Arkema Inc.

Pilkington Group Limited

Ryan Christopher Smith

Roman Y Korotkov

Jeffery Lee Stricker

Michael B Abrams

Gary Stephen Silverman

Jeremy Jon Nihart

Kevin David Sanderson

Liang Ye

Gunter E Moeller

Guillermo Benito Gutiérrez

Jeffrey Lee Stricker

A modular apparatus for coating glass articles with a chemical compound includes a coating hood section () including a series of interconnected walls () defining an interior chamber () having an inlet () and an outlet (), a blower () positioned at least partially in the interior chamber () to carry air from the inlet () towards the outlet (); and a connector () for connecting the coating hood section () to an identical coating hood section (). The connector () for connecting being defined on at least one of the interconnected walls () of the coating hood section ().

Modular hood for coating glass containers including removable dividers for affecting air flow through the hood

Methods and apparatus for measuring a thickness of a coating on an moving object are provided. Light is directed toward the object at a predetermined location on the object such that a portion of the light interacts with the object. A 1D and/or 2D maximum intensities for at least one wavelength channel is captured that is produced by the portion of the light interacting with the object. A measured average intensity of the wavelength channel and/or intensities and their arithmetic derivatives of multi wavelength channel geometries is converted into 1D (averaged) and/or 2D thickness values. Based on these values an acceptability of the coating is evaluated and thickness calculated.

Optical intensity method to measure the thickness of coatings deposited on substrates

Modular hood for coating glass containers

Methods and apparatus for measuring a thickness of a coating on an moving object are provided. Light is directed toward the object at a predetermined location on the object such that a portion of the light interacts with the object. A I D and/or 2D maximum intensities for at least one wavelength channel is captured that is produced by the portion of the light interacting with the object. A measured average intensity of the wavelength channel and/or intensities and their arithmetic derivatives of multi wavelength channel geometries is converted into I D (averaged) and/or 2D thickness values. Based on these values an acceptability of the coating is evaluated and thickness calculated.

Object position independent method to measure the thickness of coatings deposited on curved objects moving at high rates

An apparatus for coating glass articles includes a housing structure defining a chamber for receiving air or other fluid from a source of pressurized air that is in fluid communication with the chamber. The housing structure has an open end and a surface defined along at least a portion of the open end. A hot-swappable insert is removably positioned on the surface. The hot-swappable insert has a series of apertures for distributing the air or other fluid from the chamber and onto a surface of the glass articles that are positioned adjacent the insert. The insert can be replaced with another insert to adjust the flow path of the air or other fluid onto the glass articles.

Interchangable center section for glass coating hood

A low-resistivity, doped zinc oxide coated glass article is formed by providing a hot glass substrate having a surface on which a coating is to be deposited, the surface being at a temperature of at least 400&#xb0; C. A zinc containing compound, an oxygen-containing compound and an aluminum- or gallium-containing compound are directed to the surface on which the coating is to be deposited. The zinc containing compound, oxygen-containing compound, and aluminum- or gallium-containing compound are mixed together for a sufficient time that an aluminum or gallium doped zinc oxide coating is formed on the surface at a deposition rate of greater than 5 nm/second.

Method of making low resisitivity doped zinc oxide coatings and the articles formed thereby

What is described and claimed is an atmospheric chemical vapor deposition method of making a low-resistivity, doped zinc oxide coated glass article, made by directing one or more streams of gaseous reactants, specifically a zinc containing compound, a fluorine containing compound, an oxygen containing compound, and at least one compound containing one or more of boron, aluminum, gallium and indium onto a surface of a heated glass substrate.

Method of making a low-resistivity, doped zinc oxide coated glass article and the coated glass article made thereby

An atmospheric chemical vapor deposition method of making a zinc oxide coated glass article, made by directing one or more streams of gaseous reactants, specifically a zinc containing compound, and an oxygen containing compound, onto a surface of a transparent substrate material heated to a temperature of 400&#xb0; C. or less.

Low temperature method of making a zinc oxide coated article and the coated article made thereby

The invention described and claimed herein relates to a chemical vapor deposition process for depositing a zinc oxide coating on a substrate by delivering two gaseous precursor streams to a surface of the substrate, and mixing the gaseous precursor streams at the substrate surface for a time sufficiently short so as to form a zinc oxide coating at a deposition rate greater than 5 nm/second.

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Schwenksville, PA, United States of America

Ryan Christopher Smith