Patent ID: 6565948
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B32B,B44C,Y10T

Abstract:
A laminated ornamental glass comprising:a sheet of a transparent glass having a pair of sides; a first coating layer comprised of an array of opaque regions and transparent regions applied to one side of said glass, each of said transparent regions of said array interconnected together and having an equal and generally geometrically shaped cross-sectional area, each of said opaque regions of said array being individually interdigitized between each of said transparent regions such that each of said opaque regions has a substantially equal cross-sectional area which is dependently defined by said cross-sectional area of said transparent region, a ratio of said transparent and opaque cross-sectional areas defining a rate of transparency of said glass; a second coating layer comprised of an array of white paint regions corresponding with the same array of said first coating layer, and disposed only on a top of said opaque regions of said first coating layer, said second coating layer leaving a same transparent coating-free crevice regions between said white paint regions; a third coating layer comprised of an array of one of a black and a gray oil ink region, corresponding to the same array of said first and second layers and disposed on a top of said white paint regions of said second coating layer, said third coating layer leaving said same transparent coating-free crevice regions between said black and gray oil ink regions, and wherein said first layer is comprised of 15 to 70% by weight of ceramic color frit and 30 to 85% by weight of glass powder, said first layer protecting said ornamental glass from oxidation and ultraviolet attack after all of said layers are subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature ranging from 600-650Â° C., said heat treatment being performed after each of said three layers have air-dried.