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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
May. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carmen B Bischer, Jr, Hayward, CA (US);
Edward A Small, Jr, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dielectric Coating Industries, Hayward, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427534 ; 427539 ; 4272553 ; 4272555 ;
Abstract
Improvements in the method and apparatus of vacuum deposition of a highly reflective surface onto aluminum base, including unanodized roll-polished aluminum, wherein a coil of the aluminum is disposed within the vacuum chamber, both as it unwinds and as it rewinds, and the water vapor created by heating the aluminum web is made available to other vacuum deposition processing compartments within the vacuum chamber including a glow discharge chamber typically fueled by argon gas. A relatively thick layer of oxide is vacuum deposited onto an unanodized aluminum base as a substrate for the reflective surface.