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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091386 | Recycled glass items and method of making A method of making decorative glass objects of any of a wide variety of appearances, structures and functions teaches that recycled glass bottles may be cut into disks, rings and other shapes using a diamond dust blade on a bandsaw, then firing the glass objects in ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8051679 | Laser separation of glass sheets Methods of using a laser to separate a glass sheet is presented that employs an elongated and, preferably, asymmetrically-truncated laser beam. The methods allow glass sheets suitable for use in modern display applications to be separated at speeds up to about 200 m... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8011207 | Laser scoring of glass sheets at high speeds and with low residual stress Experimental data is presented which shows that laser scoring of glass sheets (112) with existing techniques produces unacceptable levels of residual stress in the separated sheets as the scoring speed is increased. Methods for solving this problem are disclo... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7395679 | Method of manufacturing glass substrate for information recording medium Molten glass is press-molded by a metallic die in which a cylindrical body is provided in a vertically standing manner at a central part of a bottom surface of a bottomed hole and a molding surface corresponding to a chamfering shape of an outer peripheral edge surf... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7305854 | Methods for producing substrate blank A method for producing a thin-plate-shaped substrate blank that is an intermediate for a glass substrate, in which the occurrence of undulation is prevented and the substrate blank is produced with high accuracy, the method comprising press-molding a glass in a soft... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7273406 | Glass treatment system and method A system for abrading and scoring glass. An abrading/scoring station includes a table for supporting a large sheet of glass on a generally flat support. A first tool support moves an abrading tool for abrading a coating material from the glass. A second tool support... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7255253 | Method and equipment to divide glass plates into cut pieces A method of dividing glass plates for the purpose of reducing the required space in an interim buffer (80) reducing the transit times of different kinds of glasses, comprises generating a sequence of sub-plates (T) from the glass plates (P) stored in a blank ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7216512 | Method of making an optical fiber by laser cleaving A field-installable connector includes a connector housing and a ferrule having front and rear opposed faces and at least one fiber bore defined longitudinally therethrough. A laser processed stub optical fiber is disposed within the one fiber bore of the ferrule an... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207250 | Process and device for moving and positioning sheets of glass In a system for cutting glass sheets into shapes there is at least one cutting site (A, B). In order to align the glass sheet which is to be cut or the glass sheet shape into a defined position, on the edge of the tables I and II there are contact edges (21, 44, ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7155938 | Method and device for loading a glass processing installation In the method for loading a glass processing installation (5) with loading portions (10a), glass plates (10, 10b) are extracted repeatedly from a storage unit (20) in a predetermined sequence and divided into a residual port... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7128250 | Method for cutting the edges of a continuous glass ribbon, a device for implementing said method, and a glass plate cut using said method A method for cutting the edges of a continuous glass ribbon (10), moving at a speed VR, comprising a longitudinal marking stage which generates a marking line, in particular using a cutting wheel (11), a transverse marking stage, and a subsequent trans... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7059154 | Method for making float glass, implementing device and resulting products The present invention relates to a float process for manufacturing glass sheets, in which molten glass is poured onto a liquid support denser than the glass and then the continuous ribbon which forms is advanced toward the downstream end, this process being characte... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7026573 | Methods for producing glass substrates for use in biopolymeric microarrays Methods for producing glass substrates having scribed edges with straight and smooth ends substantially free of edge protrusions, and microarray glass substrates produced thereby, are provided. In certain embodiments, at least one scribe line is scribed in glass usi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6978641 | Method for cutting glass rod and cutting device for use therein To provide a method and apparatus for parting a glass rod without causing a crack or rupture at a grasped root portion of the glass rod in parting the glass rod for producing a glass preform. The apparatus for parting the glass rod in a predetermined length b... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6963687 | Process for cutting an optical fiber A process for cutting or splitting at least one optical fiber at a predetermined angle, wherein the fiber is introduced into a holding and positioning device and is cut by a pulsed laser beam. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6932259 | Brittle material breaking apparatus A brittle material breaking apparatus using a lifting mechanism to lift/lower a carrier wherein the lifting mechanism is controlled to lift the carrier for holding the brittle material for breaking, and then to lower the carrier from the brittle material to a distan... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6919531 | Methods for producing glass substrates for use in biopolymeric microarrays Methods for producing glass substrates having scribed edges with straight and smooth ends substantially free of edge protrusions, and microarray glass substrates produced thereby, are provided. In certain embodiments, at least one scribe line is scribed in glass usi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6829910 | Removal of enclosed glass parts after cutting using heating and cooling techniques A method for forming a magnetic disk comprises the following steps. First, an inner and outer cut is provided in a work piece. The waste piece thus comprises an outer waste piece, an inner waste piece, and a region between the inner and outer waste pieces that is to... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6796145 | Method for cutting mother rod lens A method that accurately cuts mother rod lenses and increases production yield. The method includes arranging the mother rod lenses such that the optical axes of the mother rod lenses are parallel to one another, forming a lens block having perpendicular first and s... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6772609 | Multi-lens finishing process A method for producing lenses includes assembling a plurality of glass rods having a desired length into a single unit and cutting the single unit into multiple slices, each slice having a plurality of individual lenses. The method further includes finishing the sli... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6592703 | Method and apparatus for cutting a laminate made of a brittle material and a plastic A method and an apparatus for cutting a laminate made of a brittle material and a plastic with a cutting tool is described. The plastic is heated up, thereby lowering its viscosity, at least in the region of a predetermined cutting line. A cutting tool is... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588477 | Method and apparatus for cutting a laminate made of a brittle material and a plastic The apparatus for cutting a laminate, which is made of a brittle material and a plastic, has a cutting tool for severing the plastic along a predetermined cutting line and simultaneously scoring the brittle material; a heating device for heating the plast... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6586077 | Temperable patterned glass articles and methods of making same A sheet of glass having impressed therein a grid pattern which simulates a stacked series of glass blocks joined by mortar at their joints, in which the grid pattern is confined to certain tolerances so that the sheet is temperable and at the same time cr... | 07/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6502424 | Process and plant for processing interleaved glass A method and plant for treating laminated glass having at least two glass sheets between which is arranged at least on intermediate sheet of non-glass material. The glass is attacked in a basic solution of fragmented laminated glass, so as to obtain an at... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6502423 | Method and apparatus for making individual glass panes A method and apparatus is described, with which individual rectangular glass panes of thickness between 0.03 mm and 2 mm can be cut from a glass band (2) drawn vertically from a hot forming device (1) in an in-line process with reduced rejects and reduced... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6474108 | Fiber preform method with a hot drill-in step for a Ge-doped tube and an F-doped rod A tube-shaped, GeO2 -doped silica glass pipe having a high refractive index is prepared (step S2), a cylindrical silica glass rod doped with F element is inserted inside the GeO2 -doped silica glass pipe (step S3), and the GeO2 | 11/05/2002 |
| 6438996 | Method for cracking off glassware A method for cracking off glassware (1), whereby glass pieces (1) are subjected to a laser radiation treatment (F). In a first step, the part of the glassware to be cracked off (3) is subjected in a region thereof to the action of a continuous laser radia... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6423930 | Scribing with laser When lines of vertical cracks due to thermal strain are formed for a plate made of a brittle material with a laser, the plate is irradiated with a laser beam along first lines in a first direction, and thereafter along second lines in a second direction c... | 07/23/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6327875 | Control of median crack depth in laser scoring A glass sheet is separated by propagating a crack in the glass sheet by moving a laser beam across the surface of the glass sheet along a desired line of separation and then streaming coolant at the glass sheet at a predetermined distance behind the laser... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6262389 | Laser-processable glass substrate and laser processing method A sheet of silicate glass having a thickness of 2 mm and composed mainly of SiO2, and containing Al2 O3, B2 O3, Na2 O, F, etc., is immersed in a molten salt comprising a mixture of 50 mol % of ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257022 | Glass slumping process A glass slumping process includes the steps of supporting a thin sheet of glass upon a convex mold at a single, minimum area of contact of the glass sheet with the mold, the single area of contact being disposed inwardly of a perimeter of the glass sheet,... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6233973 | Process for manufacturing a glass container A process for the formation of a container of glass, includes a first molding step performed in a preforming mold having pins projecting into the mold over a length less than the thickness of the walls of the preform of the article, the external walls of ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6138476 | Method of producing an optical fiber coupling member The present invention provides a connecting member for facilitating connecting of optical fibers, and a connecting method in which the loss due to connecting is small. An optical fiber connecting member is composed of: a retaining portion having through-h... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6134919 | Method for forming a glass article possessing an aperture The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for forming glass article from sheet glass. More specifically the apparatus comprises a mold, a plunger being cooperative alignment with the mold, wherein the mold and the plunger form a cavity ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6112967 | Method and apparatus for cutting through a flat workpiece made of brittle material, especially glass The method and apparatus for cutting through flat workpieces made of glass can cut through workpieces with greater thickness, e.g. glass panes with a thickness greater than 0.2 mm, than possible up to now with a comparable known method, without micro-frac... | 09/05/2000 |
