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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318330 | Mobile device and a process for the production of glass The present invention relates to a float bath comprising a transport assembly and/or an adaptor for producing glass by a float-forming process. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7260959 | Glass handling system and method for using same A glass handling system and method are described herein where an enhanced robot is used to engage and hold a glass sheet in a manner that minimizes the motion of the glass sheet as it is moved from one point to another point in a glass manufacturing facility. The en... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7093464 | Device for supporting a horizontal guided glass strand The invention concerns a device for supporting a horizontal guided, continuous glass strand; with a number of supporting blocks, which each exhibits a supporting area, facing the glass strand; the individual suppor... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7036781 | Connecting unit for the angle-adjustable connection of at least two loudspeaker enclosures, and correspondingly connected loudspeaker enclosures The invention relates to a connecting unit for the angle-adjustable connection of at least two loudspeaker enclosures. There are provided a first supporting part (13), which can be assigned to one loudspeaker enclosure (11), and a second supporting par... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024889 | Method and apparatus for bending glass sheets For bending a glass sheet so that the glass sheet has a compound curvature, an apparatus comprises a furnace including hearth beds on a bed support and a quenching unit provided with upper and lower air blowers. The final hearth bed may have a top surface with a sim... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6973806 | Method of manufacturing a glass gob In a method of manufacturing a glass gob, a down-flowing molten glass is received on a molding die. The molding die is moved down at a speed higher than a down-flowing speed of the molten glass so as to cut the molten glass. The molten glass is remained with a prede... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6626010 | Method for floating glass lump, method for preparing glass lump and method for preparing molded glass, and apparatus used for the methods A method of floating glass gobs by means of a gas flow. A method of manufacturing glass gobs by floating a molten glass gob and simultaneously cooling it. A method of manufacturing glass spheres by floating a softened glass gob and simultaneously renderin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6505483 | Glass transportation system A pressure pad array is used to float glass sheets from a glass heating furnace to a ring mold in a press bending station. The pressure pads have transversely spaced, longitudinally-extending slotted nozzles angled towards one another to provide a static ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6467309 | Method for manufacturing a glass sheet having an uneven surface A heat-resistant pipe is arranged so as to traverse below a glass ribbon in a float bath of molten tin, and bubbles emanate from the heat-resistant pipe, thereby making the bottom surface (which is in contact with the tin) uneven. Alternatively, the botto... | 10/22/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6354109 | Process and apparatus for providing a film with a gradient The subject of the invention is a glazing panel comprising a transparent substrate (1) especially one made of glass, provided with at least one functional, conductive and/or low-emissivity, transparent thin film (3). In order to improve the optical and es... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6311523 | Process for forming a glass sheet A process for forming a glass sheet, which is a process for continuously forming a glass sheet, and which comprises a step of introducing a vapor film-forming agent, which is not vapor at least around room temperature and which is vapor at a temperature above ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6295842 | Uniform distribution quenching of formed glass sheets A glass sheet quench unit (22) and method for quenching formed glass sheets by quench gas jets (40) that define a uniformly repeating gas jet impingement pattern (44) that is an equilateral triangular pattern providing uniformly repeating quench cells (46... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6286338 | Block assembly for a gas-type lehr A block assembly for a lehr includes a plurality of blocks extending longitudinally, each of the blocks having a seal surface for mating and overlapping with an adjacent one of the blocks.... | 09/11/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6101845 | Process for forming a glass sheet A process for forming a glass sheet, which is a process for continuously forming a glass sheet, and which comprises a step of introducing a vapor film-forming agent, which is not vapor at least around room temperature and which is vapor at a temperature a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6053011 | Process and plant for hardening glass plates A system for tempering glass plates has preheating zone (1) in which several glass plates (7) stacked vertically in compartmented car (6) are heated together to a temperature below the tempering temperature of for example 650° C. (for example 300° C.). ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5914437 | Fabrication including sol-gel float processing Cracking in thin sheets of sol-gel-produced material is avoided by use of a support liquid during gelation and drying. Silica glass, as well as other glass and ceramic bodies, is contemplated.... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5782949 | Device for the manufacture of flat glass sheet with improved characteristics A flat glass sheet is formed using the float process. Before annealing of glass carried on rollers, the glass is conveyed by a fluid bed formed by a mixture of gasses, in order to cool the glass to approximately 600° C. before it reaches an annealing leh... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5769910 | Float bath for manufacturing float glass Bottom insulating bricks are laid on a casing bottom and side insulating bricks are disposed along casing sides. Bottom lining bricks are laid on the bottom insulating bricks and side lining bricks are disposed along the side insulating bricks. The side l... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5643349 | Apparatus for applying SO3 to float glass The present invention provides a method for making a stain-resistant float glass and an apparatus for carrying out such a method. In keeping with this method, SO3 is applied to the upper surface of float glass in an amount efficacious to materi... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5562749 | Method of producing flat glass A method of producing flat glass is provided. Molten glass is introduced into a chamber in which a molten tin float bath is housed. The molten glass floats on top of the molten tin as it cools. A plurality of recuperative gas burners are positioned above ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5427598 | Natural gas tin float bath roof A tin float bath with an entirely new heat-insulating bath roof comprising two parts, first, an elongated steel chamber of an inverted U-shape fabrication with sinusoidal-layered ceramic fiber blankets and ceramic fiber boards and, second, side-mounted or... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5302177 | Tin float bath for manufacturing sheet glass utilizing recuperative gas burners In the tin float bath process of flat glass production, proposed automatic recuperative natural gas burners will replace the existing electrical heating elements. The use of natural gas instead of electricity creates a more energy-efficient bath operation... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5299224 | Wall assembly for induction furnace A graphite block for an induction furnace in the form of a right prism formed from a plurality of plates associated along adjacent end faces parallel to the axis of the prism. Each plate includes a longitudinal recess opening into its top face adjacent a ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5100449 | Method of forming glass articles Disclosed is a method and apparatus for drawing an elongated glass article such as a fiber optic device. The article is drawn upwardly from a source through the surface of a quantity of molten metal having a vertical temperature gradient. The source can b... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5065696 | Temperature controlled distributor beam for chemical vapor deposition A distributor beam for depositing coating material on the surface of a sheet of glass includes a plenum for each gas to be mixed. The plenums are surrounded by a cooling fluid duct and heating elements are provided for temperature control. Theremocouples ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4741749 | Vertical delivery arrangement for float glass process Delivery of molten glass to a flat glass forming operation carried out as a substantially free-falling vertical stream. The glass may be received in a first chamber in a relatively deep and narrow reservoir, from which it flows to a wider chamber, from wh... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4705550 | Process for providing a thermically homogeneous flow of molten glass A process for providing a thermally homogeneous flow of molten glass comprises introducing a stratified liquid layer of non-volatile evaporation resistant materials having density smaller than that of the molten glass, onto the surface of the molten glass... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4637684 | Method of making an optical coupler device utilizing volatile liquid to achieve optical contact A waveguide for propagating a light beam, a coupler for coupling the light beam to the waveguide, and a thin film layer provided on the bottom surface of the coupler and consisting of a substance having a refractive index lower than the refractive indices... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4619681 | Method and apparatus for measurement of stress in float glass The invention relates to the measurement of stresses in float glass. In a process, the stresses in the glass are continuously determined by scanning the glass over its entire width and simultaneously measuring the temperature of the glass at each location... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4380463 | Method of melting glass making ingredients A coherent thin sheet of glass batch materials is advanced onto a pool of molten metal contained in a glass melting furnace to melt thereon, preferably in non-contacting relation to refractory sidewalls of the furnace.... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4340412 | Float glass forming chamber with externally supported roof A float glass forming chamber is provided with a simplified roof structure having a reduced number of vertically extending joints and openings. The roof is comprised of relatively large refractory slabs suspended from above by a hanger arrangement externa... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4340410 | Float glass forming chamber with isolated heating means A float glass forming chamber is provided with electrical heating elements having separate housings and separate electrical shut-off means, so that any heating element can be independently disconnected for replacement or for modifying the heating pattern.... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4340411 | Float glass forming chamber with auxiliary heating modules Auxiliary heat is provided to a float glass forming chamber by means of a prewired portable heating module which may be inserted or removed from an operating forming chamber. In particular, the auxiliary heating arrangement is adapted to provide temporary... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4339262 | Cooling apparatus for float-glass installation A cooling apparatus for a float-glass installation formed by a pair of pipes providing a path of circulation for a refrigerant adapted to extend through a sidewall of the installation to extend at least partially across a transverse dimension of a ribbon ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4295873 | Method and apparatus for reworking a hollow workpiece A method and apparatus for reworking hollow workpieces, illustratively glass lamp bulbs, to a desired dimensional accuracy and optical finish. In the method, a workpiece is placed within a mold having a cavity which defines the desired dimensions. Molten ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4255180 | Support mechanism for heat exchangers in float glass apparatus Support mechanism is affixed to the external structure of a float glass producing facility for mounting heat exchangers above the ribbon of glass as it is formed on the bath of molten metal. The support mechanism includes spaced pairs of rollers between w... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4243402 | Apparatus for measuring temperatures in molten metal The invention comprises a temperature sensing device comprising a thermocouple which is protected by a woven cloth. The cloth is impervious to wetting or transmission of the molten material whose temperature is to be measured. A thermocouple further is su... | 01/06/1981 |
