TEXTURED GLASS SURFACE AND METHODS OF MAKING

• Main Authors: WOLCOTT CHRISTINE COULTER, RAVICHANDRAN VASUDHA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.06.2015
• Subjects: ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GLASS; GRINDING; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHING; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING

A method of making an article having a textured glass surface, including, for example: grit blasting a portion of the surface of a non-ion exchanged glass work piece; acid etching at least a portion of the grit blasted surface of the glass work piece; and ion exchanging the surface of the acid etched and grit blasted glass work piece. A glass article prepared by the method including: at least one anti-glare surface having excellent haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein.