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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 03, 1999
Richard H. Crane, Elmira Heights, NY (US);
Laura O. De Angelis, Painted Post, NY (US);
William L. Haynes, Painted Post, NY (US);
Ronald L. Stewart, Big Flats, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed at a family of glasses capable of absorbing UV radiation and filtering yellow light in the visible region of the spectrum, the family of glasses having a composition consisting essentially, in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, of: 55-95.7% SiO,, 0-28% B,O,, 0.5-18% Al,O,, 0-4% SrO, 0-13% BaO, 0-13% CaO, 0-8% MgO, 0-7.5% Na,O, 0-9.5% K,O, 0-1.5% Li,O, 0-1.5% Sb,O,, 0.4-4.5% Nd,O,, and 0.1-1% CeO,. Glasses of the present invention are capable of employment as envelopes for tungsten-halogen lamps and other high temperature light sources, as well as sealed-beam incandescent headlights.