Process for coating glass
US4349372A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 1981 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03C2218/112
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In the formation of a metal or metal compound coating on a face of a heated glass substrate during its displacement in a downstream direction through a coating station at which the said face is contacted with at least one downwardly inclined stream of droplets comprising a substance or substances from which said coating is formed, there is a problem in achieving coatings of homogeneous structure and in providing uniform coverage of the substrate. To help reduce these problems each droplet stream delivered by spray guns 9 is inclined downwardly towards the substrate 4 in the upstream or downstream 6 direction, and one or more counter-currents of gas is or are caused to flow adjacent the substrate path from ducts 15, 16 and towards the front of each droplet stream, (the front being where the droplets have the longest trajectories), and suction force is exerted in exhaust ducting 13, 14 whose entrance is located for drawing gases away from the front of the droplet streams at a higher level.
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