Method for the production of thin sheet glass
AssigneesSaint-Gobain Glass France, Saint-Gobain Adfors
InventorsRene GY, Mathieu JOANICOT, Anne CHOULET
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing flat glass, comprising: (a) impregnating a glass textile with a molten glass composition, the glass forming the fibers of the glass textile having a softening temperature above that of the glass forming the molten glass composition, said step (a) comprising (a1) impregnating the glass textile with a glass frit composition, and (a2) heating the impregnated glass textile obtained in step (a1) to a temperature above the softening temperature of the glass frit; and (b) cooling the impregnated glass textile obtained in step (a) so as to obtain a glass sheet, and to a glass sheet manufactured using such a process.
Claims20
A process for manufacturing flat glass, the process comprising:
- (a) impregnating a glass textile with a molten glass composition, the glass forming fibers of the glass textile having a softening temperature above that of the glass forming the molten glass composition, said step (a) comprising
- (a1) impregnating the glass textile with a glass frit composition, and
- (a2) heating the impregnated glass textile obtained in step (al) to a temperature above a softening temperature of the glass frit;
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- (b) cooling the impregnated glass textile obtained in step (a) so as to obtain a glass sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.