Deadfront articles that include a tactile element formed on a first surface of a substrate and a visual element disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. The tactile element is positioned on the first surface of the substrate in a complimentary fashion to the visual element disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The tactile element may include a surface roughness portion having a surface roughness different than the surface roughness of an area bordering the surface roughness portion. The deadfront articles may be incorporated into an automobile interior to provide a visual and haptic display interface for a user.

An article can include a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and a coating disposed between the non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and an ambient outside the article. In an embodiment, the article has a ΔE of at most 6.5. In another embodiment, the coating includes a plurality of layers including a first layer having a refractive index of at least 2.2 and a thickness of at least 10 nm. The coating can be used to help reduce color differences seen when the non-light-transmitting, variable transmission device is taken to different transmission states. In a particular embodiment, the coating can provide a good balance between color difference and luminous transmission.

A foldable cover article has a total thickness t≤300 μm, which is bendable to a minimum bending radius r≤20 mm without breakage and a pencil hardness HR≥HB. The foldable cover article includes a glass or glass-ceramic substrate with a thickness 5 μm≤t1≤150 μm and a polymer layer and/or a hard material coating with a total thickness 5 μm≤t2≤150 μm. For each 20 mm width of the foldable cover article, when the foldable cover article is broken upon bending along the direction perpendicular to the width, a number of projects with a longest linear extension L≥5 mm is less than 10 and/or a number of projects with a longest linear extension L<5 mm is less than 50.

A cooking apparatus capable of satisfying a heat reflection function while securing a transmittance by applying a variable layer to a glass sheet forming a door includes a cooking chamber, and a door configured to open and close the cooking chamber and provided with a plurality of glass sheets, the door including a variable layer provided on at least one of the plurality of glass sheets and a visible light transmittance variable depending on a temperature.

A glass plate with an antifouling layer, including: a glass plate having a first principal surface, a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, and an end face connecting the first principal surface and the second principal surface; an adhesive layer formed from the first principal surface to the end face of the glass plate; and an antifouling layer formed on the adhesive layer.

A heating device equipped with a chamber defining a cavity, includes a door or wall incorporating a triple glazing including three transparent substrates defining, from the interior to the exterior of the cavity, faces numbered 1 to 6 respectively, at least the faces 1 and 2 of the first substrate and 3 and/or 4 of the second substrate being covered with heat-reflecting coatings, wherein the mean spacing e1 between the first substrate and the second substrate and the mean spacing e2 between the second substrate and the third substrate is different, the ratio between the largest spacing and the smallest spacing being greater than 1.1, and e1 and e2 being between 2 and 20 mm.

A process for the production of a glass-plastic connection which is form-fitting, and to a form-fitting composite between glass and plastic which is obtainable by the process. The process and the glass-plastic composite are characterized in that a glass, which in particular is planar, neither during the process nor in the glass-plastic composite is subjected to a mechanical load which could lead to cracks, e.g. microcracks. Accordingly, in the composite, the glass is connected to a plastic in a stress-free manner The composite of glass with plastic is especially gas-proof and/or liquid-proof.

A casing includes a plate-shaped cover glass for use in an exterior portion of an article; an inorganic coating which covers an end surface of the cover glass; and a resin coating which is at least partially overlaid on the inorganic coating, and which forms an outer edge of the cover glass.

A glass substrate includes a first major surface, a second major surface, an end surface, a first boundary surface, a second boundary surface, and a bent portion in which the first major surface is bent so as to be concave and the second major surface is bent so as to be convex. The bent portion includes a portion in which a distance D.sub.1 from the end surface to the first major surface in a tangential direction, extending from the end surface toward the first major surface, of the glass substrate is longer than a distance D.sub.2 from the end surface to the second major surface in a tangential direction, extending from the end surface toward the second major surface, of the glass substrate. A difference between the distance D.sub.1 and the distance D.sub.2 is 50 μm or larger.

Disclosed is an antibacterial flexible cover window formed using an antibacterial coating composition containing antibacterial nanoparticles dispersed in a resin coating solution. In the antibacterial coating composition, 0.001 to 0.5 parts by weight of the antibacterial nanoparticles are dispersed in 100 parts by weight of the resin coating solution. The antibacterial flexible cover window includes an antibacterial layer that is formed by applying the antibacterial coating composition to a glass substrate. Therefore, the antibacterial flexible cover window exhibits a good and long-lasting antibacterial activity.