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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2001
Lionel Beunet, Fontainebleau, FR;
Marie J. M. Comte, Fontenay aux Roses, FR;
Eric Papin, Perthes en Gatinais, FR;
Sophie Peschiera, Champagne sur Seine, FR;
Eurokera, Chateau-Thierry, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a decorated glass-ceramic plate, suitable in particular as a cooktop, comprising a glass-ceramic plate having a low coefficient of thermal expansion between ±15×10 K (20-700° C.) and a decoration on the surface of said plate. Characteristically, said decoration comprises a vitrified glass frit containing to % by weight of pigments and said decorated glass-ceramic cooktop has a modulus of rupture of at least 120 MPa. The invention also relates to a method of decorating glass-ceramic plates and to an enamel which is useful in particular for implementing said method.