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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178178 | Process for sealing glass containers, glass containers and coating material The top of an opening of a glass container is hot end coated, and then is coated with a coating agent of an aqueous solution containing casein and polyphenol and one or more members selected from copper sulfates, calcium hydroxides, and ferric chlorides. Thereafter,... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7921672 | Method for manufacturing GRIN lens A method for manufacturing a GRIN lens includes the steps of forming a wet gel provided with a concentration distribution having a different concentration of a refractive index distribution imparting metal that differs in concentration in a radial direction, drying ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7891214 | Method of manufacturing grin lens and grin lens The manufacture of a GRIN lens using a sol-gel process includes forming a wet gel from an alcohol solution containing a silicon alkoxide, a dopant alkoxide, and an aluminum alkoxide, first, an alcohol solution containing the silicon alkoxide and the aluminum alkoxid... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7603008 | Optical fiber coupling part and manufacturing method thereof An optical fiber coupling part that reduces the difficulty in adjusting cores, minimizes coupling loss, and prevents optical characteristics from deteriorating. An optical fiber is fused to one end of a GRIN lens which includes a quartz glass containing one or more ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7357005 | Fiber optic collimator system, fiber optic collimator array, and manufacturing method of the fiber optic collimator system and fiber optic collimator array system A fiber optic collimator system, a fiber optic collimator array, and a fiber optic collimator array system, which can reduce difficulty in an alignment process, minimize a coupling loss, and prevent the optical characteristics from deteriorating. An optical fiber is... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7346237 | Optical fiber coupling part An optical fiber coupling part capable of reducing coupling loss while maintaining a large operating distance, and having a good module assembling property. AT least one GRIN lens having numerical aperture NA that is larger than numerical aperture NAs of a light-emi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 5639657 | Process for formation of artificial seaweed bed A process for the formation of an artificial seaweed bed comprises depositing a structure as an artificial fish reef in the sea. According to the present invention, the structure is made of a glassy material having a specific composition, or a surface of ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5458668 | Gob distributing apparatus of bottle forming machine A bottle making machine includes a gob distributing apparatus in which a plurality of molds are arranged in a plurality of rows with equal spaces with each other and a plurality of chutes are arranged at entrance portions of respective molds. The apparatu... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5289980 | Glass vessel crusher A glass vessel crusher including an external cylinder 1 and an internal cylinder disposed in the external cylinder, a glass-vessel crushing space A of ring shape in section being defined by the inner wall of the external cylinder 45 and the outer wall of ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5249034 | Method of and apparatus for inspecting end of object for defect A method of and an apparatus for inspecting an end of an object for a defect by which not only a defect caused by deformation of an end of an object in a horizontal direction but also another defect caused by deformation in a vertical direction can be det... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5216481 | Method of and apparatus for inspecting transparent object for defect A method of and an apparatus for inspecting a transparent object for a defect wherein both of a light blocking defect and a refracting defect can be discriminated not only for presence or absence thereof but also for a shape and a kind thereof and besides... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5101101 | Method of detecting opaque foreign article from among transparent bodies utilizing polarized light A method of detecting an opaque foreign article from among transparent bodies which assures a distinct difference between detection signals originating from a transparent body and an opaque foreign article and a high S/N ratio in such detection signals an... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5059236 | Apparatus for cooling a blank mold in a glass receptacle forming machine with multiple dampers An apparatus for cooling a blank mold in a glass receptacle forming machine which can adjust the amount of cooling air to be supplied to a blank mold. The apparatus for cooling a blank mold includes a blank mold for forming a glass receptacle, a plurality... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5049179 | Glass gob cutting device having a guide with independent movement A glass gob cutting device in a gob feeder for cutting a gob of molten glass supplied from an orifice of a furnace and supplying the cut gob of molten glass to a glass forming machine. The glass gob cutting device includes a pair of shearing blades for cu... | 09/17/1991 |
