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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1995
Raymond Peter Cross, Preston, GB;
Steven John Reilly, St. Helens., GB;
Timothy Jenkinson, Greater Manchester, GB;
Pilkington Glass Limited, Merseyside, GB;
Pilkington PLC, Merseyside, GB;
Abstract
A mirror assembly comprising a glass substrate, a low transmissivity reflecting coating on the substrate and an opacifying member which is assembled adjacent to the glass substrate for a front surface mirror or the reflecting coating for a back surface mirror. The present invention also provides a method of producing a mirror assembly comprising depositing onto a hot ribbon of glass during the production process a low transmissivity reflecting coating and assembling an opacifying member adjacent to the glass substrate or the reflecting coating of the mirror so formed.