IP Library Granted Patent US 8,518,843
Granted Patent B2
US 8,518,843 · App. 13/444,994 · Granted Aug 27, 2013

Heat-absorbing glass plate and its production process

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Patent No.
US 8,518,843
App. No.
13/444,994
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a heat-absorbing glass plate which comprises soda lime silica glass containing coloring components, the coloring components containing, as represented by mass % based on the following oxides, from 0.45 to 0.61% of total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 and from 0.2 to 0.6% of TiO 2 , which contains substantially no CoO, Cr 2 O 3 , V 2 O 5 , MnO nor CeO 2 , which has a mass proportion of bivalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 of from 45 to 60%, which has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness, which has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness, and which provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 500 nm.

Claims (39)

1. A heat-absorbing glass plate which comprises soda lime silica glass containing coloring components, the coloring components containing, as represented by mass % based on the following oxides, from 0.45 to 0.61% of total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 and from 0.2 to 0.6% of TiO 2 ,

which contains substantially no CoO, Cr 2 O 3 , V 2 O 5 , MnO nor CeO 2 ,

which has a mass proportion of bivalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 of from 45 to 60%,

which has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness as defined in JIS R3106 (1998),

which has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness as defined in JIS R3106 (1998), and

which provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 500 nm as defined in JIS Z8701 (1982).

2. A heat-absorbing glass plate which comprises soda lime silica glass containing coloring components, the coloring components containing, as represented by mass % based on the following oxides, from 0.45 to 0.61% of total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 and from 0.2 to 0.6% of TiO 2 ,

which contains substantially no cobalt oxide, chromium oxide, vanadium oxide, manganese oxide nor cerium oxide,

which has a mass proportion of bivalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 of from 45 to 60%,

which has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness as defined in JIS R3106 (1998),

which has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness as defined in JIS R3106 (1998), and

which provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 500 nm as defined in JIS Z8701 (1982).

3. The heat-absorbing glass plate according to claim 1 , which comprises soda lime silica glass having a composition substantially comprising, as represented by mass % based on the following oxides:

SiO 2 : 65˜75%,

Al 2 O 3 : 0.1˜5%,

Na 2 O+K 2 O: 10˜18%,

CaO: 5˜15%,

MgO: 2˜6%,

SnO 2 : 0˜0.5%,

SO 3 : 0˜1%,

total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 : 0.45˜0.61%,

TiO 2 : 0.2˜0.6%.

4. The heat-absorbing glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the content of total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is from 0.49 to 0.54% as represented by mass % based on oxides.

5. The heat-absorbing glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the TiO 2 content is from 0.32 to 0.41% as represented by mass % based on oxides.

6. The heat-absorbing glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the mass proportion of bivalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is from 50 to 55%.

7. A process for producing a heat-absorbing glass plate, which comprises melting a glass raw material and forming the melt into a plate to produce soda lime silica glass containing coloring components, wherein

the coloring components of the glass after forming contain, as represented by mass % based on the following oxides, from 0.45 to 0.61% of total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 and from 0.2 to 0.6% of TiO 2 ,

the heat-absorbing glass plate contains substantially no CoO, Cr 2 O 3 , V 2 O 5 , MnO nor CeO 2 , and

has a mass proportion of bivalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 of from 45 to 60%, and

the glass plate after forming has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness as defined in JIS R3106 (1998),

has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness as defined in JIS R3106 (1998), and

provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 500 nm as defined in JIS Z8701 (1982).

8. A process for producing a heat-absorbing glass plate, which comprises melting a glass raw material and forming the melt into a plate to produce soda lime silica glass containing coloring components, wherein

the coloring components of the glass after forming contain, as represented by mass % based on the following oxides, from 0.45 to 0.61% of total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 and from 0.2 to 0.6% of TiO 2 ,

the heat-absorbing glass plate contains substantially no cobalt oxide, chromium oxide, vanadium oxide, manganese oxide nor cerium oxide, and

has a mass proportion of bivalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 of from 45 to 60%, and

the glass plate after forming has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness as defined in JIS R3106 (1998),

has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness as defined in JIS R3106 (1998), and

provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 500 nm as defined in JIS Z8701 (1982).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2012
From: SHIMADA, YUYA; KONDO, YUKI
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028035/0339 →