Perfluoroalkoxy copolymer coated glass and method of manufacturing same
AssigneeOrion Industries, Inc.
InventorsAdino D. Caballero, George F. Osterhout
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for coating glass, and specifically to perfluoroalkoxy copolymer coated glass and a method for manufacturing same. A glass substrate is placed on an electrically grounded support and cleaned with a solvent to remove impurities and prepare the surface of the substrate to be coated. The surface is coated with a primer and an electro-conductive enhancer is uniformly applied to the primer so that the surface of the glass substrate is wet, but not uneven. The perfluoroalkoxy copolymer is powder sprayed on the electro-conductive enhancer while the enhancer is still wet. The perfluoroalkoxy copolymer is secured to the glass substrate by evaporating the electro-conductive enhancer.
Claims70
A method of manufacturing a coated glass substrate, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) applying a layer of primer to a surface of a glass substrate;
- (b) applying a layer of electro-conductive enhancer to the primer;
- (c) applying a layer of perfluoroalhoxy copolymer to the electro-conductive enhancer;
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- (d) securing the perfluoroalhoxy copolymer to the glass substrate by evaporating the electro-conductive enhancer layer.
A method of manufacturing a coated glass substrate, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing a glass substrate on an electrically grounded support;
- (b) applying a layer of primer to a surface of the glass substrate;
- (c) applying a layer of electro-conductive enhancer to the primer causing the electro-conductive enhancer to become electrically grounded;
- (d) electrically attracting a layer of perfluoroalkoxy copolymer perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to the electro-conductive enhancer;
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- (e) securing the perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to the glass substrate by evaporating the electro-conductive enhancer.
A method of manufacturing a coated glass substrate, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) cleaning a surface of the glass substrate and placing a glass substrate on an electrically grounded support;
- (b) applying a primer layer to the cleaned surface of the glass substrate;
- (c) applying an electro-conductive enhancer layer to the primer layer and causing the electro-conductive enhancer layer to become electrically grounded;
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- (d) electrically attracting a perfluoroalkoxy copolymer layer to the electro-conductive enhancer layer;
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- (e) securing the perfluoroalkoxy copolymer layer to the glass substrate by evaporating the electro-conductive enhancer layer.
A method of coating a glass substrate with perfluoroalkoxy copolymer, said method comprising:
- (a) applying perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to the glass substrate using an electro-conductive enhancer;
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- (b) securing the perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to the glass substrate by evaporating the electro-conductive enhancer.
A method of applying perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to glass, said method comprising:
- (a) coating a glass substrate with an electro-conductive enhancer layer;
- (b) coating the electro-conductive enhancer layer with a perfluoroalkoxy copolymer layer;
- (c) enabling the electro-conductive enhancer layer and the perfluoroalkoxy copolymer layer to intermix;
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- (d) securing the perfluoroalkoxy copolymer layer to the surface of the glass substrate by evaporating the electro-conductive enhancer layer.
A method of applying perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to glass, said method comprising:
- (a) placing a glass substrate on an electrically grounded support;
- (b) coating a surface of the glass substrate with a primer;
- (c) coating the primer with an electro-conductive enhancer;
- (d) electrically attracting perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to the enhancer;
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- (e) adhering the perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to the primer on the surface of the glass substrate by evaporating the electro-conductive enhancer.
The method of claim 53, which includes the step of curing the primer prior to step (c).
A method of applying perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to glass, said method comprising:
- (a) placing a glass substrate on an electrically grounded support;
- (b) coating a surface of the glass substrate with a primer;
- (c) curing the primer;
- (d) coating the primer with an electro-conductive enhancer;
- (e) electrically attracting perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to the electro-conductive enhancer;
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- (f) adhering the perfluoroalkoxy copolymer to the primer on the surface of the glass substrate by evaporating the enhancer.
A coated glass substrate comprising:
- a glass substrate;
- a layer of primer secured to said substrate;
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- a layer of perfluoroalkoxy copolymer secured to the primer, said layer of perfluoroalkoxy copolymer applied to the primer using a layer of electro-conductive enhancer and secured to the primer by evaporating the layer of electro-conductive enhancer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.