Thermally strengthened architectural glass and related systems and methods
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsPeter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson
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Abstract
A strengthened architectural glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article as well as processes and systems for making the strengthened architectural glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article is provided. The process comprises cooling the architectural 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 architectural glass sheets that may be incorporated into one or more panes in single or multi-pane windows.
Claims23
A window comprising:
- a first glass-based layer comprising first and second major surfaces, a first body formed from a first glass material, and a first outer edge;
- a second glass-based layer comprising first and second major surfaces, a second body formed from a second glass material, and a second outer edge;
- the second glass-based layer spaced apart from and disposed substantially parallel to the first glass-based layer by a first distance;
- the first and second major surfaces of the second glass-based layer separated by the thickness t, the first major surface of the second glass-based layer being flat to 100 μm total indicator run-out (TIR) along any 50 mm or less profile of the first major surface;
- the second glass material having a low temperature linear CTE, expressed in 1/° C., of αSCTE, a high temperature linear CTE, expressed in 1/° C., of αLCTE, an elastic modulus, expressed in GPa, of E, a strain temperature, expressed in units of ° C., of Tstrain, and a softening temperature, expressed in units of ° C., of Tsoft;
- the first major surface of the second glass-based layer having a thermally induced surface compressive stress of less than 600 MPa and greater than
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- in units of MPa;
- wherein P1 is given by
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- P2 is given by
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- and h is greater than or equal to 0.020.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.