Quotables
"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced."
Scientific American ; Jan. 2 edition, 1909
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127572 | Method of eliminating blisters in a glass making process A method of controlling blister formation in a glass melt flowing through a system comprising one or more refractory metal vessels by developing a blister index and determining the critical blister index value. The critical value of the blister index may be used to ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127571 | Method of refining a lithium aluminosilicate glass and glass-ceramic obtained The present invention relates to a method of refining lithium aluminosilicate glass capable of being controllably ceramized and free of arsenic oxide, antimony oxide and tin oxide, in which at least 0.05% by weight of at least one sulfide is added to the glass batch... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8087262 | Platinum condensation abatement by electrostatic precipitation A process and device for abating air-borne particles during glass melt handling processes by using electrostatic precipitation. The invention is effective in abating both precious metal inclusions and non-metallic inclusions in the produced glass. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087263 | Method for producing glass for display substrate A method of producing a glass having a SiO2—Al2O3—B2O3—RO based composition, where RO is at least one of MgO, CaO, BaO, SrO and ZnO, a melting temperature corresponding to 102.5 poise of 1570° ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7802451 | Manufacturing device for producing mineral fibers from incinerator ashes and its plasma-vitrified slag Incinerator ashes, which is obtained after treating municipal solid waste, incinerator ashes or its plasma vitrified slag is made into mineral fibers. Cullet is added during manufacturing the mineral fibers for conditioning. The mineral fibers thus obtained have a g... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7628038 | System and method for controlling the environment around one or more vessels in a glass manufacturing system A system and method are described herein that control the environment (e.g., oxygen, hydrogen, humidity, temperature, gas flow rate, pressure) around one or more vessels in a glass manufacturing system. In the preferred embodiment, the system includes a closed-loop ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7562538 | Method of making clear glass composition A technique of manufacturing glass having fairly clear color and/or high visible transmission is provided. In certain example embodiments of this invention, it has surprisingly been found that by using carbon-containing compound(s) including CxHy | 07/21/2009 |
| 7409838 | Reducing corrosion and particulate emission in glassmelting furnaces A glassmelting furnace is heated by combustion of fuel having an atomic ratio of hydrogen to carbon of 0.9 or less. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7386997 | System for and method of batch analysis and optimization for glass manufacturing Certain preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a system for and method of analyzing and cleaning a cullet stream prior to bottle manufacturing. In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, the system includes a raw materials feeder, a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383698 | Method of manufacturing glass melt and method of manufacturing molded glass material A method of manufacturing glass melt and a method of manufacturing molded glass material by forming glass melt. In the method of manufacturing glass melt, the glass melt containing fluorine is prepared by melting glass raw materials and refining the resulting glass ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377132 | Conduit for molten glass, molten glass degassing method and molten glass degassing apparatus A conduit for molten glass, a molten glass degassing method and a sub-atmospheric apparatus are provided, which are able to produce homogenous and good quality glass at low cost. A conduit for molten glass, which is capable of flowing molten glass in a horizontal di... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7358205 | Alkali-free glass substrate An alkali-free glass substrate containing, by mass percent, 50-70% of SiO2, 10-25% of Al2O3, 5-20% of B2O3, 0-10% of MgO, 0-15% of CaO, 0-10% of BaO, 0-10% of SrO and 0-5% of ZnO, also containing SnO2 | 04/15/2008 |
| 7296441 | Device and method for melting a substance with the occurrence of a low level of contamination The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for low-contamination melting of high-purity, aggressive and/or high-melting glass or glass-ceramic. According to the invention, for this purpose a melt is heated in a crucible or melting skull crucible by means of ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7260960 | Selective glass batching methods for improving melting efficiency and reducing gross segregation of glass batch components A method of controlling reaction paths of glass batch components added to a resident glass melt is provided, including the steps of providing a plurality of raw material batch components according to a batch recipe, selectively combining a portion of the batch compo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7208431 | Glass with noticeably improved stability to radiation damaging, a process for its production as well as its use A glass with high internal transmission as well as low tendency to radiation-caused physical compaction and low tendency to solarization, comprising 18 to 31% by weight of SiO2, 0 to 7% by weight of Na | 04/24/2007 |
| 7168269 | Gas injection for glass melting furnace to reduce refractory degradation A glass melting furnace has a gas inlet positioned proximate to a charging section oxy-fuel combustion region to introduce gas into the region and to at least partially displace gas having a partial pressure of alkali vapor from the region, and optionally a gas outl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157391 | Optical glass, preform for press molding and optical element An optical glass being free of lead and fluorine, having a low glass transition temperature permitting press-molding with a mold formed of stainless steel and having high climate resistance includes an optical glass comprising, by mol %, 25 to 44% of P2O | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150165 | Molten glass fining apparatus The basic shape of the molten glass fining apparatus of the present invention is preferably either an elliptical or a somewhat rectangular shape such that the flow is more uniform and the bubbles have less distance to rise to the surface. A novel baffle design is al... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137278 | Process for producing alkali-free aluminosilicate glass The process of the invention produces alkali-free aluminosilicate glass having an Al2O3-content of more than 12% by weight with the addition of from 0.005% by weight to 0.6% by weight of sulfate for batch formulation. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7107794 | Suction feeder The suction feeder for glass processing includes a housing containing a material; a heatable noble metal or noble metal alloy feed line embedded in the housing in a thermally insulated fashion; a connection element at one end of the feed line for connection with a m... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7040122 | Process for production of molten glass The invention concerns a process and a device from the production of molten glass. According to the invention, measures will be taken to lead the current of the molten glass through the tank furnace so that cutoffs of the glass current between the surface of ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032412 | Methods of manufacturing glass sheets with reduced blisters Methods of manufacturing glass sheets with manufacturing systems that including platinum-containing components are provided. The method includes providing a barrier coating to reduce the hydrogen permeability of the platinum-containing components which reduces the p... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021082 | Method and apparatus for suppressing oxygen bubble formation in glass melts In the method of making glass a glass melt is formed from starting materials in a melt apparatus, which includes at least one metal part having a metal surface in contact with the glass melt in a first region of the glass melt having a predetermined oxygen partial p... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6995102 | Infrared absorbing blue glass composition A blue glass composition comprises a soda-lime-silica base and a colorant portion consisting essentially of about 0.4 to 0.65 weight percent total iron oxide, about 0.1 to 0.3 weight percent manganese oxide, and cobalt oxide in an amount effective to produce a cobal... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993936 | System and method for suppressing the formation of oxygen inclusions and surface blisters in glass sheets and the resulting glass sheets A system and method for suppressing the formation of gaseous inclusions in glass sheets and the resulting glass sheets are described herein. The system includes a melting, fining, delivery, mixing or forming vessel that has a refractory metal component (e.g., platin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6945077 | Method for treating steel plant slag A method is presented for the treatment of slag from electric steel plants which comprises the following steps: (a) transference of the slag into a metallurgical receptacle; (b) defoaming of the slag in this metallurgical receptacle by adding a defoaming agent, pref... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6854291 | Method for nozzle-injection of gas into molten glass A method and device for nozzle-injection of gas into molten glass is disclosed wherein a gas stream is introduced into the molten glass in a temporally pulsed throughput such that the gas stream is interrupted between two sequential pulses, the duration of each puls... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6810689 | Process for the melting, refining and homogenizing of glass melts The invention relates to a process for the production of a glass melt. For the avoidance of the oxygen reboil the process is equipped with the following process stages or steps: a melting stage a refining st... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6789396 | Method and system for feeding and burning a pulverized fuel in a glass melting furnace, and burner for use in the same A method and system for feeding and burning pulverized fuel, such as petroleum coke, in a glass melting furnace, which includes a glass melting and a plurality of burners associated with a pair of sealed regenerative chambers disposed side-by-side which act as heat ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6715319 | Melting of glass A method of producing flat glass in which foam which appears on the surface of molten glass melted using oxy-fuel burners is dispersed by directing a diffuse, luminescent flame onto the surface of the glass carrying the foam. ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6672108 | Method of making glass with reduced Se burnoff A method of making glass (e.g., grey in color in some embodiments, or otherwise colored in other embodiments) in a manner so as to reduce selenium (Se) burnoff. In some embodiments, Epsom salt(s) is added to the glass batch in order to reduce Se burnoff. ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6588233 | Method for physical refinement of a glass melt In many engineering production processes, for example glass or glass-ceramic manufacturing processes, liquids, such as glass melts, participate in the processes in which gases are dissolved, which in part form bubbles in the liquid. So that the quality of... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6546753 | Method of producing an alkali-free glass An alkali-free glass applicable to a light transparent glass substrate in a liquid crystal display essentially consists, by weight, of basic elements of 40-70% SiO2, 6-25% Al2 O3, 5-20% B2 O3, 0-10% M... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6532771 | Method for controlling glass furnace atmosphere Glass is produced in a glassmelting furnace by combusting fuel and oxidant having an oxygen content greater than 80 vol. % oxygen in a melting zone to form molten glass, wherein the surface of the molten glass is exposed to the gaseous atmosphere in the m... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6508083 | Alkali-free glass and method for producing the same An alkali-free glass applicable to a light transparent glass substrate in a liquid crystal display essentially consists, by weight, of basic elements of 40-70% SiO2, 6-25% Al2 O3, 5-20% B2 O3, 0-10% M... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6470710 | Method for melting glass Glass raw material is fed to a glass furnace to prepare molten glass. At least one metal compound from one of the following metals: aluminum, titanium, silicon, zinc, magnesium, iron, chromium, cobalt, cerium or calcium is supplied to a foam layer formed ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6401492 | Process for physical refinement of a liquid especially a glass melt, and apparatus for performing said process In many engineering production processes, for example glass or glass-ceramic manufacturing processes, liquids, such as glass melts, participate in the processes in which gases are dissolved, which in part form bubbles in the liquid. So that the quality of... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6387513 | Process for enamelling glass substrates, enamel composition used and products obtained The present invention relates to a more easily recyclable enamel composition which includes at least one glass frit and includes, as pigment(s), at least one or more manganese compounds, this composition furthermore having a melting temperature below 750Â... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6380112 | Short flint special glasses The invention relates to lead-free optical glasses having a refractive index nd of from 1.52 to 1.58, an Abbe number vd of from 50 to 57 and a negative partial dispersion ÆŠPg,F of | 04/30/2002 |
| 6314760 | Glass melting apparatus and method A system for melting and delivering glass to a work area such as spinners for making fiberglass includes a melter with heaters so arranged that the "hot spot" in the molten glass is located away from the walls and corrosion sensitive parts so that the var... | 11/13/2001 |
