Abstract:
A vacuum insulating glass (IG) unit and method of manufacturing the same. A peripheral or edge seal of a vacuum IG unit is formed utilizing microwave energy in order to enable tempered glass sheets of the IG unit to retain a significant portion of their original temper strength. In certain exemplary embodiments, the edge seal may be formed of solder glass. In certain embodiments, edge seal material may be deposited on one or both substrates prior to a thermal tempering process so that during tempering the edge seal material is permitted to diffuse into (i.e., bond to) the glass substrate(s) before it is fully tempered. This is advantageous because diffusion of certain edge seal material (e.g., solder glass or glass frit edge seal material) into tempered glass is more difficult to achieve than diffusion of the same into annealed non-tempered glass).
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an image display apparatus is provided which includes the steps of: bringing panel members that constitute a display panel of the image display apparatus into a bake processing chamber, subjecting to bake processing the display panel members, lowering a temperature of the display panel members, bringing the display panel members into a seal-bonding processing chamber, and conducting seal-bonding processing by local heating to a seal-bonding portion.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a panel and an implosion proof glass of a flat color CRT, and a method for bonding thereof, in which a defective panel and a defective implosion proof glass from a fabrication process are refreshed by strengthening an adhesive force between the panel and the implosion glass and making to adjust the adhesive force to an appropriate level, for reducing a production cost, preventing environmental contamination, and improving focus and a contrast. To achieve this, the present invention provides a panel and an implosion proof glass of a flat color CRT including a thermosetting resin disposed between the implosion proof glass and the panel, for providing adhesiveness between the implosion proof glass and the panel. The present invention also provides a method for bonding a panel and an implosion proof glass of a flat color CRT, including the steps of (a) laying a thermosetting resin, and the implosion proof glass on an outside surface of the panel of the flat color CRT, (b) putting a vacuum band on edges of the layers of the panel, the thermosetting resin, and the implosion proof glass to enclose the edges of the layers, or placing the CRT in a vacuum chamber, (c) evacuating an enclosed space to form a vacuum therein, (d) conducting heating to soften the thermosetting resin, (e) compressing the thermosetting resin for eliminating a surface wave, and (f) conducting cooling down after the heating, and releasing the vacuum.
Abstract:
The invention relates to pressure-proof glass bodies (3) composed of two half-spheres (1,2) comprising or not a cylindrical intermediate part (10) and having complementary surfaces (4) which are brought into contact with each other, whereby the outer surfaces of a formed seam are even and flat. The glass elements are assembled in a non detachable way by gluing them together with a curable glue which is applied to said complementary surfaces. A glued seam (6) which is formed, for example, by a light or heat-curable glue, can be covered with a permanently elastic sealing material and then with a band and/or tape. The inventive glass bodies are characterized in that they are simple to manufacture and safe to operate when they are used in the oceanographic field.
Abstract:
A plasma display substrate comprising a rear plate and a plurality of partitions for forming display cells between every two adjacent partitions on one of the surfaces of the rear plate, wherein the partitions are molded independently of the rear plate with the mixture of ceramic or glass powder and a binder inclusive of organic additives and solvents are formed in a desired shape and a desired disposition on one of the surfaces of the rear plate made of ceramics or glass, and integrally joined to the rear plate. According to the substrate, the display cells have improved dimensional accuracy, particularly, the partitions having highly accurate flat side surfaces with no deformation and having a predetermined height can be formed easily. This disclosure also provides a method of producing the same.
Abstract:
A pane with low energy transmission. The pane has a laminated structure of at least one glass sheet tinted in its mass and preferably having antisolar properties, and at least one sheet of polymer material containing a UV-absorbent, the at least one glass sheet and at least one sheet of polymer material being chosen to give a light transmission factor TL.sub.A of less than 60%, an energy transmission factor TE such that the ratio TL.sub.A /TE is greater than 1 and a transmission factor TUV less than 0.5%, the total thickness of the pane being preferably between 2.5 and 8 mm. The application of the pane, notably, as a lateral pane, rear window pane, roof or sun roof for transportation vehicle is disclosed.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of forming a goblet from a glass bottle of the type having a base, a body portion extending from the base and converging towards a neck which terminates in a lip defining a mouth. The method comprises the steps of severing the base from the body portion along a first severance plane which is proximate the base and normal to a central axis of the bottle, and removing a waste portion of the body along a second severance plane which is parallel to the first severance plane. The mouth of the bottle is then glued or fused to a center portion of an upper surface of the base so as to form the goblet, with the base of the bottle forming a foot of the goblet, the neck of the bottle forming a stem of the goblet and the body portion of the bottle defining a bowl of the goblet. The method may include the step of plugging the neck of the bottle so as to form a solid stem.
Abstract:
An optical element manufactured by bonding a plurality of elements by hydrolysis product of alcoholate, metal acid ester or metal hydrate colloid, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an optical element which is a beam splitter. A first and a second prism, the second prism having a beam splitting film formed on the surface, are contacted together with the hydrolysis product of a metal or silicon alcoholate, thereby forming a bond of the hydrolysis product of the alcoholate between the first and second prism.
Abstract:
In a method for manufacturing ophthalmic, telescopic, microscopic, etc. lenses, the use of a radiation (e.g., UV or visible light) curable adhesive formulation containing a predominant amount of an acrylic capped organic prepolymer; a lesser amount of an ethylenically unsaturated diluent monomer; a minor amount of a non-reactive releasing agent and a suitable photoinitiator for blocking (bonding) and deblocking (debonding) a lens blank to a support member.