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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2003
Inka Henze, Udenheim, DE;
Lutz Klippe, Wiesbaden, DE;
Cora Krause, Burrweiler, DE;
Bernd Metz, Mainz, DE;
Juergen Dzick, Nieder-Olm, DE;
Bernd Schultheis, Schwabenheim, DE;
Inka Henze, Udenheim, DE;
Lutz Klippe, Wiesbaden, DE;
Cora Krause, Burrweiler, DE;
Bernd Metz, Mainz, DE;
Juergen Dzick, Nieder-Olm, DE;
Bernd Schultheis, Schwabenheim, DE;
Schott AG, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
The cleaning-friendly article, such as a household kitchen appliance, which is suitable for heating food and/or directly connected with this unit, has a suitable long-lasting or permanent easily cleaned coating on its surfaces that are accessible to dirt. In order to provide this easily cleaned coating a mixture is applied to these surfaces, which contains a hydrolyzable, network-forming gel and a hydrophobic substance. The gel is preferably formed from metal oxides. such as SiO, AlO, FeO, InO, SnO, ZrO, BOand/or TiO. The hydrophobic substance is preferably chemically combined with the gel network. The hydrophobic substance preferably includes pre-condensed fluoroalkyl-silanes.