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Reflector for automobile headlights

US4201452A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 1979
Grant dateMay 6, 1980
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Expiry dateMar 12, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/0866
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for the application of a reflecting coating on a metallic surface such as sheet metal, whereby there is applied to the unpolished metallic surface, a layer of a pulverulent dressing; said layer is subjected to a heat treatment with a view to fixing it on the metallic surface and creating a surface having undulations coexisting with micro-fissures; the layer thus fixed is smoothed by the deposit of a layer of varnish intended to fill in the micro-fissures while conserving said undulations, and the surface thus obtained is then subjected to a conventional metallization operation. The invention finds particular application to the production of reflectors having a high power of reflection.

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