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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:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David William Sheel, Aughton, GB;
Joseph Earle Lewis, Ormskirk, GB;
Assignee:
Pilkington PLC, St. Helens, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427166 ; 427250 ; 427252 ; 427255 ; 4272551 ; 427304 ; 65 602 ; 65 604 ; 65 607 ;
Abstract
A method of producing mirrors comprising depositing a reflecting metal layer by pyrolysis on a ribbon of hot glass during the glass production process characterized by applying to the glass ribbon prior to deposition of the reflecting metal layer a primer for enhancing metal nucleation on the glass. The invention also provides a method of producing mirrors during the glass production process the method comprising pre-treating the surface of a ribbon of hot glass with an activating agent and pyrolytically depositing over the pre-treated surface a reflecting metal layer.