorbing soda-lime-silica glass article includes a solar radiation absorbing and colorant portion consisting essentially of about 0.90 to 2.0 percent by weight total iron, about 0.17 to 0.52 percent by weight FeO, about 40 to 150 PPM CoO, about 250 to 800 PPM Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, and about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: John F. Krumwiede
  • Patent number: 6103649
    Abstract: A glass composition comprised of controlled amounts of BaO, SrO, ZnO and ZrO.sub.2, and alkali metal oxides has a high linear X-ray absorption coefficient of at least 34 cm.sup.-1 at a wavelength of 0.6 .ANG., satisfactory chromaticity and excellent resistance to devitrification, suitable for use as a panel glass of a cathode ray tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Samsun Corning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Sang Kim, Chan-Jong Lee, Seok-Soo Sheen
  • Patent number: 6080695
    Abstract: A neutral gray soda-lime-silica glass having a low light transmission (less than 20%), which reduces the transmission of solar energy, such as the transmission of near infrared radiation (less than 14%) and, in a greater degree, the transmission of ultraviolet radiation (less than 12%), comprising the following components in weight percentage:______________________________________ Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 from 1.20 to 2.0% FeO from 18 to 28% (Reduction Percentage). Co.sub.3 O.sub.4 from 0.020 to 0.030% Se from 0.0025 to 0.010% CuO from 0.0050 to 0.050% ______________________________________This glass avoids the use of the coloring compounds such as the nickel, chromium and manganese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Vidrio Plano De Mexico, S.A. De C.V.
    Inventors: Herbert Scheffler-Hudlet, Roberto-Marcos Cabrera-Llanos, Jose-Guadalupe Cid-Aguilar, Rafael-Enrique Pinto-Negroe
  • Patent number: 6080694
    Abstract: The invention is a dark bronze soda-lime-silica glass composition having excellent ultra violet and infra red absorbing ability. The colorants of the glass composition consist essentially of: greater than 0.5% total iron oxide as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 with a maximum of 1.5% Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, wherein the redox ratio of FeO/total Fe as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 is less than 0.26; 0.10 to 1.00 wt. % manganese compound as MnO.sub.2 ; 0.0005 to 0.004 wt. % selenium as Se; up to 0.016 wt. % cobalt oxide as Co; the glass composition having, at 4.0 mm. thickness: 570-585 dominant wavelength, 5-30% purity of excitation, 20 to 65% light transmittance using Illuminant A (LTA), less than 35% ultra violet transmittance measured over 300-400 nm, and less than 46% infra red transmittance measured over 760-2120 nm. At 20-50% LTA, the excitation purity is 7-30%, while above 50% LTA, the excitation purity is 5-20%. This glass is particularly useful for architectural applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Edward Nashed Boulos, James Victor Jones
  • Patent number: 6071840
    Abstract: A dark green colored glass comprising 100 parts by weight of a matrix component of soda lime silicate glass, and, as coloring components, from 0.5 to 2.0 parts by weight of total iron calculated as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, more than 1.0 to 3.0 parts by weight of total titanium calculated as TiO.sub.2, from 0.003 to 0.02 part by weight of CoO, from 0 to 0.0008 part by weight of Se, from 0 to 0.05 part by weight of total chromium calculated as Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, from 0 to 0.5 part by weight of total vanadium calculated as V.sub.2 O.sub.5 and from 0 to 0.5 part by weight of total cerium calculated as CeO.sub.2, wherein the proportion of ferrous iron calculated as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 in the total iron calculated as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 is from 15 to 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Mizuki Sasage, Takashi Kijima, Shiro Tanii
  • Patent number: RE37514
    Abstract: A dark gray colored glass comprising 100 parts by weight of a soda lime silicate glass as a matrix component and coloring components consisting essentially of from 0.8 to 1.5 parts by weight of total iron calculated as Fe2O3, from 0.1 to 0.3 part by weight of FeO, from 0 to 1.0 part by weight of TiO2, from 0.0005 to 0.015 part by weight of Se, from 0.02 to 0.05 part be weight of CoO and from 0.002 to 0.05 part by weight of Cr2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Mizuki Sasage, Takashi Kijima