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US3790748A
US3790748A US00261420A US3790748DA US3790748A US 3790748 A US3790748 A US 3790748A US 00261420 A US00261420 A US 00261420A US 3790748D A US3790748D A US 3790748DA US 3790748 A US3790748 A US 3790748A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
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  • the conventional mirror which comprises a sheet of glass having a silver coating on a face thereof is susceptible to fogging or misting from the moisture condensed fromrthe atmosphere.
  • the conventional mirror which comprises a sheet of glass having a silver coating on a face thereof is susceptible to fogging or misting from the moisture condensed fromrthe atmosphere.
  • it has been proposed to pass electric current through the silver coating.
  • TI-Ie conduction of heat from the silver layer to the glass would heat the glass sufficiently to raise the temperature of the surface of the glass above the dew point of the atmosphere in contact with the mirror.
  • This proposed heating of the mirror had several disadvantages. It was not possible to manufacture the mirror in accordance with high safety standards required for those mirrors which were to be installed in bathrooms where the air humidity is high. Further, the higher the humidity of the atmosphere in which the mirror is to be used, the greater must be the electrical heating current in order to heat sufficiently the mirror to raise its temperature above the dew point of the atmosphere. A further problem was that the requirement for the light reflecting coating to also perform a heating function imposed additional restrictions on the specifications to which this light reflecting coating must be made and applied.
  • the present invention essentially discloses a mirror having a support sheet with a light reflecting coating on one side thereof.
  • the mirror is also provided with electrically conductive material constituting a heating element or heating elements which can be connected to a source of electrical energy for generating heat by the Joule effect.
  • TI-Ie electrically conductive heating element is electrically insulated from the light reflecting coating completely or partially by at least one intervening layer of electrically insulating material which intervening layer or one of the intervening layers, if there is more than one layer, may be constituted by the support sheet.
  • the insulating layer may comprise a layer of organic material between the heating element and light reflecting coating or a sheet of organic polymeric material between these coatings.
  • the heating element may be in the form of an electrically conductive coating on the support sheet. This coating may be transparent and thus can be applied to the front face of the mirror in front of the light reflecting coating.
  • a second sheet upon which is applied the heating element in the form of an electrically conductive material.
  • This second sheet may be spaced from the support sheet and separated therefrom by an air gap, by electrically insulated material or by a sheet of plastic.
  • the mirrors constructed according to the present invention provide several significant advantages. Since the heating and optical or light reflecting functions are performed by differentcomponents of the mirror the thickness and chemical composition of the light reflecting coating can be selected independently of any considerations of the heating function. This represents a significant improvement over known mirrors wherein a high degree of light reflectivity must be provided by a coating or layer which must also function as a resistance heating element. Secondly, an important safety factor is obtained by providing an electrical insulation of the heating element from the sheet of glass coated with the light reflecting layer. It may appear that the electrical insulation of the heating elements from the mirror glass is a disadvantage since this glass is the structure which must be heated.
  • a further advantage obtained by providing an electrical insulation between the heating element and the light reflecting coating is that it is now possible to construct a mirror in which sufficient heat can be generated so that the mirror can function as a heating source or a space heater.
  • insulating materials can be employed to form at least one insulating layer between the electrical heating element and the light reflecting coating. Materials can also be used which form an insulating layer in the form of a coating.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an electrically heated mirror incorporating the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of a glass support sheet upon which the electrically conductive material is applied in a plurality of spaced zones;
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views of two modifications of electrically heated mirrors according to this invention.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are cross-sectional views of two further modifications wherein the sheets are in spaced relationship
  • FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 are cross-sectional views of additional modifications wherein the mirror comprises a plurality of layers or sheets.
  • FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of another modification of the invention wherein the mirror comprises a single coated sheet.
  • the mirror illustrated in FIG. 1 comprises a transparent sheet 1 of chemically tempered float glass having on one face a highly visible light reflecting coating 2 of metallic silver, a coating layer 3 of copper to protect the silver coating, and a coating 4 of protecting paint or varnish. These elements correspond with the components of a conventional mirror.
  • the mirror of FIG. 1 further comprises a second sheet 5 of chemically tempered glass precoated with a layer 6 of metallic gold to define an electrically conductive element.
  • This layer 6 is connected to a source of electricity by means of electrical conductors or wires, not shown in the drawing, which are soldered to the heating element 6. These wires may be soldered to opposite edges of the sheet 5 to function as electrical contacts on the completed mirror.
  • the sheet 5 with its coating 6 is secured to the sheet 1 by an intervening layer 7 of polyvinylbutyral foil which is softened in situ by subjecting the assembly to heat and pressure.
  • the heating element 6 may comprise an all-over coating of electrically conductive material or this element may comprise an electrically conductive coating applied to one or more band-like zones on the surface of sheet 5.
  • the heating efficiency of the mirror of FIG. 1 is very high because the resistance heating element 6 is enclosed between glass sheets and the heat generated as a result of electric current flowing through the layer 6 is used predominantly to increase the temperature of the laminate in order to keep the mirror free of condensed moisture.
  • the heating effect is considerably greater than it would be if heat were generated by passing electric current through the silver layer 2 since the layer 2 must be appreciably thicker than the gold layer 6 in order to assure the necessary high degree of light reflection.
  • the heating element is in the form of an electrically conductive coating on the support sheet.
  • the electrically conductive coating can be transparent for certain applications. It is therefore possible for the electrically conductive coating through which the heating current is passed to be positioned on the mirror in front ofthe light reflecting coating. While this particular arrangement is not preferred it is particularly adaptable for mirrors in which a high degree of safety is not a prime consideration but in which it is desired to provide in front of the light refleeting coating a transparent coating which can impart color by reflecting light in a particular part of the visible spectrum.
  • the chemical composition of the electrically conductive coating or coatings can thus be selected to achieve the required selective light reflection.
  • the electrically conductive coating is positioned behind the light reflecting coating the electrically conductive coating can then be either transparent or opaque.
  • an electrical resistance element in the form of a wire or wires.
  • the wires can project from the margins of the mirror to function as integral contacts connectable to a voltage source. This arrangement of the wires avoids the necessity for terminals to be soldered to the mirror.
  • the heating element in the form of a conductive coating may extend over at least the greater portion of the area of the mirror. This will enable a uniform heat distribution to be achieved over the entire mirror or at least over the most important portion thereof.
  • Such a layer may comprise Bi O
  • sheets 1 and 5 were of ordinary soda-lime glass of the following composition by weight: 72% SiO 12.5% Na O, 0.09% K 0, 9.4% CaO, 3% MgO, 3% Al- O 0.01% Fe O The sheets were 3 mm. in thickness and each measured 62.5 cm X 45 cm.
  • the sheet 1 was coated with a layer of silver 2, a protective layer of copper 3 and a layer 4 of paint or varnish to protect the silver layer.
  • the layers 2, 3 and 4 were of the conventional thicknesses used in the manufacture of mirrors and known in the art.
  • the intervening sheet 7 comprised a sheet of polyvinylbutyral 0.4 mm. in thickness.
  • the gold layer was connected to a source of electrical current having a potential of 30 volts.
  • the power consumption of the mirror was 65 watts which was sufflcient to keep the mirror free from misting under the high humidity conditions such as would by encountered in a bathroom.
  • the connection from the gold layer to the source of electric current was made by conductor wires which were electrically connected to the gold layer at the opposed shorter sides of the mirror by electrodes formed by band-like deposits of copper applied by flame-spraying. The width of the electrodes was about 5 mm.
  • the electrical power which is supplied to the electrical heating element depends upon the utilisation of the article. In general, a power of 250 watts/m suffices to maintain the temperature of the mirror sufficiently high to prevent misting. A higher electrical power, e.g. of the order of 1,000 Watts/m will normally be appropriate in the case that the mirror has also to serve as a heating panel, i.e. as a space heater.
  • the gold layer was replaced by a heating element consisting of an electrically conductive coating applied along seven spaced parallel bands or strips on the sheet 5 and along marginal end zones to form electrodes which were connected to a source of electric current at 220 volts.
  • a heating element consisting of an electrically conductive coating applied along seven spaced parallel bands or strips on the sheet 5 and along marginal end zones to form electrodes which were connected to a source of electric current at 220 volts.
  • the voltage of the electric current source was increased even though the optical thickness of the electrically conductive coating forming the heating element remained the same, namely, 100 A.
  • the temperature of the mirror was maintained considerably higher than when an all-over gold layer was used as the heating element.
  • an electrically conductive coating was applied on the surface of an ordinary glass sheet 8 measuring 102 cm X 78 cm to form seventeen spaced parallel conductive threads or bands joined by marginal end electrodes 10.
  • Each of these strips 9 was one meter in length and 0.6-0.7 mm. in width with the thickness of each strip being 10 to 15 microns.
  • the strips were spaced a distance of 43 mm. apart.
  • the conductive strips 9 were formed of an aluminum alloy comprising 95 percent by weight of aluminum and 5 percent by weight of antimony.
  • the strips were formed by abrasion transfer wherein a rotating disc composed of the alloy was guided along the surface of the glass sheet 8 in frictional contact therewith.
  • the electrodes 10 and 11 were formed by flamespraying copper onto the surface of the glass sheet.
  • the electrodes were connected to an 8 volt source of electrical current.
  • the power consumption of the mirror was 240 watts which was sufficient to maintain the mirror free from misting in conditions of high atmospheric humidity.
  • the heating element comprised a layer of SnO This layer was deposited chemically on a glass sheet'S measuring 45 cm X 60 cm and the layer had a thickness of 1,000 A. The layer was connected to a source of electrical current at 220 volts at which the power consumption of the mirror was about 70 watts.
  • the mirror disclosed herein can also function as a space heater in the room in which it is installed, usually a bathroom.
  • such 21 mirror has the general construction of the mirror shown in FIG. 1 and comprises a glas sheet 5 of thermally tempered glass having a thickness of 5 mm.
  • the sheet 1 was a sheet of ordinary soda glass manufactured by the float process in which the molten glass was applied on the surface of a bath of molten tin.
  • the thickness of sheet 1 was 6.35 mm.
  • the sheet was subjected to a chemical 'tempering treatment which involved immersing the sheet in a bath of molten potassium nitrate at a temperature of 470C.
  • the heating element 6 was formed by depositing on the sheet 5 a layer of bismuth oxide Eno layer of gold, and then a further layer of bismuth oxide. These three layers had optical thicknesses of 50 A, 100 A and 150 A respectively. These layers were applied onto an area of the sheet 5 measuring 60 cm X 45 cm. Copper electrodes were deposited in contact with the gold layer at the extremities of the shorter side of the coated area.
  • tempered glass sheets enabled a higher electrical power input to be used than was possible with the mirrors of the preceding embodiment (No. 4).
  • the electrodes were connected to a source of electrical curem t 70 W tt nder wh sh. qn tio ls heppwet 29a: sumption was 1,400 watts/m and the mirror was maintained at a sufficiently high temperature to serve as an effective space heater.
  • the heating layer comprised layers of gold applied along three bands running parallel with the longer dimension of the sheet and along transverse zones electrically connecting the three bands in series. With this heating element it was possible to use an input voltage of 220 volts.
  • the sheet 1 was a sheet of soda-lime glass of ordinary composition (as described in Embodiment No. 2) 3 mm. in thickness.
  • On this sheet l a light reflecting layer of silver was deposited and this layer was protected by a copper layer 3 and a paint layer 4.
  • the thicknesses of the layers 2, 3 and 4 were mp. 200 my. and 0.3 mm.
  • the heating panel component comprised a sheet 5 of thermally tempered glass 4 mm. in thickness, on which electrically conductive strips 9 (FIG. 2) composed of an aluminium alloy, the number and dimensions and spacing of the threads, and the composition of the aluminium alloy being as specified in Embodiment No. 3, were formed by abrasion transfer.
  • the threads were connected in parallel by end electrodes 10, 11 (FIG. 2) formed by deposited copper, also as specified in above.
  • the mirror and heating panel components were secured together as a laminate by means of an interposed sheet 7 of polyvinylbutyral 0.38 mm. in thickness.
  • Bonding these sheets of coated glass by a sheet of plastic material is advantageous since it provides a high resistance to damage of the coatings and a secure bonding of the coated sheets by means of the intervening plastics sheet.
  • the components of the mirror can be readily united under heat and pressure to cause the plastic sheet to serve as a bonding medium with or without the interposition of additional adhesive.
  • the mirror was connected to a source of electric current at 10 Volts, under which conditions the power consumption was of the order of 700 Watts which was sufficient for heating a room of small dimensions.
  • a still further embodiment (No. 7) of an electrically heated mirror of the form shown in FIG. 1 was made in the manner described in Embodiment No. 5 with however the modification that the sheet 5 was replaced by a sheet of thermally tempered glass and the heating element was composed of a layer of SnO 200 A in optical thickness.
  • the mirror was connected to a source of electric current at 220 Volts under which conditions the power consumption was 1,400 Watts/m
  • Another embodiment (No. 8) of an electrically heated mirror of the form shown in FIG. 3 was made, incorporating a mirror component, comprising the sheet 12 and the coating l3, l4 and 15, which was of conventional construction e.g. as described in Embodiment No. 2. As indicated in FIG.
  • the heating component comprised a layer 17 of In O deposited on a sheet of glass 16 of ordinary composition. A peripheral marginal zone of the sheet 16 was left uncoated.
  • the mirror and heating panel components were secured to an intervening peripheral spacer 18 made of silicone which was glued to the uncoated margins of the sheets 12 and 16, and forms an endless joint between them to seal the interior space 19.
  • the dimensions of the mirror were 62 cm X 45 cm.
  • the layer 17 of In 0 was formed by chemical deposition in situ and had an optical thickness of about 800 A.
  • the heating element was connected to a source of electric current at 200 Volts under which conditions the power consumption was of the order of 250 Watts/m
  • Another embodiment (No. 9) of an electrically heated mirror was made which was similar to that described in Embodiment No. 8 but wherein the heating element was constituted by strips of copper applied along spaced parallel bands, and along transverse connecting zones, so that the heating element was of the kind shown in FIG. 2. In use, the electric current flows through strips 9 in parallel.
  • An electrically conductive coating or coatings on spaced parallel zones is favourable for achieving a relatively high density of the heating current for a given applied voltage.
  • the degree of light transparency of the electrically conductive coating or coatings is not so critical in the case that the coating or coatings is or are on spaced zones of the substrate.
  • the heating element was connected to a source of electric current at 1.2 Volts, under which conditions the power consumption was 75 Watts which was sufficient to keep the mirror free from misting in an atmosphere of high relative humidity.
  • the heating element is located between the support sheet and a second sheet.
  • electrical energy saving is promoted due to a reduction in the amount of heat which is dissipated without heating the mirror.
  • the shielding of the heating element is also beneficial from the point of view of safety and for protecting the heating element from damage.
  • a mirror having the general form shown in FIG. 4 was made, using for the mirror component a sheet 20 of thermally tempered glass, 6 mm. in thickness, having a layer 21 of silver, a layer 22 of copper and a layer of paint 23 of conventional thicknesses.
  • the heating panel component is of laminated structure and comprised sheets 24 and 25 of ordinary glass, 2.5 mm. and 3 mm. in thickness, respectively, the sheets having been subjected to a chemical tempering treatment of the kind described in Embodiment No. 5.
  • the sheet 24 was coated on one side with a layer 26 of copper, 100 mp. thickness, by evaporation in vacuo.
  • the coated sheet 24 was united with the sheet 25 by a sheet 27 of polyvinylbutyral 0.3 mm. in thickness, to form a laminate. Constructing of the mirror as a laminate is advantageous because the all-over bonding of the several layers renders the mirror resistant to any penetration of air or moisture between the layers, and these layers are securely held in their proper relationship during all normal handling in the course of transportation or otherwise.
  • the heating panel component thus formed was joined to the mirror component by a spacer comprising a peripheral layer 28 of a silicone, 2 mm. in thickness to seal the interior space 30.
  • FIG. 4 Another embodiment (No. 11) of an electrically heated mirror of the form shown in FIG. 4 was made in the same way as the mirror described in Embodiment No. 10 with, however, the modification that the heating element 26 was constituted by a layer of polyvinylbutyral covered by a thin film or pellicule of graphite. Electrically conductive contacts or electrodes were connected to the graphite coating before laminating the coated sheet 24 with the sheet 25 by means of the polyvinylbutyral sheet 27. THe electrodes were connected to a source of electric current at a voltage sufficient to keep the temperature of the mirror sufficiently high to prevent condensation of moisture on the face of the mirror when it was installed in conditions of high relative humidity.
  • Another embodiment (No. 12) concerns a mirror of the form shown in FIG. 5 and adapted to serve as a heating radiator.
  • the mirror comprised two sheets 31 and 34 of ordinary tempered glass measuring 60 cm X 45 cm.
  • the sheet 31 was chemically tempered using a technique similar to that described in Embodiment No. 5, and the sheet 34 was thermally tempered.
  • the chemically tempered glass sheet 31 was coated with a layer 32 of silver mp. in thickness, the peripheral margin of the sheet 31 being, however, left uncoated.
  • the silver layer was covered by a chromium oxide layer 33, 200 my. in thickness which was applied by means of a conventional low frequency cathodic sputtering in vacuo, as well known per se.
  • the chromium oxide layer completely covered the silver layer and extended onto the marginal zone of the sheet 31 so as to ensure that the silver layer was effectively protected from chemical corrosion and was effectively electrically insulated.
  • the thermally tempered glass sheet 34 was coated with a layer 35 of tin oxide (SnO serving as heating element.
  • the tin oxide layer was built up by successive chemical depositions of tin oxide to achieve a total layer thickness sufficient to obtain a power distribution of 275 Watts/m under a voltage input of 220 Volts. It was found that it was suitable for the tin oxide layer to have a thickness of 850 A for this purpose.
  • a layer of ln O of the same thickness was used in place of the layer of tin oxide.
  • the sheets 31 and 34, coated as above described, were held in spaced relation by two frame members 36 made of copper and having tinned inner faces, the said frame members being fitted along opposed margins of the sheets 31 and 34.
  • the tinned inner faces of the frame members 36 made contact with the tin oxide coating 35 constituting the heating element.
  • the frame members 36 were connected to the opposed poles of a source of electric current to serve as electrodes. For safety reasons, the frame members 36 were covered on the outside by electrically insulating members or material (not shown). The frame members also protect the edges of the sheets.
  • the frame members 36 were insulated from the silver layer 32 so that when the unit was in use no electric current passed through the silver layer.
  • the heat generated in the unit maintains a convection current of air through the space 37 between the coated sheets.
  • the margins of the coated sheets 31 and 34 were held in a frame which comprised, in addition to the frame members 36, two further frame members which extended along the other opposed margins of the sheets.
  • the coated sheets were thus held in a complete rectangular frame.
  • the additional frame members were electrically insulating or were electrically insulated from the members 36 in order not to short-circuit the electrical system.
  • a mirror substantially the same as that described in Embodiment No. 12 was made, with however the difference that the heating element 35 was constituted by spaced electrically conductive bands to provide a better distribution of the electrical heating current.
  • the electrically conductive bands were also composed of smo formed by chemical deposition in situ. The bands had a length of 73 cm and a width of 1 cm, and were spaced apart by 0.5'cm. The thickness of the deposited bands resulted in a power consumption of 375 Watts under an alternating applied voltage of 220 Volts.
  • FIG. 14 Another embodiment (No. 14) comprised a mirror of the general form shown in FIG. 6.
  • This mirror employed sheets 38 and 41 of ordinary glass, 3 mm. in thickness, which had been subjected to a chemical tempering treatment of the kind described in Embodiment No. 5.
  • the sheets 38 and 41 were coated, sheet 38 with a gold layer 39, 150 A in thickness and with an electrically insulating layer 40 composed of SiO 150 A in thickness, and the sheet 41 with an electrically conductive layer 42 of silver.
  • the coated sheets 38 and 41 were held in spaced relation by a frame comprising two opposed members 43 made of a refractory material, and two brass components (not shown) serving as electrodes in contact with the electrically conductive layer 39.
  • the brass components are formed so that they did not make contact with the silver layer 42.
  • the mirror and heating panel components and the frame members were assembled so that, in the finished product, the interior space 44 was hermeticallysealed. Prior to being sealed, this space was filled with a dehydrated gas at a reduced pressure. Under these circumstances the silver layer 42 was not subject to oxidation. When such unit is heated, the temperature of the gas in the space 44 rises and the gas consequently expands.
  • the pressure in the space 44 when the unit is in unheated condition is such that the sheets 38 and 41 are brought into substantially flat condition by the higher pressure which prevails in the space 44 when the unit is heated.
  • the appropriate pressure can be determined experimentally, the voltage applied to the heating element being carefully and very gradually increased towards the required operative value in successive tests.
  • sheets 38 and 41 were of different thicknesses.
  • the sheet 41 which bore the silver layer was of substantially greater thickness, e.g. 8 mm.
  • the sheet 38 was a thinner sheet, e.g. 2 mm. in thickness.
  • the sheet 41 remained fiat at all times, whereas the sheet 38, which is hidden from view behind the mirror when the unit is in use, flexes so as to preserve a pressure substantially equal to atmospheric pressure in the space 44.
  • a further embodiment (No. 16) of a mirror was made from components which are shown in FIG. 8. These components include a heating panel component comprising a sheet 53 of thermally tempered glass of ordinary composition, bearing a silver laYer 54, and a protective thermally insulating top layer 55 made of Teflon.
  • the second component is the mirror component which comprises a sheet 51, which is also a sheet of thermally tempered ordinary glass and which bears a conductive layer of aluminium 52. Electrodes (not shown) are connected to opposed margins of this layer.
  • This protective coating 55 constitutes an electrically insulating layer between the conductive coating 54 and the light reflecting coating 52 when the different components are brought together in face-to-face contact or when the components are connected in spaced relationship, in which latter case the space 56 between the coated sheets may be very much narrower than that shown in the drawing.
  • the coated sheets 51, 53 may for example be held together by adhesive material applied between the margins of the coated sheets.
  • FIG. 17 Another embodiment (No. 17) relates to a mirror having components as shown in FIG. 9.
  • the mirror comprises sheets of ordinary glass 57 and 59.
  • the sheet 57 bears a light reflecting layer 58 of silver
  • the sheet 59 bears an electrically conductive layer 60 composed of tin oxide (SnO to which electrodes (not shown) are connected.
  • the coated sheets were clamped together by a suitable adhesive so that the silver layer 58 was directly contacted by the uncoated face of the glass sheet 59.
  • the sheets can also be clamped in spaced relation to leave a space 61 therebetween.
  • Positioning the heating element on the side of the second sheet away from the support sheet is advantageous, particularly in mirrors which do not have to comply with high safety standards and in which it is desirable for an appreciable amount of generated heat to be radiated from the mirror to enable the mirror to serve as a space heater.
  • a protective layer may cover the heating element, particularly in those cases where the heating element is constituted by a coating of electrically conductive material.
  • a further embodiment (No. 18) of a mirror in accordance with FIG. was made by applying to one face of a sheet 62 of thermally tempered ordinary glass, a light reflective silver layer 63 and by applying to the other face of the said glass sheet a transparent electrically conductive layer 64 of gold.
  • This mirror had a golden hue, viewed by reflected light.
  • the mirror described with reference to FIG. 10 can, for example, be modified by:
  • insulating materials can be used for forming at least one insulating layer between the electrical heating element or elements and the light reflecting coating.
  • insulating materials which are useful in various cases are: TiO ZrO Cr O and Fe O These materials can be used to form an insulating layer in the form of a coating.
  • the mirror includes, in addition to said support sheet, a second sheet which bears a coating or coatings constituting said heating element or elements.
  • the mirror components can very easily be assembled because what is involved in this operation is the bringing together of two pre-coated sheets and the preparation of the sheets is relatively simple because they can be independently processed in ways which are most suited to the particular coating compositions employed.
  • the invention includes mirrors in which there is the support sheet and a second sheet bearing an electrically conductive coating, and in which both sheets are substantially rigid.
  • the assembly of the component sheets is easier when the main components are rigid sheets than when one or each of them is flimsy.
  • each of said support sheet and said second sheet is a sheet of glass.
  • the use of glass for both sheets is particularly desirable because glass is a very satisfactory substrate material for bearing the electrically conductive coating as well as the light reflecting coating and because mirror production usually proceeds in a flat-glass production factory.
  • the heating element is constituted by an electrically conductive coating or coatings selected from: Au, Cu, Ag, Al, Cr, SnO ln O and graphite.
  • an electrically conductive coating or coatings selected from: Au, Cu, Ag, Al, Cr, SnO ln O and graphite.
  • suitable sheets are ceramic sheets, sheets of vitrocrystalline or vitroceramic material and sheets of plastics, a sheet of wired glass, also sheets comprising a combination of two or more of such materials, with the proviso that sheets which are not transparent cannot be used in front of the light reflecting coating.
  • the plastic material should be capable of withstanding the temperature to which it is raised by the heat generated in the heating element.
  • tempered glass can have a very high tensile strength and its use is therefore an advantage for the strength of the article.
  • Chemically tempered glass is especially recommended because of its ability to withstand substantial strains imposed by substantial temperature variations.
  • a light reflecting layer' composed of gold, copper, silver or aluminium can be formed by evaporation in vacuo.
  • High frequency sputtering can be used for applying a coating of gold, copper, silver or aluminium whereas a low frequency sputtering technique may be used for deposition layers of gold, silver, copper, bismuth oxide, chromium oxide and cadmium oxide.
  • Layers of SnO and [n 0 and various other coating substances can be applied by chemical deposition.
  • the latter may be precoated with a snubbing or attaching layer.
  • a sheet of glass which is to serve as a support sheet can be coated with chromium preparatory to the application of a gold coating so as to improve the gripping of the gold layer.
  • insulating materials which can be used include TiO AnO Sr O C00 and Fe O
  • the front face of a mirror according to the invention may bear an optical coating, e.g. an anti-reflecting coating, preventing or restricting reflection of light from the front face of the mirror.
  • a mirror comprising a support sheet of glass, a light reflecting coating on a face of said support sheet, a second sheet of glass, an electrically conductive heating element disposed on said second glass sheet in heating relationship to said support sheet, means for connecting said heating element to a source of electricity so that heat is generated by the Joule effect in said heating element, there being a layer of electrically insulating material between said light reflecting coating and said electrically conductive heating element.
  • a mirror as claimed in claim 1 wherein said layer of electrically insulating material comprises an organic material.
  • a mirror as claimed in claim 1 wherein said layer of electrically insulating material comprises a sheet of organic polymeric material.
  • a mirror as claimed in claim 3 wherein said polymeric material comprises polyvinylbutyral.
  • a mirror as claimed in claim 14 wherein said securing means comprises a bonding medium between said sheets at the edges thereof.
  • a mirror as claimed in claim 13 wherein said securing means comprises a frame within which the edges of said sheets are received.
  • said support sheet comprises a sheet of tempered glass having the light reflecting coating on one face thereof, a protective coating overlying said light reflecting coating, a second sheet of glass with said layer of electrically conductive heating element being on a face thereof, and a sheet of plastic material uniting said support sheet and said second sheet between said heating element layer and said protective coating.
  • a mirror as claimed in claim 1 wherein said support is of chemically tempered float glass.
  • said electrically conductive heating element comprises a coating of one selected from the group of gold, copper, silver, aluminum, chromium, SnO ln O and graphite.

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