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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:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas M Nelson, Curtice, OH (US);
Timothy Jenkinson, Greater Manchester, GB;
Assignees:
Pilkington Glass Limited, St. Helens, GB;
Libbey-Owens-Ford Company, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; C03C / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359584 ; 359883 ; 359884 ; 359900 ; 65 602 ; 65 605 ; 65 608 ; 65 95 ; 427166 ; 427167 ; 4272257 ; 4274192 ;
Abstract
A method of producing front surface mirrors comprising depositing onto a hot ribbon of low transmissivity glass during the production process a low transmissivity reflecting coating whereby the mirrors have a transmissivity through the coated glass of up to about 10% in visible light. There is also provided a front surface mirror comprising a glass substrate of low transmissivity glass carrying a low transmissivity reflecting coating whereby the mirror has a transmissivity through the coated glass of up to about 10% in visible light.