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AssigneePilkington Group Limited
InventorsJohn Andrew Ridealgh, Vikash Ranjan, Liam Sonie Palmer, David Alan Strickler, Simon John Slade
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Bird collisions with windows or other glazings are minimized or prevented with a glazing comprising as least one substrate with a UV reflectance coating deposited over the substrate in a patterned arrangement comprised of a plurality of stripes, and each of the plurality of stripes has a thickness that changes by 10 nm or less over every 1 mm in width. Such an arrangement of stripes having soft edges are less apparent, and thus more aesthetically pleasing, when compared with a similar arrangement of stripes formed with hard edges, while providing an effective deterrent to bird collisions. The glazing may also be utilized as part of a laminated glazing or insulated glazing unit. A method of manufacturing the glazing is also provided.
A glazing for minimizing or preventing bird collisions with windows or other glazings, the glazing comprising at least one substrate with a UV reflectance coating comprised of titanium dioxide deposited over the substrate in a patterned arrangement comprised of a plurality of stripes, wherein the difference between the maximum coating thickness at each stripe and the minimum coating thickness between adjacent stripes is at least 10 nm, wherein each of the plurality of stripes has a thickness that changes by 6 nm or less over every 1 mm in width of the substrate in a direction transverse to the stripes.
An insulated glazing unit for minimizing or preventing bird collisions with windows or other glazings, comprising a first sheet of glazing material, a second sheet of glazing material held in a spaced apart relationship to the first sheet of glazing material, an antireflection coating, and at least one UV reflectance coating, wherein the UV reflectance coating is comprised of titanium dioxide and is provided in a patterned arrangement comprising a plurality of stripes, wherein the difference between the maximum coating thickness at each stripe and the minimum coating thickness between adjacent stripes is at least 10 nm, the plurality of stripes each, having a thickness that changes by 6 nm or less over every 1 mm in width of the substrate in a direction transverse to the stripes, and the antireflection coating is between the UV reflectance coating and either the first and/or second sheet of glazing material.
A method of manufacturing a glazing for minimizing or preventing bird collisions with windows or other glazings, the method comprising:
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