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US 9,752,799 B2Granted
Solar energy reflector
AssigneeAgc Glass Europe
InventorsLionel Ventelon, Olivier Bouesnard, Bruno Cosijns
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Abstract
A solar energy reflector (1) comprises a mirror (5) with no copper layer laminated to a supporting sheet (7) by means of a bonding material (6). The edges of the mirror (5) are provided, at least on a portion forming the major part of their height and closest to the metallic sheet, with an edge protection (8) made of a material comprising silicone, polyurethane and/or acrylic and the material forming the edge protection (8) is different from the bonding material (6).
Claims20
A solar energy reflector, comprising:
- a mirror that comprises a glass substrate coated with a layer of silver and at least one layer of paint with no copper layer present between the silver layer and the paint layer, and
- a supporting sheet,
- wherein said mirror is laminated to said supporting sheet with a bonding material,
- wherein the edges of the mirror have, at least on a portion forming a major part of their height and closest to the supporting sheet, an edge protection member comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of silicone, polyurethane, and acrylic,
- wherein the material of the edge protection member is different from the bonding material, and
- wherein the glass substrate is coated with the layer of silver by contacting the glass substrate with a solution comprising a silver salt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.