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Light filter

Assignee: Corning Glass Works
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Filing: 1960-05-16
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Granted: 1963-12-03
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Expires: 1980-05-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John P Hoxie
  • 👤 Alan J Werner

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 18:58
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C3/00; C03C3/12; C03C3/16; G; G02; G02B; G02B5/00; G02B5/20; G02B5/22; G02B5/226

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 171 words
A PHOSPHATE GLASS, LIGHT TRANSMITTING FILTER FOR AN INCANDESCENT LIGHTING UNIT CHARACTERIZED BY A COMBINATION OF COLOR CORRECTION ADDITIVES CONSISTING OF ABOUT 1-5% FERROUS OXIDE AND ABOUT 0.005-0.015% COBALT OXIDE ON THE BASIS OF A 6 MM. THICKNESS OF GLASS, THE RATIO OF FERROUS OXIDE TO COBALT OXIDE BEING AT LEAST 150:1 IN THE GLASS, THE AMOUNT OF FERROUS OXIDE BEING SUFFICIENT TO ABSORB INFRARED HEAT RAYS FROM INCANDESCANT ILUMINATION AND THE COBALT OXIDE, IN COMBINATION WITH THE FERROUS OXIDE, BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT EFFECTIVE TO COLOR CORRECT THE TRANSMITTED PORTION OF THE ILLUMINATION TO SIMULATE ILLUMINATION FROM A LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A COLOR TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 3500*K. AND CHROMATICALLY CHARACTERISTICS SUCH THAT THE "X" VALUE IS NOT GREATER THAN 0.40 AND THE "Y" VALUE IS HOT GREATER THAN 0.41, THE PHOSPHATE GLASS, IN ADDITION TO THE COBALT OXIDE AND IRON OXIDE ADDITIVES, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF 45-80% P2O5, UP TO 20% OF AT LEAST ONE DIVALENT METAL OXIDE, 5-25% AL2O3, UP TO 30% SIO2, AND UP TO 20% B2O3.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 171 words
A PHOSPHATE GLASS, LIGHT TRANSMITTING FILTER FOR AN INCANDESCENT LIGHTING UNIT CHARACTERIZED BY A COMBINATION OF COLOR CORRECTION ADDITIVES CONSISTING OF ABOUT 1-5% FERROUS OXIDE AND ABOUT 0.005-0.015% COBALT OXIDE ON THE BASIS OF A 6 MM. THICKNESS OF GLASS, THE RATIO OF FERROUS OXIDE TO COBALT OXIDE BEING AT LEAST 150:1 IN THE GLASS, THE AMOUNT OF FERROUS OXIDE BEING SUFFICIENT TO ABSORB INFRARED HEAT RAYS FROM INCANDESCANT ILUMINATION AND THE COBALT OXIDE, IN COMBINATION WITH THE FERROUS OXIDE, BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT EFFECTIVE TO COLOR CORRECT THE TRANSMITTED PORTION OF THE ILLUMINATION TO SIMULATE ILLUMINATION FROM A LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A COLOR TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 3500*K. AND CHROMATICALLY CHARACTERISTICS SUCH THAT THE "X" VALUE IS NOT GREATER THAN 0.40 AND THE "Y" VALUE IS HOT GREATER THAN 0.41, THE PHOSPHATE GLASS, IN ADDITION TO THE COBALT OXIDE AND IRON OXIDE ADDITIVES, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF 45-80% P2O5, UP TO 20% OF AT LEAST ONE DIVALENT METAL OXIDE, 5-25% AL2O3, UP TO 30% SIO2, AND UP TO 20% B2O3.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-12-02 1967-06-03 1967-12-03 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-12-02 1971-06-03 1971-12-03 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-12-02 1975-06-03 1975-12-03 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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