Thermally tempered glass and methods and apparatuses for thermal tempering of glass
US9296638B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/315
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A strengthened glass sheet product as well as process and an apparatus for making the product. The process comprises cooling the glass sheet by non-contact thermal conduction for sufficiently long to fix a surface compression and central tension of the sheet. The process results in thermally strengthened glass sheets having improved breakage properties.
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