IP Library Granted Patent US 7,897,273
Granted Patent B2
US 7,897,273 · App. 12/486,852 · Granted Mar 1, 2011

Appliance with coated transparency

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Patent No.
US 7,897,273
App. No.
12/486,852
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An appliance transparency, such as an oven transparency, includes at least one substrate and a coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal layer, such as a metallic silver layer. The metal layer can have a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 100 Å and optionally or the coating can have a protective coating deposited thereon.

Claims (41)

1. An oven transparency, comprising:

a transparency having a first surface and a second surface;

a first coating formed over at least a portion of the first surface, the first coating consisting essentially of one or more metal oxide layers;

a second coating formed over at least a portion of the second surface, the second coating comprising:

at least one dielectric layer;

a first metallic layer; and

a second metallic layer; and

a protective coating formed over at least a portion of the second coating, wherein the second coating is positioned closer to an oven interior than the first coating.

2. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the transparency comprises two or more substrates, and wherein the first surface and the second surface are on different substrates.

3. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the transparency comprises one or more substrates, and wherein the first surface and the second surface are on the same substrate.

4. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the first coating comprises a doped metal oxide.

5. The transparency of claim 4 , wherein the first coating comprises fluorine doped tin oxide.

6. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the metallic layers of the second coating includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, copper, silver, and aluminum.

7. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the at least one dielectric layer of the second coating includes at least one material selected from metal oxides, oxides of metal alloys, doped metal oxides, nitrides, oxynitrides, and mixtures thereof.

8. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the protective coating comprises at least one of alumina, silica, and/or zirconium oxide.

9. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the second coating comprises:

a first dielectric layer consisting essentially of a zinc oxide layer and a zinc stannate layer;

the first metallic layer comprising silver and deposited over the first dielectric layer;

a second dielectric layer consisting essentially of a zinc oxide layer, a zinc stannate layer, and another zinc oxide layer deposited over the first metallic layer;

the second metallic layer comprising silver and deposited over the second dielectric layer;

a third dielectric layer consisting essentially of a zinc oxide layer, a zinc stannate layer, and a zinc oxide layer deposited over the second metallic layer film; and

the third metallic layer comprising silver and deposited over the third dielectric layer.

10. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the first coating further comprises at least one metallic layer and a protective coating formed over at least a portion of the first coating, and wherein the protective coating comprises at least one of alumina, silica, and/or zirconium oxide.

11. The transparency of claim 10 , wherein the metallic layer of the first coating includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, copper, silver, aluminum, or mixtures, alloys, or combinations thereof.

12. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein both the first coating and second coating are deposited by MSVD.

13. An oven transparency, comprising:

a transparency having a first surface and a second surface;

a first coating formed over at least a portion of the first surface, the first coating consisting essentially of one or more metal oxide layers with at least one layer consisting essentially of fluorine doped tin oxide;

a second coating formed over at least a portion of the second surface, the second coating comprising:

a first dielectric layer;

a first metallic layer;

a second dielectric layer; and

a second metallic layer; and

a protective coating formed over at least a portion of the second coating, wherein the protective coating comprises at least one of alumina, silica, and zirconium oxide, wherein the second coating is positioned closer to an oven interior than the first coating.

14. The transparency of claim 13 , wherein the transparency comprises one or more substrates, and wherein the first surface and the second surface are on different substrates.

15. The transparency of claim 13 , wherein the transparency comprises one or more substrates, and wherein the first surface and the second surface are on the same substrate.

16. The transparency of claim 13 , wherein the second coating further comprises:

a third dielectric layer deposited over the second metallic layer film; and

the third metallic layer deposited over the third dielectric layer.

17. The transparency of claim 13 , wherein the protective coating comprises a first layer and a second layer, and wherein the second layer of the protective coating comprises greater than 80 wt. % silica.

18. The transparency of claim 13 , wherein the first dielectric layer consists essentially of a zinc stannate layer and a zinc oxide layer, and wherein the second dielectric layer consists essentially of a zinc oxide layer, a zinc stannate layer, and another zinc oxide layer.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2021
From: VITRO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
To: VITRO FLAT GLASS LLC
Reel/Frame 058052/0526 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2019
From: VITRO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
To: VITRO FLAT GLASS LLC
Reel/Frame 048048/0177 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040473 FRAME: 0455. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 3, 2017
From: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
To: VITRO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
Reel/Frame 042393/0520 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2016
From: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
To: VITRO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
Reel/Frame 040473/0455 →