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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061162 | Method for producing a tube of quartz glass by elongating a hollow cylinder of quartz glass In a known method for producing a tube of quartz glass by elongating a hollow cylinder of quartz glass having an outer diameter AD, said cylinder is continuously supplied to a heating zone with a vertically oriented heating tube having an inner diameter d, with the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7980096 | Method for preventing contamination of an inner surface of a hollow glass body by alkali compounds and glass container, especially for medicinal purposes In order to avoid deposition of evaporating alkali compounds on an inner surface of a hollow glass body during thermal processing to form a glass container from the hollow glass body, an overpressure is provided in the hollow glass body during the thermal processing... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7797965 | Method for producing tubes of quartz glass In a known method for producing tubes of quartz glass, a hollow cylinder (2) of quartz glass is continuously supplied to a heating zone (1) and is softened therein in regions, and a tube strand (21) is drawn off at a drawing speed from the softe... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7401478 | Manufacturing methods of double-spiral arc tubes The manufacturing method comprises: a softening step of softening a straight glass tube in a heating furnace; a moving and placing step of moving the softened glass tube so that the glass tube is placed on the top of the mandrel; and a winding step of winding the gl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392667 | Method and an apparatus for shaping a tubular object made of thermoplastic material The invention relates to a method for shaping a tubular object made of glass or glass ceramics or any other thermoplastic material, comprising the following method steps: the object is heated up to softening; an in... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7318329 | Method of making a container from a bottle A bottle is separated along at least one or two severance planes and the base of the bottle is discarded leaving the body portion behind. The body portion having a rim (10) is inverted to form the bowl of the goblet. Under heat and rotation, the original mout... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7256539 | Eccentric planar fluorescent tube An eccentric planar fluorescent tube includes an outer planar fluorescent tubular member that extends substantially but not completely about a center point and which is extended by two inner portions that extend from a first peripheral portion of the outer tubular m... | 08/14/2007 |
| 6997016 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing glass tube Stress exerted on an inner or outer circumferential side of a glass tube 6 is controlled when a glass material 3 is heated and softened by a heating element 41 provided around the glass material 3 and a piercing plug 31 is relative... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6935137 | Method of and apparatus for forming discharge tubes of low-pressure discharge lamps There is disclosed a method for forming a discharge tube for a low-pressure discharge lamp. In the method, an end of a section of the discharge tube is fastened with first clamping means, and a second end of the section in held in an oriented position. The section i... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925839 | Method for making capillary splice A method of making a capillary splice includes applying pressure to a bore in a tube, applying heat to a portion of the tube to soften the portion of the tube, and forming a bubble within the bore in the heated portion under the influence of the pressure and heat. W... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6812173 | Lighting glass and colored glass bulbs, and manufacturing method thereof Lighting glass containing 0.3 to 1.0% by weight of Sb as Sb2O3 and 0.5 to 1.0% by weight of S as SO3 in a SiO2—Al2O3—R1O—R22O-based glass (where R1 re... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6769276 | Internal adjustable mold apparatus for shaping the end of a fiber preform tube Apparatus for shaping a selected end region of a hollow cylindrical glass tube includes an internal mold placed within the selected end region for supporting the walls of the tube and controlling the shape of the internal surface of selected end region of the tube, ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6766662 | Method of manufacturing glass parts for connecting optical fibers, and glass parts for connecting optical fibers manufactured using the methods There are provided a method of manufacturing a glass part for connecting optical fibers, which allows insertion of optical fibers into the internal hole of the glass part smoothly, and glass parts for connecting optical fibers manufactured using the method. Predeter... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6684664 | Process for manufacture of a component made of opaque synthetic quartz glass A process for manufacture of a component made of opaque synthetic quartz glass, and a quartz glass tube manufactured according to said process. The process comprises (i) providing a starting material in the form of granulated material of highly pure, synt... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6568217 | Method for manufacturing fluorescent lamp A method for manufacturing a fluorescent lamp that can achieve stable luminous characteristics and discharge characteristics and also does not suffer from cracks in the interconnected portion of the glass tubes while handling or lighting the fluorescent l... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6568216 | Method for manufacturing a discharge tube A method for manufacturing a discharge tube, including heating a quartz tube by irradiation and closing it shut, is presented, in which variation of the heating temperature of the quartz tube can be reduced. Laser light is irradiated on a portion of the q... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6536239 | Apparatus and method for shaping glass tubes with molds A mold for shaping the end region and the opening at a selected end of a first, hollow, generally cylindrical, glass tube to enable a second tube, of smaller diameter than the first tube, to be inserted snuggly a first distance within the selected end of ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6487878 | Method for manufacturing a discharge tube A method for manufacturing a discharge tube, including heating a quartz tube by irradiation and closing it shut, is presented, in which variation of the heating temperature of the quartz tube can be reduced. Laser light is irradiated on a portion of the q... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6418757 | Method of making a glass preform A method of making a glass article such as an optical waveguide preform is disclosed. The method comprises drawing a rod in at least two steps. In the first step an elongated, consolidated preform having an aperture therethrough is drawn to a reduced diam... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6415630 | Method and device for producing a homogenous sheet of quartz glass without streaks In a method for producing a streak-free quartz glass sheet with a highly homogeneous degree of refraction, a quartz glass rod is lowered into a melting pot parallel to a longitudinal axis of the quartz glass rod. A cross-section of the melting pot is larg... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6415631 | Method and apparatus for making an article from a formable material A method and apparatus are described for making an article such as the body of a needleless injector capsule, from a formable material, such as glass, the article having a cavity communicating with the exterior via an orifice. A blank having an open end i... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6370916 | Flare manufacturing method It is an object of the present invention to reduce variations in dimensional accuracy such as the outer-diameter accuracy and roundness of a flare shape and the concentricity between the bulb portion and the flare portion. According to the present inventi... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6363750 | Automatic pipette puller and forge A glass tube is positioned over a heater and stretched until drawn apart into two drawn portions. A controlled pulling force is applied to the tube by a powered driver such as a linear motor. After separation, one of the drawn glass portions is reposition... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6216493 | Method and apparatus for making an article from a formable material A method and apparatus are described for making an article such as the body of a needleless injector capsule, from a formable material, such as glass, the article having a cavity communicating with the exterior via an orifice. A blank (1a) having an open ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6209353 | Method for producing an object having a flange and apparatus therefor A known method for producing an object having a flanged tubular portion at the outer periphery, comprises supplying a continuously extended, cylindrical body made of the flange material to a welding zone at the tubular portion of the object and welding th... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6151916 | Methods of making glass ferrule optical fiber connectors The specification describes processes for the manufacture of glass ferrules for optical fiber connectors wherein the glass ferrules have a composition comprising silicon oxide, alkali metal oxide, and aluminum oxide to which is added 1-35% of lead oxide.... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6148638 | Method for manufacturing a fluorescent lamp In a method for manufacturing a fluorescent lamp, four dual tubes that are previously manufactured are held at a distance in such a manner that the dual tubes can move horizontally. Four portions for connection are simultaneously heated, and two of the du... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6134920 | Method of preparing glass cartridges Methods of plastically forming an axially extended zone of the interior surface of a hollow glass tube heated to its forming temperature employ a generally cylindrical embossing mandrel connected to a driving shaft. The hollow glass tube and the embossing... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6128927 | Method of making ferrule connectors for optical fibers A method for controlling a bore diameter of an optical fiber ferrule is disclosed. The diameter of the bore is controlled by collapsing the ferrule around a rod inserted in an over-sized bore formed therein. The diameter of the rod is selected to match th... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5979187 | Lamp construction and method for forming In a method of forming a glass to metal seal between one end of a glass lamp tube (for, for example, a flash lamp or laser lamp), a metal rod which is terminated by the electrode is heated, and has molten glass sealing material applied thereto to form a b... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5902368 | Method for the heat-softened severance of glass tubes or plates Disclosed is a method for the heat-softened severance of thin-walled glass tubes or plates with a wall thickness of no more than 0.2 mm, wherein the glass is softened on a width of no more than 0.4 mm, the softened area is reduced by drawing to a wall thi... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5882369 | Method for producing a capillary inside a moldable material A method for producing at least one capillary in a moldable material. The capillary has a large length in relation to its cross-section. A closed cavity is created within the moldable material and the material is stretched in at least one direction so tha... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5788733 | Device for the shaping of glass tubes In a device for shaping glass tubes (32), the shaping tools (3, 4), which are designed as shaping rollers, are mounted on a rotary table (2) that encloses the glass tube (32) and that rotates at a speed that is several times higher than the speed of rotat... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5785729 | Method for manufacturing large-sized quartz glass tube A method for fabricating a large-sized primary treated quartz glass tube by perforating a cylindrical quartz glass mother material by a hot carbon drill press-in-process followed by etching and washing. The large-sized primary treated quartz glass tube is... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5779753 | Method of and apparatus for treating a solid workpiece, especially a glass tube A solid workpiece, e.g. a glass tube, is shaped by a focussed beam of visible light or light in an adjacent portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in a material removal, cutting or drilling operation and is heat-treated or remelted or shaped in a plastic... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5766295 | Method of manufacturing a spiral fluorescent tube A fluorescent tube which is used for bulb-type fluorescent lamps is spirally wound, so that the effective length of the tube is increased. While a fluorescent tube is kept vertical, it is rotated and heated evenly at the part to be wound to a glass soften... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5711782 | Process for fabricating an optical fiber preform A first process of the invention comprises forming two constricted portions (28) at a quartz reaction tube (4), charging a solution of a compound of a rare earth element as a solution into the section between the constricted portions (28) for doping. By t... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5669950 | Spout forming assembly and method therefor A spout forming assembly for glassware and a method therefor in which the assembly includes a spout forming device for forming a pour spout on the edge of a piece of glassware, an actuation device for actuating the forming device, and a control device for... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5662723 | Apparatus and method for forming a decorative pattern on glassware having an edge An apparatus and method for forming a decorative pattern on glassware having an edge that includes a base, a forming tool, actuation means and control means. The forming tool is mounted on the base. The tool is moveable between a first position and a seco... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5599368 | Device and process for the production of multiple-fold, single-tube glass vessels Multiple fold, single tube glass vessels, as well as a process and device for producing multiple fold, single tube glass vessels. An even number of parallel glass tubes open at both ends are assembled under the influence of heat into a multiple fold, sing... | 02/04/1997 |
