Glass sheet and method for producing glass sheet
US-10399894-B2 · Sep 3, 2019 · US
Method for obtaining marked glass plates
US10927040B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-10927040-B2 |
| Application number | US-201716463758-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Nov 22, 2017 |
| Priority date | Nov 24, 2016 |
| Publication date | Feb 23, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2021 |
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A method for obtaining a glass plate marked on a portion of one of its faces with code-forming symbols, includes a stage of etching the symbols by laser radiation on a glass sheet obtained by floating on a bath of molten tin, the etching being carried out on the face which has been in contact with the bath of molten tin.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for obtaining a glass plate marked on a portion of one of its faces with code-forming symbols, comprising a stage of etching said symbols by means of laser radiation on a glass sheet obtained by floating on a bath of molten tin, said etching being carried out on the face which has been in contact with said bath of molten tin. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , such that the laser radiation is ultraviolet radiation. 3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , such that the ultraviolet radiation results from a laser chosen from: excimer lasers, lasers comprising a YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) or YVO 4 matrix coupled to a frequency tripler or quadrupler, fiber lasers doped with ytterbium. 4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) or YVO 4 matrix is doped with neodymium or with ytterbium. 5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising, prior to the etching stage, a stage of floating on a bath of molten tin in order to obtain said glass sheet, followed by a stage of annealing said glass sheet, followed by a cutting stage, the etching stage being carried out during the annealing stage or between the annealing stage and the cutting stage. 6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the etching stage is carried out after at least one cutting stage, on glass plates of finished sizes. 7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , such that the symbols are at at most 10 mm from an edge face of the glass sheet or of the glass plate. 8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , such that the symbols are at at most 7 mm from an edge face of the glass sheet or of the glass plate. 9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , such that the symbols exhibit a mean size of between 50 and 180 μm. 10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , such that the symbols exhibit a mean size of between 60 and 160 μm. 11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , such that the code is a two-dimensional code. 12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the code is a Datamatrix code. 13. A glass plate obtained by the method of claim 1 , formed from a glass sheet obtained by floating on a bath of molten tin, said plate being marked with code-forming symbols etched by means of laser radiation on a portion of the face which has been in contact with said bath of molten tin. 14. The glass plate as claimed in claim 13 , such that the symbols are at at most 10 mm from an edge face of the plate. 15. The glass plate as claimed in claim 14 , such that the symbols are at at most 7 mm from an edge face of the plate. 16. The glass plate as claimed in claim 13 , such that the symbols exhibit a mean size of between 50 and 180 μm. 17. The glass plate as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the symbols exhibit a mean size of between 60 and 160 μm. 18. The glass plate as claimed in claim 13 , such that the code is a two-dimensional code. 19. The glass plate as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the code is a Datamatrix code. 20. A method for reading, via the edge face, code-forming symbols marked on a glass plate as claimed in claim 13 .
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otherwise than by punching · CPC title
- C03C23/0025Primary
by a laser beam · CPC title
Products with identification marks · CPC title
Forming sheets · CPC title
Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by etching (etching or surface-brightening compositions, in general C09K13/00) · CPC title
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- A method for obtaining a glass plate marked on a portion of one of its faces with code-forming symbols, includes a stage of etching the symbols by laser radiation on a glass sheet obtained by floating on a bath of molten tin, the etching being carried out on the face which has been in contact with the bath of molten tin.
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- Saint Gobain
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- Primary CPC classification C03C23/0025. Mapped technology areas include Chemistry & Metallurgy.
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- Publication date Tue Feb 23 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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