To provide a reinforced glass container which has impact resistance and which can be used for treatment involving exposure to high temperatures or ultraviolet irradiation.

The reinforced glass container of the present invention comprises a glass container and a polymer layer provided on the outer surface of the glass container and having a thickness of more than 1 μm, wherein the polymer layer contains a tetrafluoroethylene type polymer having a melting temperature of more than 260° C. and having carbonyl group-containing groups or hydroxy group-containing groups.

A light filtering glass container including a glass container coated with a light filtering coating obtained by curing a polymerizable composition including semi-conductive nanoparticles. The absorbance through a 5-micrometer thick light filtering coating is greater than 0.5 for each light wavelength ranging from 350 nm to λ.sub.cut, λ.sub.cut being in the range from 420 nm to 480 nm, and the difference of lightness between the uncoated glass container and the glass container with the light filtering coating is lower than 5.

This disclosure describes container(s) having an ultraviolet (UV)-cured matrix and methods to create the same. The glass container according to this disclosure has a bottom and a body extending in a direction away from the bottom along a longitudinal axis. The body has a surface having an UV-cured matrix including UV-curable varnish drops arranged in a plurality of layers and having voids existing therebetween to form a porous matrix structure. A method of printing a UV-cured matrix on a glass container is also disclosed that includes identifying a plurality of locations on a body of the container where the UV-cured matrix will be formed, determining a height value of the UV-cured matrix at each location, applying at least one varnish layer to the body according to an assigned grayscale or numeric value at each location, and applying UV light to cure each respective varnish layer.

The present invention relates to a coating apparatus also called coating tunnel or coating hood for applying a protective coating to hollow glass containers. In particular it relates to a coating apparatus also called coating tunnel or coating hood with the re-use of the coating material containing exhaust from the end of the coating tunnel for applying the protective coatings to glass containers. More particularly the present invention relates to a coating apparatus also called coating tunnel or coating hood with an additional half-loop that re-uses the coating material containing exhaust from the end of the coating tunnel at the entrance of the tunnel while replacing fresh air.

A glass container has an outer glass surface with an inkjet printed image provided on the surface. An at least partially water soluble cold-end coating (CEC) with a thickness from 0.002 to 10 micrometers is present between the outer glass surface and the inkjet printed image. The glass container is preferably a one-way beverage bottle. A method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprises the steps of (a) manufacturing a glass container having an at least partially water soluble CEC layer with a thickness from 0.002 to 10 micrometers, and (b) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.

The present invention deals with a tube (1) with a tube base body (2) which consists of glass, wherein at least the inside of the tube base body (2) is at least partially covered a hydrophobic coating (3). The use of such tubes (1) as drinking straws leads to multiple use, ecologically friendly drinking straws which meet hygienic requirements and have a good cleanability. The present invention also deals with a process for producing such tubes.

The invention relates to a coating apparatus also called coating tunnel or coating hood for applying a protective coating to hollow glass containers. In particular it relates to a coating apparatus also called coating tunnel or coating hood with a guidance plate for the carrier gas comprising a coating compound for applying the protective coatings to glass containers. The present invention also relates to a coating apparatus also called coating tunnel or coating hood with a guidance plate installed between the inner side wall and the outer wall of the tunnel where the conveyer belt with the containers is passing by.

A quartz glass crucible 1 having a cylindrical side wall portion 10a, a bottom portion 10b, and a corner portion 10c includes a transparent layer 11 as an innermost layer made of quartz glass, a semi-molten layer 13 as an outermost layer made of raw material silica powder solidified in a semi-molten state, and a bubble layer 12 made of quartz glass interposed therebetween. An infrared transmissivity of the corner portion 10c in a state where the semi-molten layer 13 is removed is 25 to 51%, the infrared transmissivity of the corner portion 10c in the state where the semi-molten layer 13 is removed is lower than an infrared transmissivity of the side wall portion 10a, and the infrared transmissivity of the side wall portion 10a in the state where the semi-molten layer 13 is removed is lower than an infrared transmissivity of the bottom portion 10b.

An enclosure for providing a controlled environment includes a central plane extending through a top end of the enclosure and a bottom end of the enclosure and bisecting the enclosure along a width of the enclosure, an inlet at the bottom end of the enclosure having an inlet width, W.sub.inlet, an enclosure wall extending from the inlet to the top end of the enclosure, an entry port at the top end of the enclosure, and an outlet between the entry port and the chamber region of the enclosure wall. The enclosure wall comprises a chamber region and a transition region between the inlet and the chamber region. The width of the chamber region, W.sub.chamber, is substantially constant through the chamber region. The width of the enclosure in the transition region decreases from W.sub.chamber to W.sub.inlet, and a ratio of W.sub.inlet to W.sub.chamber is from 1:2 to 1:5.

According to one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a coated pharmaceutical package may comprise a glass container comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface is an outer surface of the glass container, and wherein the glass container in an uncoated state has an average light transmittance in the UVB and UVC spectrum of at least 50% through a single wall of the coated package. The coated pharmaceutical package may further comprise a coating positioned over at least a portion of the first surface of the glass container, wherein the coated pharmaceutical package has an average light transmittance in the UVC spectrum of less than 50% through a single wall of the coated package.