Glass sheet on which is formed coating suitable for preventing weathering and method for producing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9802859-B2
Application number	US-201314385660-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2013
Priority date	Mar 27, 2012
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a method for forming a coating containing an organic acid in a glass sheet production line while controlling an increase in the haze ratio of the glass. The method of the present invention is a method for producing a coated glass sheet, the method including the steps of cutting a glass ribbon to form a plurality of glass sheets in a glass sheet production line; and applying a solution onto the glass ribbon or the plurality of glass sheets in the glass sheet production line, the solution containing an organic acid and at least one selected from a water-soluble polymer and a polyphosphoric acid salt. The water-soluble polymer is preferably a water-soluble high-molecular-weight polymer, and more preferably a water-soluble copolymer. A preferred water-soluble copolymer contains a vinylpyrrolidone unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coated glass sheet comprising a glass sheet and a coating formed on the glass sheet, the coating containing an organic acid and a water-soluble copolymer, wherein the organic acid is a carboxylic acid having two or more carboxyl groups, and the water-soluble copolymer contains a unit represented by the following formula (1):

and has a molecular weight of 30,000 or more.

2. The coated glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble copolymer further contains at least one selected from a vinyl ester unit and a unit represented by the following formula (2):

where a nitrogen-containing ring in the formula (2) is a five-membered ring other than a nitrogen-containing ring shown in the formula (1), a six-membered ring, or a seven-membered ring.

3. The coated glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating is formed directly on a surface of the glass sheet.

4. The coated glass sheet according to claim 3 , having a haze value of 5% or less.

5. The coated glass sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a thin film formed on a surface of the glass sheet, the thin film containing an inorganic substance and a mass content of the inorganic substance being higher than a mass content of an organic substance contained in the thin film, wherein the coating is formed on a surface of the thin film.

6. The coated glass sheet according to claim 5 , wherein the coating further contains a polyphosphoric acid salt.

7. The coated glass sheet according to claim 5 , having a haze value A that differs by less than 8% from a haze value B, the haze value B being measured with the glass sheet with the thin film but without the coating.

8. The coated glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the organic acid is a carboxylic acid having two carboxyl groups.

9. A coated glass sheet comprising a glass sheet and a coating formed on the glass sheet, the coating containing an organic acid and a water-soluble copolymer, wherein the organic acid includes at least one selected from the group consisting of adipic acid, itaconic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, maleic acid and lactic acid, and the water-soluble copolymer contains a unit represented by the following formula (1):

and has a molecular weight of 30,000 or more.

10. The coated glass sheet according to claim 9 , wherein the water-soluble copolymer further contains at least one selected from a vinyl ester unit and a unit represented by the following formula (2):

where a nitrogen-containing ring in the formula (2) is a five-membered ring other than a nitrogen-containing ring shown in the formula (1), a six-membered ring, or a seven-membered ring.

11. The coated glass sheet according to claim 9 , wherein the coating is formed directly on a surface of the glass sheet.

12. The coated glass sheet according to claim 11 , having a haze value of 5% or less.

13. The coated glass sheet according to claim 9 , further comprising a thin film formed on a surface of the glass sheet, the thin film containing an inorganic substance and a mass content of the inorganic substance being higher than a mass content of an organic substance contained in the thin film, wherein the coating is formed on a surface of the thin film.

14. The coated glass sheet according to claim 13 , wherein the coating further contains a polyphosphoric acid salt.

15. The coated glass sheet according to claim 13 , having a haze value A that differs by less than 8% from a haze value B, where the haze value B is measured with the glass sheet with the thin film but without the coating.

16. A method for producing the coated glass sheet of claim 1 , wherein the method comprises:
cutting a glass ribbon to form a plurality of glass sheets in a glass sheet production line; and
applying a solution onto the glass ribbon or the plurality of glass sheets in the glass sheet production line, the solution containing an organic acid and a water-soluble copolymer, the organic acid being a carboxylic acid having two or more carboxyl groups, and the water-soluble copolymer containing a unit represented by the following formula (1):

and having a molecular weight of 30,000 or more.

17. The method for producing a coated glass sheet according to claim 16 , wherein the solution is applied directly onto a surface of the glass ribbon or a surface of each of the plurality of glass sheets.

18. The method for producing a coated glass sheet according to claim 16 , further comprising forming a thin film containing an inorganic substance on a surface of the glass ribbon, a mass content of the inorganic substance being higher than a mass content of an organic substance contained in the thin film,
wherein the solution is applied onto a surface of the thin film formed on the surface of the glass ribbon or formed on a surface of each of the plurality of glass sheets.

Assignees

• Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hori Masahiro
• Okamoto Shinya
• Saito Yasuhiro
• Kamitani Kazutaka
• Holmes Paul Arthur

Classifications

• C03C17/32 Primary

  with synthetic or natural resins (C03C17/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C03C17/009

  Mixtures of organic and inorganic materials, e.g. ormosils and ormocers · CPC title

• C03C17/42

  at least one coating of an organic material and at least one non-metal coating · CPC title

• C03C2217/78

  Coatings specially designed to be durable, e.g. scratch-resistant · CPC title

• C03C17/324

  Polyesters · CPC title