IP Library Granted Patent US 9,206,072
Granted Patent B2
US 9,206,072 · App. 14/304,302 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Colored glass plate and method for its production

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Patent No.
US 9,206,072
App. No.
14/304,302
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a colored glass plate which, despite containing substantially no expensive cerium, simultaneously satisfies low solar transmittance, high visible light transmittance and low UV transmittance, while transmitted light has a green color tone, The colored glass plate comprises, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, SiO 2 : from 65 to 75%, Al 2 O 3 : from 0 to 6%, MgO: at least 0% and less than 2%, CaO: from 5 to 15%, total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 : from 0.3 to 1.2%, total titanium calculated as TiO 2 : from 0.2 to 1.1%, and total vanadium calculated as V 2 O 5 : from 0.02 to 0.3%, and contains substantially no cerium, cobalt, chromium or manganese.

Claims (64)

1. A colored glass plate comprising, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides,

SiO 2 : from 65 to 75%,

Al 2 O 3 : from 0 to 6%,

MgO: from 0% to less than 2%,

CaO: from 5 to 15%,

total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 : from 0.5 to 1.2%,

total titanium calculated as TiO 2 : from 0.2 to 1.1%, and

total vanadium calculated as V 2 O 5 : from 0.02 to 0.3%,

and containing substantially no cerium, cobalt, chromium or manganese,

wherein said colored glass plate has:

a solar transmittance as stipulated in JIS R3106 (1998) of at most 55% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm,

a visible light transmittance (illuminant A, 2 degrees field of vision) as stipulated in JIS R3106 (1998) of at least 70% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm,

an UV transmittance as stipulated is ISO-9050 of at most 12% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm, and

a dominant wavelength of transmitted light as stipulated in JIS Z8701 (1982) of from 540 to 570 nm.

2. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which further comprises, as represented by mass percentage based on oxide, from 5 to 18% of Na 2 O.

3. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which has

a solar transmittance as stipulated in JIS R3106 (1998) of at most 51% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm,

a visible light transmittance (illuminant A, 2 degrees field of vision) as stipulated in JIS R3106 (1998) of at least 71.5% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm,

an UV transmittance as stipulated in ISO-9050 of at most 10% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm, and

a dominant wavelength of transmitted light as stipulated in JIS Z8701 (1982) of from 550 to 560 nm.

4. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the content of cerium, cobalt, chromium and manganese is less than 0.05% as represented by mass percentage.

5. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the content of cerium, cobalt, chromium and manganese is less than 0.01% as represented by mass percentage.

6. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , comprising no cerium, cobalt, chromium or manganese.

7. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , comprising, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides:

SiO 2 : from 67 to 72%,

Al 2 O 3 : from 1 to 5%,

MgO: from 0 to 1.0%,

CaO: from 6 to 10%,

Na 2 O+K 2 O: from 10 to 18%,

total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 : from 0.5 to 0.9%,

total titanium calculated as TiO 2 : from 0.5 to 1.0%, and

total vanadium calculated as V 2 O 5 : from 0.05 to 0.20%.

8. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , comprising, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides:

SiO 2 : from 69 to 71%,

Al 2 O 3 : from 2.5 to 4%,

MgO: from 0 to 0.5%,

CaO: from 7 to 8%,

Na 2 O+K 2 O: from 11 to 16%,

total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 : from 0.6 to 0.8%,

total titanium calculated as TiO 2 : from 0.7 to 0.9%, and

total vanadium calculated as V 2 O 5 : from 0.10 to 0.15%.

9. A method for producing a colored glass plate, which comprises melting glass raw materials, followed by forming to obtain a colored glass plate comprising, as compositional components of the glass plate after the forming and as represented by mass percentage based on oxides,

SiO 2 : from 65 to 75%,

Al 2 O 3 : from 0 to 6%,

MgO: from 0% to less than 2%,

CaO: from 5 to 15%,

total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 : from 0.5 to 1.2%,

total titanium calculated as TiO 2 : from 0.2 to 1.1%, and

total vanadium calculated as V 2 O 5 : from 0.02 to 0.3%,

and containing substantially no cerium, cobalt, chromium or manganese,

wherein said colored glass plate has:

a solar transmittance as stipulated in JIS R3106 (1998) of at most 55% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm,

a visible light transmittance (illuminant A, 2 degrees field of vision) as stipulated in JIS R3106 (1998) of at least 70% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm,

an UV transmittance as stipulated is ISO-9050 of at most 12% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm, and

a dominant wavelength of transmitted light as stipulated in JIS Z8701 (1982) of from 540 to 570 nm.

10. The method for producing a colored glass plate according to claim 9 , wherein the glass plate further comprises, as its compositional component and as represented by mass percentage based on oxide, from 5 to 18% of Na 2 O.

11. The method for producing a colored glass plate according to claim 9 , wherein the colored glass plate has

a solar transmittance as stipulated in JIS R3106 (1998) of at most 51% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm,

a visible light transmittance (illuminant A, 2 degrees field of vision) as stipulated in JIS R3106 (1998) of at least 71.5% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm,

an UV transmittance as stipulated in ISO-9050 of at most 10% as a value calculated in a thickness of 4 mm, and

a dominant wavelength of transmitted light as stipulated in JIS Z8701 (1982) of from 550 to 560 nm.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the content of cerium, cobalt, chromium and manganese in the colored glass plate is less than 0.05% as represented by mass percentage.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the content of cerium, cobalt, chromium and manganese in the colored glass plate is less than 0.01% as represented by mass percentage.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the colored glass plate comprises no cerium, cobalt, chromium or manganese.

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 Jul 1, 2014
From: SHIMADA, YUYA; KONDO, YUKI; KOBAYASHI, TOMOYUKI
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033218/0287 →