Patent ID: 8304072
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B32B,C03C,H05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A semi-transparent mirror comprising a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising: a reflective metal-inclusive layer formed, directly or indirectly, on the glass substrate, wherein the metal-inclusive layer has a thickness of from about 5 to 12 nm; a silicon oxide inclusive layer formed, directly or indirectly, on the reflective metallic layer; and a titanium oxide inclusive layer formed, directly or indirectly, on the silicon oxide inclusive layer, wherein incoming light is to be incident upon a coated side of the glass substrate; wherein the metal-inclusive layer is formed so as to reflect incoming light away from the glass substrate such that a percentage of reflectance of incoming light by the mirror is from about 60 to 80%, a percentage of visible transmission through the mirror is from about 20 to 40%, and a total percentage of the reflectance and transmission of incoming light is about 100%, if no lighting is provided on a side of the glass substrate opposite the coating and/or the lighting is turned off; and wherein the percentage of visible transmission of the incoming light through the mirror is greater than the percentage of reflectance of the incoming light if the lighting is provided and/or is turned on, such that the lighting turned on and/or provided on the side of the glass substrate opposite the coating would enable a viewer to see an object located on the side of the glass substrate opposite the coating, and wherein the semi-transparent mirror has a sheet resistance of at least about 10 ohms/square and the semi-transparent mirror is a monolithic coated article.