Glass manufacturing – Processes – Glass preform treating
Patent
1998-06-25
2000-08-01
Jones, Deborah
Glass manufacturing
Processes
Glass preform treating
65104, 65115, C03B 2700
Patent
active
060949430
ABSTRACT:
A toughened glass sheet for use as a windowpane of an automotive vehicle. The toughened glass sheet has a thickness ranging from 2.5 mm to 3.1 mm and has a first characteristic that a number of fragments is not less than 40 within an area of 50 mm.times.50 mm in a fragmentation test in which an impact is applied to a predetermined position of the glass sheet with a hammer or a punch, and a second characteristic that a specified height is not less than 2 m in an impact resistance test in which the specified height is a value at which the glass sheet is broken upon dropping a steel ball having a weight of 227 g.
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Ishibashi Masahide
Kita Shinichi
Okuda Katsuji
Bahta Abraham
Central Glass Company Limited
Jones Deborah
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