公开(公告)号：EP1996873A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-03

申请号：EP07748945.8

申请日：2007-01-18

申请人： GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP. ,  Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Céramique S.A. ( C.R.V.C.)

发明人： O'CONNOR, Kevin ,  WANG, Yei-ping (mimi) ,  RECKER, Duane ,  VANDAL, Robert, A. ,  HADFIELD, Shane ,  SOL, Jean-marc ,  BRECHT, Greg

IPC分类号： F24J2/10 ,  G02B5/10 ,  F24J2/12 ,  F24J2/13 ,  F24J2/14

CPC分类号： G02B5/10 ,  B32B17/10036 ,  B32B17/10082 ,  B32B17/10091 ,  B32B17/1022 ,  B32B17/10302 ,  B32B17/10761 ,  B32B17/10889 ,  F24S23/71 ,  F24S23/82 ,  Y02E10/42

摘要： A reflector (e.g., mirror) for use in a solar collector or the like is provided. In certain example embodiments of this invention, a reflector is made by (a) forming a reflective coating on a thin substantially flat glass substrate (the thin glass substrate may or may not be pre-bent prior to the coating being applied thereto), (b) optionally, if the glass substrate in (a) was not prebent, then cold-bending the glass substrate with the reflective coating thereon; and (c) applying a plate or frame member to the thin bent glass substrate with the coating thereon from (a) and/or (b), the plate or frame member (which may be another thicker pre-bent glass sheet, for example) for maintaining the thin glass substrate and coating thereon in a desired bent orientation in a final product which may be used as parabolic trough or dish type reflector in a concentrating solar power apparatus or the like.