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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7276289 | First surface mirror with metal oxide nucleation layer A first surface mirror includes a reflective layer and one or more dielectric layers. A metal oxide (e.g., aluminum oxide) nucleation layer(s) is provided above and/or below the reflective layer in order to improve durability of the first surface mirror. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| RE39790 | Reflector with resistant surface Reflectors, for example, for lamps used for technical lighting purposes, having a surface which is resistant to mechanical and chemical attack and has high total reflectivity. The body (10) of the reflector, which is, for example, a rolled aluminum product su... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244034 | Low CTE metal-ceramic composite articles, and methods for making same A mirror having low density, low CTE, high thermal conductivity, high elastic modulus, and a reflective, polishable surface. The instant mirror features a silicon-based metal coating as the reflective surface, and a composite body as a support or substrate for the r... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7156531 | Parabolic concentrator The present invention discloses a parabolic dish-shaped electromagnetic wave front concentrator composed of a plurality of petal like identical interchangeable segments. The segment are comprised of an anterior concave layer made of a reflective material, an anterio... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7080915 | Mirror substrate, mirror body using the same, and optical device using mirror body The present invention adopts a particle dispersed silicon material, comprising silicon carbide as dispersion particles, as a mirror substrate, subjects the mirror substrate to mirror finish polishing to form a mirror body, forms a reflecting film on the mirror body ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7063886 | Thermostructural composite structure with a compositional gradient and its manufacturing process Thermostructural composite structure having a compositional gradient, formed from a porous core (5) made of a refractory having a pore volume content of greater than or equal to 80%. The core (5) lies between two intermediate layers (6a, ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7049004 | Index tunable thin film interference coatings According to various embodiments and aspects of the present invention, there is provided a dynamically tunable thin film interference coating including one or more layers with thermo-optically tunable refractive index. Tunable layers within thin film interference co... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6942351 | Forming a silver coating on a vitreous substrate A process for forming a silver coating on a surface of a vitreous substrate is described. The process comprises an activating step in which said surface is contacted with an activating solution, a sensitising step in which said surface is contacted with a sensitisin... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6902828 | Bright products obtained by continuous casting A bright composite sheet product including a roll cast core and a clad material bonded to the core. The core is an aluminum alloy of the AA series 1XXX, 3XXX, 5XXX, or 8XXX, and the clad material contains at least 99.5 wt. % aluminum. The composite sheet products is... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6824639 | Partial imaging of a substrate with superimposed layers A method of partially imaging an imaging surface of a substrate (50) with a plurality of layers of marking material (10) which have at least one common boundary within a print pattern that covers only certain portions of the substrate and not other por... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6800365 | Article with antifogging film and process for producing the same An antifogging article includes a substrate and an antifogging film covering the substrate. This antifogging film contains a water-absorbing organic polymer and an inorganic substance and has a water repellent finishing on a surface of the antifogging film. Another ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6749307 | Silver coated mirror A domestic or vehicle rearview silvered mirror having a silver coating which is not covered with a protective layer of copper. The silver mirror comprises a glass sheet, tin and preferably palladium at surface of the glass sheet, a silver coating of the surface of t... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6652973 | Glass-ceramic and reflecting mirror substrate The present invention provides a glass-ceramic suitable as a material for forming a reflecting mirror substrate. The glass-ceramic has celsian as a primary crystal phase and contains SiO2, Al2 O3, BaO, and TiO2 as pr... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6627307 | Composite material, especially for reflectors The present invention relates to a composite material, in particular for reflectors, having a metallic support (1) in strip form, an intermediate layer and having a multilayer optical system (3) which is applied to the intermediate layer (2). A non-metall... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6565217 | Silver coated mirror A mirror composed of a vitreous substrate having a silver coating formed on a surface thereof produced by a process including the steps of sensitizing the vitreous substrate; activating the vitreous substrate by contacting the vitreous substrate with a so... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6562471 | Aluminum-titanium alloy with high specular reflectivity, reflecting coatings comprising same and mirrors and parts comprising said coating The metal alloy based on aluminium and titanium includes an aluminium content between 80 and 90 atomic percent and a titanium content between 10 and 20 atomic percent. The alloy is microcrystalline and outside thermodynamic equilibrium, the alloy is there... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6561657 | Credit card pocket mirror and miniature billboard A flat flexible and imperforate mirror which is conveniently designed and sized to fit anywhere a credit card can be stored is disclosed. The mirror has a substantially flat rectangular body, a front reflective layer and rounded edges. An indicia bearing ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6531215 | Article with antifogging film and process for producing same An antifogging article includes a substrate and an antifogging film covering the substrate. This antifogging film contains a water-absorbing organic polymer and an inorganic substance and has a water repellent finishing on a surface of the antifogging fil... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6495272 | High quality optical surface and method of producing same A method of producing high quality optical surfaces is disclosed. The invention allows for the production of optical surfaces with complex geometry while retaining the high quality of the optical surface. A top layer is provided on a substrate. In order t... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6492031 | Reflector substrate for illumination device and reflector for illumination device A reflector substrate (1) adapted for use in illumination device (8) comprises an a molded aromatic polyimide film wherein the film has a glass transition temperature from 210 to 290° C. and said polyimide film has structural units of general formula (I)... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6479129 | Titanium-coating silica glass honeycomb structure from silica soot extrusion The present invention describes an extrusion process for manufacturing a titanium-containing silicate glass honeycomb structure, having a variety of shapes and sizes depending on its ultimate application. The titanium-containing glass honeycomb has a very... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6451432 | Hydrophobic treatment composition, method for forming a coating and products provided with said coating An aqueous solution of a hydrophobic/oleophobic agent incorporating a primer of formula: X3 SiRSiX3 (I) in which: R represents a carbon chain, and X represents a hydrolysable functional group.... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6420020 | Article with antifogging film and process for producing same An antifogging article includes a substrate and an antifogging film covering the substrate. This antifogging film contains a water-absorbing organic polymer and an inorganic substance and has a water repellent finishing on a surface of the antifogging fil... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6387511 | Light weight porous structure These glass bodies are light weight porous structures such as a boules of high purity fused silica or ultra-low expansion glass. More specifically, the porous structures are supports for mirror blanks. Porous glass is made utilizing flame deposition of pu... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6375332 | Decorative mirror unit This invention relates to a decorative mirror unit and to a method of fabricating the decorative mirror unit. A decorative mirror unit comprises a mirror and at least one sheet of glass spaced in front of the mirror by spacer means, and a plurality of dec... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6296918 | Moisture absorbent sheet material having an integral reflective member An improved napkin having an integral mirror surface comprising a first sheet of a pliable moisture absorbent sheet material and a second sheet defining a mirror surface. The second sheet is of a lesser portion of the first sheet. The sheet material of th... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6194072 | Electrochromic unit An electrochromic unit (1) having an electrochemical cell with at least two electrodes (3, 4) applied to a carrier, an electrolyte (2) located between the electrodes (3, 4) and an electrochromic material (7), such as an electrochromic polymer, applied to ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6150014 | Coated exterior mirror housing for vehicles A coated housing for exterior rearview mirrors for vehicles provides increased gloss and depth of color in appearance, and enhanced resistance to scratching, surface crazing and ultraviolet radiation degradation. The housing is preferably molded from a re... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6142640 | Credit card pocket mirror and miniature billboard A portable mirror suitable for storage in a credit card pocket which includes a generally sheet like flexible shatter resistant body having a reflective surface on one side of said sheet to provide a mirrored surface. The opposite rear unreflective surfac... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6071621 | Metallized film and decorative articles made therewith A metallized film comprises an opaque, continuous layer of metal on an aliphatic polyurethane substrate. The polyurethane substrate displays a glass transition temperature of about 25° to 110° C. and a melting temperature greater than or equal to 200° ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6063513 | Specular-surface body A specular-surface body (1) which has a sufficient resistance against irradiation of high energy beams--such as X-rays, SOR beams, laser beams, etc.--can be suitably used as reflecting mirrors, diffraction gratings, etc. for such high energy beams. The sp... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5982546 | Reflecting film and reflector making use of the same A reflecting film has at least a transparent polymer film and a thin silver layer applied on the transparent polymer film to reflect light entered from a side of the transparent polymer film. The reflecting film retains a reflectance of at least 90% to vi... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5919561 | Reflector with resistant surface Reflectors, for example, for lamps used for technical lighting purposes, having a surface which is resistant to mechanical and chemical attack and has high total reflectivity. The body (10) of the reflector, which is, for example, a rolled aluminum produc... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5879820 | Multilayer stack of fluoride materials usable in optics and its production process The invention relates to a multilayer stack of fluoride materials usable in optics and its production process. This stack is constituted by alternating layers of a first, high index, fluoride material such as YF3 and a second, low index fluoride ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5837346 | Projection screens having light collimating and light diffusing properties Various forms of light-diffusing screen are disclosed comprising plastics sheets having surface texturing of some kind, adding to or modifying the diffusing effect. The plastics sheets may have bulk diffusing characteristics in addition to the surface tex... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5828493 | Reflectors A reflector formed on a base with a thick (0.5 to 2.0 microns) layer of non-porous oxide underlying an aluminum vacuum deposited layer which supports a pair of quarter wavelength reflectance-enhancing layers.... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5827581 | Decorative plaque and forming method A method of forming a decorative plaque includes the steps of providing a transparent sheet, printing a decalcomania in a multi-color process having a reverse pattern layer with open spaces and applying the pattern layer on the back of the sheet for viewi... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5753341 | Artistically stained glass copper foiled mirror and frame assembly An artistically stained glass copper-foiled mirror and frame assembly has a mirror portion and an attachable decorative bracket and an outer frame. The mirror portion can be sand blasted along the boundary thereof and the decorative bracket has a removabl... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5751489 | Elemental semiconductor mirror for vehicles A elemental mirror for vehicles having a luminous reflectance of at least about 30% includes a substrate coated with a thin layer of elemental semiconductor having an index of refraction of at least 3 and an optical thickness of at least about 275 angstro... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5741578 | Artwork comprising overlying images A method is provided for creating artwork which comprises a second image which is located in direct overlying relation to a first image. In particular, the method includes providing a first image such as a print, having a first reflective quality. A subst... | 04/21/1998 |
