US2214476A - Method of making mirrors - Google Patents

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US2214476A
US2214476A US235661A US23566138A US2214476A US 2214476 A US2214476 A US 2214476A US 235661 A US235661 A US 235661A US 23566138 A US23566138 A US 23566138A US 2214476 A US2214476 A US 2214476A
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J25/00Transit-time tubes, e.g. klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, magnetrons
    • H01J25/50Magnetrons, i.e. tubes with a magnet system producing an H-field crossing the E-field
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    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03CCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
    • C03C17/00Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by coating
    • C03C17/06Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by coating with metals
    • C03C17/10Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by coating with metals by deposition from the liquid phase
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  • This invention relates to an improved method of applying a surface coating or layer of metallic silver which may serve as a reflecting medium when applied to transparent bodies, such as glass,
  • the present invention has as its object the 50 elimination of the aforementioned objections to and difilculties encountered in the old method of silvering mirrors by the use of separately atomized silver and reducing solutions which may be sprayed onto the glass or other surface while the 55 latter is maintained in a plane inclined at a sub- (01. ill-69.1)
  • a further and important object of the present invention is to provide silvering solutions of such formulae that they are suitable for use in atomized state without danger of creating explosive mixtures, it being well known that when accelerating agents, such as sodium or potassium hydroxide are mixed with the usual silver ammonio nitrate solution to form a single mixture a dangerously explosive combination is obtained. To minimize this danger it has been the practice to introduce the caustic alkali at as late a time as possible, the resultant mixture being used without further delay because the explosiveness of the mixture increased with its age. Obviously, this resulted in considerable waste of solutions because unless all of the mixture were employed within a relatively short interval after its preparation, in the interest of safety the unused prepared solutions were required to be destroyed.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a convenient scheme for supporting a mir ror to be silvered in the desired inclined position
  • Figure 1 illustrates schematically a. solution spraying apparatus for performing the spraying operation.
  • the spraying apparatus essentially includes two solution tanks l0. and II respectively adapted'to contain sprayable solutions A and B which, when mixed together, act to deposit metallic silver upon the surface to be coated.
  • the silver solution contains silver nitrate as the principal ingredient, while the reducing agent consists of a hydrazine compound, such as hydrazine sulphate, hydrazine nitrate or hydrazine hydrate. While the composition of these solutions may vary, of course, it is preferred that they be produced in accordance with the following exemplary formulae.
  • Example 1 Solution Al Solution Bl This is preferably a solution oi Solution consisting oi 2 oz. of silver ammonio nitrate which hydrazine sulphate (or nitrate is prepared by dissolving 1 oz. or hydrate) dissolved in 100 oz. of silver nitrate in 100 oz. oi oi water. distilled water to provide an initial solution into which is added and stirred 1% oz. oi ammonium hydroxide.
  • Example 4 Solution A4 Solution B4 Someassolntion A3 above Same as solution 33 above to which is added oz. of sodium hydroxide.
  • Example 5 Solution B5 Solution A5 Solution consisting oi 1% oz. of ammonium hydroxide dissolved in 100 oz. of water.
  • This caus.ic alkali is employed for the purpose of accelerating the chemical reaction between the silver ammonio nitrate solution and its reducing solution, but where the latter is sufliciently active per se to rapidly effect the deposition of the metallic silver out of the silver solution by reduction of the latter, as in Examples 1, 3 and 5, or where it may be desired to reduce the speed of reaction, the caustic may be dispensed with.
  • the caustic alkali is nevertheless employed to still further speed up the reduction, as where the circumstances may require it.
  • the caustic alkali may be the sodium hydroxide aforesaid or its equivalent, potassium hydroxide.
  • the spray gun I2 is connected by the conduit l3 to a suitable source of compressed air supply, the compressed air being delivered from the gun by way of its discharge nozzle H, the gun being When compressed air is admitted to the spray gun by opening the control valve for the latter, such air passes through and is discharged from the nozzle H with suitable velocity.
  • the compressed air passes the inner open ends of the fittings and II the solutions A and B are sucked or drawn out of the tanks 00 and I l by way of the flexible conduits l6 and l I and into the air stream where they are atomized and intimately mixed together.
  • the flexible conduits l6 and I! are each provided with suitable valves 22 and 23 conveniently located within reach of the operator of the spray gun, these valves being opened subsequently to the opening of the compressed air control valve in the spray gun.
  • the valves 22 ahd 23 closed, the supply of the solutions A and B is, of course, interrupted so that only so much of these solutions may be used as is necessary to complete a given silvering operation.
  • the flexible conduits or tubes l8 and I1 permit independent movement of the spray gun so that it may be readily moved about to direct the discharge therefrom against the proper surface without disturbing the position of the containers l0 and l I.
  • the plate glass to be silvered is supported in a position such as is shown in Figure 1.
  • the plate glass 24 is mounted flatwise upon the inclined surface of an easel-like frame 25 which may be suitably supported in any manner upon a table 28.
  • the easel 25 is so arranged that its angle of inclination with respect to the horizontal may be varied within wide limits, since it may be desirable in some instances to support the mirror plate 24 in a vertical plane and in other instances in a plane forming an acute angle with the horizontal. 7
  • a further and important advantage of the present method resides in the fact that the solutions A and B may be employed at ordinary'room temperatures, in contradistinction to the older methods which usually require heat in the application of the silvering solution.
  • the present method is particularly adapted for coating with silver other transparent materials such as are obtained from synthetic resins, cellulosederivatives and the like and which ordinarily so deleteriously aifect and impair the reaction of the usual silvering solutions applied in the customary manner as to produce unsatisfactory mirrors. Accordingly, it will be understood that the present invention is not limited in its application solely to the silvering of glass for mirror purposes, but instead may be generally employed for providing any surface with a reflective or decochemical reaction between said solutions.
  • a method of depositing a film of metallic silver upon the surface of a body which comprises preparing and maintaining in separated relation separate solutions of silver ammonio nitrate and a reducing agent therefor, in simultaneously introducing approximately equal quantities of said solution into a Jet of compressed air, said solutions being entrained in said jet in the immediate vicinity of its discharge into atmosphere whereby said solutions are atomized and intimately mixed together for reaction to produce metallic silver which is adapted to be applied in the form of a homogeneous film over the surfaceto be covered, said reducing solution containing an-agent selected from the group consisting of hydrazine sulphate, hydrazine nitrate, and hydrazine hydrate and an accelerating caustic alkali.
  • a method of depositing a film of metallic silver upon the surface of a body which comprises preparing and maintaining in separated relation separate solutions of silver ammonio nitrate and a reducing agent therefor, in simultaneously introducing approximately equal quantities of said solution into a jet of compressed air, said solutions being entrained in said jet in the immediate vicinity of its discharge into atmosphere whereby said solutions are atomized and intimately mixed together for reaction to produce metallic silver which is adapted to be applied in the form of a homogeneous film over the surface to be covered, said reducing solution containing a hydrazine compound selected from the group consisting of hydrazine sulphate, hydrazine nitrate, and hydrazine hydrate.
  • a method of forming a metallic silver reflecting film upon a glass or like surface which comprises directing against said surface a. compressed air spray in which are atomized and intimately mixed separately formed solutions adapted to react with one another to produce metallic silver, said solutions containing silver nitrate, ammonium hydroxide and a hydrazine compound selected; from the group consisting of hydrazine sulphate, hydrazine nitrate, and hydrazine hydrate, at least one of said last-named ingredients being included in a solution separate from that containing the other of said ingredients.
  • a method of forming a metallic silver reflecting film upon a glass or like surface which comprises directing against said surface a compressed air spray in which are atomized and intimately mixed separately formed solutions adapted to react with one another to produce metallic silver, said solutions containing silver nitrate, ammonium hydroxide, a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrazine sulphate, hydrazine nitrate and hydrazine hydrate, and an accelerating caustic alkali, at least one of said first three named ingredients being included in a solution separate from that containing the other two of said first three named ingredients, and said caustic alkali being included in the solution other than that containing'the silver nitrate.
  • a method of forming a metallic silver refiecting film upon a glass or like surface which comprises directing against said surface a compressed air spray in which are atomized and intimately mixed at least two separately formed solutions adapted to mutually react to produce metallic sllverfsaid solutions containing silver nitrate, ammonium hydroxide, a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrazine sulphate, hydrazine nitrate and hydrazine hydrate and a caustic alkali accelerator and being characterized in that no one of said solutions contains all of the three first named ingredients and further in that the solutions respectively containing the silver nitrate and caustic alkali are mutually exclusive.
  • a method of forming a film of metallic silver upon the surface of a body which comprises mixing in air a liquid spray containing silver ammonio nitrate and a liquid spray containing a reducing agent for said silver ammonia nitrate, and directing said mixed spray against the surface of the body to be covered, the reducing agent being selected from the group consisting of hydrazine sulphate, hydrazine nitrate, and hydrazine hydrate, said metallic silver deposit having a high coeiiicient of reflection at both the back and front surfaces thereof,
  • a method of forming a film of metallic silver upon the surface of a body which comprises positioning the body so that its surface to be coated is inclined to the horizontal, preparing separate solutions one of which contains silver ammonio nitrate and the other of which contains a reducing agent therefor selected from the group consisting of hydrazine sulphate, hydrazine nitrate, and hydrazine hydrate, mixing in proximity to the surface to be coated a liquid spray of the solution containing silver ammonio nitrate and a liquid spray of the solution containing the reducing agent, and directing said mixed spray against the inclined surface so that the reaction product of said silver ammonio nitrate and reducing agent forms an adherent homogeneous metallic silver deposit thereon having a high coeflicient of reflection at both the back and front surfaces thereof, the mixed spray having sufllcient force to eflect a washing down of the inclined surface being coated.

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US2504117A (en) * 1945-08-24 1950-04-18 Eclipse Air Brush Co Method of spraying multicolored coatings
US2581957A (en) * 1948-11-19 1952-01-08 Toledo Plate & Window Glass Co Automatic apparatus for silvering mirrors
US2619430A (en) * 1948-05-11 1952-11-25 Sylvania Electric Prod Method of silvering incandescent bulbs of the reflecting type
US2801935A (en) * 1953-09-30 1957-08-06 Merck & Co Inc The use of hydrazine tartrate salts in the chemical deposition of metals
US2822289A (en) * 1954-08-18 1958-02-04 Olin Mathieson Method of coating a surface with silver from solution
US2934454A (en) * 1957-07-18 1960-04-26 Canadian Pittsburgh Ind Ltd Preparation of lead sulphide mirrors
US2943957A (en) * 1958-10-21 1960-07-05 Gen Electric Method for the spraying of electron emitting thermionic cathodes
US2963383A (en) * 1959-05-14 1960-12-06 Kay Chemicals Inc Spray silvering procedures
US2967112A (en) * 1958-03-11 1961-01-03 Pilkington Brothers Ltd Method and apparatus for applying metal-depositing solutions
US3239373A (en) * 1962-04-24 1966-03-08 Louis S Hoodwin Printed circuit process

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DE1043597B (de) * 1956-10-15 1958-11-13 Max Ermes Fa Verfahren zur Herstellung von Silberspiegeln
DE1195721B (de) * 1958-03-11 1965-07-01 Pilkington Brothers Ltd Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum innigen Mischen und Zerstaeuben von in Wechselwirkung stehenden Fluessigkeiten
US4365584A (en) * 1977-11-21 1982-12-28 Falconer Plate Glass Corporation Apparatus for making mirrors
US4135008A (en) * 1977-11-21 1979-01-16 Falconer Plate Glass Corporation Method of silvering mirrors

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2504117A (en) * 1945-08-24 1950-04-18 Eclipse Air Brush Co Method of spraying multicolored coatings
US2619430A (en) * 1948-05-11 1952-11-25 Sylvania Electric Prod Method of silvering incandescent bulbs of the reflecting type
US2581957A (en) * 1948-11-19 1952-01-08 Toledo Plate & Window Glass Co Automatic apparatus for silvering mirrors
US2598391A (en) * 1948-11-19 1952-05-27 Toledo Plate & Window Glass Co Spraying process
US2801935A (en) * 1953-09-30 1957-08-06 Merck & Co Inc The use of hydrazine tartrate salts in the chemical deposition of metals
US2822289A (en) * 1954-08-18 1958-02-04 Olin Mathieson Method of coating a surface with silver from solution
US2934454A (en) * 1957-07-18 1960-04-26 Canadian Pittsburgh Ind Ltd Preparation of lead sulphide mirrors
US2967112A (en) * 1958-03-11 1961-01-03 Pilkington Brothers Ltd Method and apparatus for applying metal-depositing solutions
US2943957A (en) * 1958-10-21 1960-07-05 Gen Electric Method for the spraying of electron emitting thermionic cathodes
US2963383A (en) * 1959-05-14 1960-12-06 Kay Chemicals Inc Spray silvering procedures
US3239373A (en) * 1962-04-24 1966-03-08 Louis S Hoodwin Printed circuit process

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