Segmented glass laminate

US6861136B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

• Bartholomeus Verlinden · Tongeren, BE
• Jean-Pierre Tahon · Langdorp, BE
• Leo Vermeulen · Herenthout, BE
• Wilfried E. Muylle · Schoten, BE
• Jan Vermeiren · Boechout, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 24, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31855
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A flexible laminate is disclosed which includes a flexible support as a first layer and glass having a thickness in the range from 10 μm to 500 μm as a second layer and wherein the first or the second layer is a non-continuous, segmented layer. In the embodiment of the figure, a plastic foil 1 is provided with a plurality of thin adjacent glass segments 2, which are separated by a space 3. The laminate can be provided with functional layers, e.g. using a web coating or printing process, and can then be cut easily in the space between the segments so as to obtain a plurality of glass laminates.