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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132428 | Glass sheet forming method A method for forming glass sheets is performed by a system (10) that includes a forming station (14) having lower and upper molds (28, 30) between which glass sheets G are cyclically received from a furnace (12) on a vacuum transfer plate... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8074473 | Method for quenching formed glass sheets A three step method and apparatus for quenching a formed glass sheet in a manner that reduces cycle time without excessive temporary surface tension that can cause excessive breakage. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049879 | Method and apparatus for measuring transmitted optical distortion in glass sheets An apparatus and associated method for measuring transmitted optical distortion in a glass sheet includes a glass stand which receives a glass sheet for mounting between a background screen which includes a matrix of spaced apart dots, and a digital camera which cap... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7958750 | Glass sheet forming system A system (10) and method for forming glass sheets includes a forming station (14) having lower and upper molds (28, 30) between which glass sheets G are cyclically received from a furnace (12) on a vacuum transfer platen (34), form... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7716949 | Method for positioning glass sheets for forming A method having particular utility for making outer and inner formed windshield glass sheets is performed by glass sheet positioning centrally on a forming face (34) of a forming mold (32) to form each glass sheet to a design shape regardless of any si... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7287401 | System and method for cylindrically forming glass sheets A system (10) and method for cylindrically forming and quenching glass sheets includes a furnace (12), a bending station (16) at the exit end of the furnace for providing cylindrical bending, a roll bending station (18) located externally... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7228717 | Apparatus for glass sheet forming with cross curvature A glass sheet forming system (20) provides continuous roll conveyed forming of heated flat glass sheets to formed shapes having a major axis of curvature and a minor axis of curvature perpendicular to each other. The forming is performed by a roll station ( | 06/12/2007 |
| 7162893 | Glass sheet bending station and method for glass sheet bending A glass sheet bending station (20) and method for glass sheet bending utilize a primary actuating mechanism (154) for moving mold support linkages to provide glass sheet bending with a constant radius and utilize control link detachable connections ( | 01/16/2007 |
| 7086252 | System and method for continuous forming of glass sheets A glass sheet forming system (20) includes a roll bending station (28) having a lower roll conveyor (30) and an upper roll former (32) between which a heated glass sheet is progressively formed with a curved shape by lower and upper rolls... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6783358 | Furnace and method for heating coated glass sheets A furnace (12) and a method for heating coated glass sheets by radiant heating also provides convective heating by hot air jets that entrain hot air within the furnace so the combined flow of hot air heats an upwardly facing coated glass surface in addition t... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6729160 | Apparatus and method for forming heated glass sheets Apparatus (26) and a method for forming heated glass sheets in a heated chamber (22) of a housing (20) includes an upper mold support assembly (28) for supporting an upper mold (38) within the heated chamber for cyclical vertical m... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6718798 | Method for forming heated glass sheets Apparatus (26) and a method for forming heated glass sheets in a heated chamber (22) of a housing (20) includes an upper mold support assembly (28) for supporting an upper mold (38) within the heated chamber for cyclical vertical m... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6668590 | Forced convection heating furnace and method for heating glass sheets A furnace (10) and method for heating conveyed glass sheets within a housing (12) includes forced convection heaters (24) spaced along the direction of conveyance both below and above a roll conveyor (20). Each forced convection heater (24) includes a gas... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6578383 | Apparatus and method for roll bending heated glass sheets Apparatus (16) and a method for roll bending heated glass sheets includes a pair of sets of bending rolls (40) and a support and drive mechanisms (44) that supports and rotatively drives the bending rolls at progressively increasing inclinations within a ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6543255 | Press bending station and method for job switching A press bending station (12) for heated glass sheets includes a lower wheel bed (36) having a lower support (38) and wheel assemblies (40) with detachable connections (46) to a drive mechanism (48) of the lower support to provide rotational driving of a w... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6526781 | Method for roll forming glass sheets A method for roll forming a heated glass sheet utilizes a forming conveyor (62) including forming rolls (66) that are pivotally moved upwardly between horizontal rolls (46) of a horizontal conveyor (44) on opposite sides of a centerline (C/L) of the horiz... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6513348 | Quench station and method for quenching formed glass sheets A glass sheet quench station (16) includes first and second quench sections (24 and 26) that cooperate with a three position shuttle (28) and a control (30) to transfer glass sheets through the quench station with partial quenching performed at the first ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6425269 | Method for glass sheet forming A method for forming glass sheets is performed by a system (10) that includes a furnace (12) having a heating chamber (14) in which a topside transfer device (20) has a downwardly facing surface (22) to which vacuum and pressurized air are supplied to rec... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6422040 | Method for forming glass sheets A method for forming glass sheets is performed by a system (10) that includes a furnace (12) having a heating chamber (14) in which a vacuum platen (20) has a downwardly facing surface (22) to which a vacuum is supplied to support a heated glass sheet rec... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6418754 | Apparatus and method for mold changing in heated glass sheet forming station A method for heated mold changing at a forming station (24) is performed by apparatus (32) in a heated chamber (22) where heated glass sheets are cyclically formed. A switching station (318) is located adjacent the forming station (24). An unloading stati... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6279349 | Method for making glass sheet heating furnace A method for making a furnace for heating a glass sheet by lower electric resistance elements (50) supported by a furnace housing (12) below a roll conveyor (40) and by supplying a gas burner heated hot gas flow from a forced convection heater (56) that p... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6263705 | Hot glass sheet handling apparatus including overlapping roll conveyor and topside transfer platen Apparatus (32) for handling hot glass sheets includes a roll conveyor (14) and a topside transfer platen (18) that overlap to provide assistance in the initial support of heated glass sheets by the topside transfer platen through the use of a vacuum and p... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6227008 | Apparatus for vacuum impulse forming of heated glass sheets Apparatus (20,120) for forming a heated glass sheet G is disclosed as including a vacuum mold (22,22a,122,122a) having a full surface (24,24a,124,124a) against which a peripheral mold (26,26a,126,126a) presses the glass sheet periphery and with which at l... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6173587 | Method for installing mold assembly A mold assembly (34) for cyclically forming heated glass sheets includes a lower mold (36) having an upwardly oriented mold face (356) and an upper mold face having a downwardly oriented mold face (56) that opposes the upwardly oriented mold face of the l... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6155822 | Forced convection furnace and method for heating glass sheets A forced convection furnace (20) and method for heating glass sheets includes a forced convection heater (42) having lower hot gas distributors (44) located below alternate conveyor rolls (38) to provide upward gas flow both upstream and downstream thereo... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6131411 | Method and furnace for heating glass sheets A method and furnace for heating a glass sheet by lower electric resistance elements (50) supported by a furnace housing (12) below a roll conveyor (40) and by supplying a gas burner heated hot gas flow from a forced convection heater (56) that provides a... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6079094 | Method for installing glass sheet quench module set A glass sheet quench station loader (42) and method for installing a quench module set (44) of lower and upper quench modules (46,48) includes a quench carriage (440) of a horizontally opening U shape that receives the quench modules for the loading. Moun... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6050814 | Forced convection furnace for heating glass sheets A forced convection furnace (20) and method for heating glass sheets includes a forced convection heater (42) having lower hot gas distributors (44) located below alternate conveyor rolls (38) to provide upward gas flow both upstream and downstream thereo... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6045358 | Forced convection heating apparatus and process for heating glass sheets therewithin A forced convection heating apparatus and process for heating glass sheets therewithin includes a housing (200) having an interior region, a conveyor for conveying the glass sheets through the interior region of the housing (200), a gas burner (204) opera... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6038887 | Apparatus and method for forming glass sheets Apparatus and a method for forming glass sheets includes a topside transfer platen (44) that releases a heated glass sheet onto a mold supported in an upper position by a mold support frame assembly (62) which then moves the mold vertically downward and r... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6038886 | Mold support frame assembly having thermally stable center A mold support frame assembly including a pair of mold support frames between which a connector extends and cooperates with to provide a thermally stable center. Each mold support frame includes a linkage extending between a pair of spaced legs and having... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6035666 | Apparatus for roll forming glass sheets A forming station (26) for roll forming a heated glass sheet include a forming conveyor (62) including forming rolls (66) that are moved upwardly between horizontal rolls (46) of a horizontal conveyor (44) on opposite sides of a centerline (C/L) of the ho... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6032491 | Apparatus for mold changing in heated glass sheet forming station Apparatus (32) and a method for heated mold changing at a forming station (24) in a heated chamber (22) where heated glass sheets are cyclically formed. A switching station (318) is located adjacent the forming station (24). An unloading station (320) and... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6019593 | Integrated gas burner assembly A gas burner assembly (10) and method for providing combustion air flow and gas fuel flow in linear proportion to a control signal. A blower motor (18) is driven by the control signal and drives a blower (14) whose output (16) has a static pressure propor... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6015619 | Formed glass sheet having controlled edge stresses A cooling ring assembly (20) and method for controlling stresses in a bent glass sheet G produce a strengthened bent glass sheet after the cooling is completed. The cooling ring assembly includes a cooling ring (22) that supports the glass sheet edge (24)... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6013375 | Coated glass sheet Forming apparatus (22) and a method for forming a glass sheet ribbon G delivered from a float tank (44) to a topside support device (74) having a downwardly facing surface to which a vacuum and pressurized gas are supplied to support the glass sheet ribbo... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5968220 | Process for modulated cryogenic quenching of glass sheets A process and apparatus (26) for quenching a heated glass sheet by directing modulated cryogenic flows (36) that is initially completely liquid (42) toward the oppositely facing surfaces (38) of the glass sheet to quench the glass sheet. The modulated cry... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5951733 | Mold apparatus and method for vacuum forming glass sheets Glass sheet forming apparatus (12) and a glass sheet forming method utilize a mold (20) having a curved forming face (22) with holes (26) in which a vacuum is drawn to form a glass sheet. A vacuum distributor (48) of the apparatus distributes a vacuum imp... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5948132 | Glass sheet strip annealing method A glass sheet strip annealing method utilizes a housing (18) along which a conveyor (26) including a gas support (28) supports a glass sheet strip G by pressurized gas for movement between entry and exit ends (22,24) of the housing before a conveyor drive... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5938808 | Process for cryogenically quenching glass sheets A process for quenching a heated glass sheet is performed by apparatus (26) that includes a pair of quench units (28) between which the glass sheet is located with each quench unit having nozzles (34) for directing cryogenic flows (36) including a liquid ... | 08/17/1999 |
