The invention relates to a method, and to an associated apparatus, for treating a container (1) comprising a glass wall (2) defining a receiving cavity (3) for receiving a product, said glass wall (2) having an inner face (4) and an opposite outer face (5), said glass wall (2) being provided with a first coating that includes a solid residual compound resulting from a step of dealkalization of the glass in the vicinity of the surface of said inner face (4) of said glass wall (2) to which said container (1) had previously been subjected, said method comprising a step of spraying the surface of said glass wall (2) with droplets of a liquid, in order to form on said glass wall (2), starting from said first coating, a second coating which includes said residual compound and which is more transparent and/or more uniform than said first coating.Treatment of glass-walled containers.

A glass article includes a first surface; a second surface opposed to the first surface; a side surface connecting the first surface to the second surface; a first surface compressive region extending from the first surface to a first depth; a second surface compressive region extending from the second surface to a second depth; and a side compressive region extending from the side surface to a third depth, where the first surface and the side surface are non-tin surfaces, the second surface is a tin surface, and a maximum compressive stress of the second surface compressive region is greater than a maximum compressive stress of the first surface compressive region.

There is described interleavant particles for location between adjacent stacked glass sheets, the interleavant particles comprising an inorganic core with an outer coating, the outer coating comprising a biodegradable and/or water soluble polymer or film forming material, wherein the inorganic core is solid up to at least 100 C. has a compressive strength of at least 3 MPa and has a volumetric mass density less than 7.5 g/cm.sup.3 at 25 C.

A glass interleavant particle composition for location between adjacent stacked glass sheets. The composition includes a) inorganic interleavant particles and b) polymeric adhesion promoter particles in which the inorganic particles are solid up to at least 100 C. have a compressive strength of at least 3 MPa and have a volumetric mass density less than 7.5 g/cm3 at 25 C.

A method for obtaining a laminated curved glazing, includes a. providing a first glass sheet, covered on at least part of one of its faces with a stack of thin layers, b. depositing, on a part of a surface of the stack of thin layers, a layer of enamel, the deposition being carried out by screen-printing an enamel composition including refractory particles having a diameter of at least 20 m in a proportion by volume of at least 0.5%, but no particles having a diameter greater than 80 m, c. bending the first glass sheet, the stack of thin layers located under the enamel layer being completely dissolved by the enamel layer at least at the end of the bending, and then d. laminating the first glass sheet with an additional glass sheet with an lamination interlayer, so that the enamel layer faces the interlayer.

An article includes a carrier including a carrier bonding surface, a sheet including a sheet bonding surface, and a surface modification layer disposed on at least one of the carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface. The surface modification layer includes a plasma polymerized material. The plasma polymerized material planarizes the at least one of the carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface. The carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface are bonded with the surface modification layer so that the carrier is temporarily bonded with the sheet. A method of making an article includes depositing a surface modification layer on at least one of a carrier bonding surface and a sheet bonding surface. The method further includes bonding the carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface with the surface modification layer to temporarily bond the carrier with the sheet.

Embodiments include a system and method for applying a masking material to a glass unit. In an embodiment, the method can include applying a masking material to a roller, cutting the masking material on the roller, and transferring the masking material from the roller to a glass unit. Other embodiments are also included herein.

Methods for protecting transparent electronically conductive layers on glass substrates are described herein. Methods include depositing a sacrificial coating during deposition of the transparent electronically conductive layer, before packing the glass substrate for storage or shipping, after unpacking glass substrates from a stack of glass substrates, and/or after a washing operation prior to fabricating an electrochromic stack on the transparent electronically conductive layer. Methods also include removing the sacrificial coating during a washing operation, during tempering, or prior to depositing an electrochromic stack by, e.g., heating the sacrificial coating or exposing the sacrificial coating to an inert plasma.

A process for activating a layer supported by a glass substrate includes carrying out a heat treatment in a chamber of a stack of several examples of the glass substrate, the glass substrates being separated by an interlayer powder. The layer to be activated may be an ITO layer, or a titanium oxide layer, or an SiO.sub.2 layer, or a silver layer.

A method for cutting glass is disclosed. A glass substrate is provided, the glass substrate includes at least one cutting surface, some micro-fractures are formed on the cutting surface. A conductivity material is provided and coated on the cutting surface to form a conductivity material layer. The conductivity material layer can absorb laser energy. The conductivity material layer is irradiated by laser. The glass substrate adjoined to the cutting surface is fused to repair the micro-fractures.