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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900477 | Method of positioning a glass plate using pivoting rollers There are the steps of conveying a glass plate by a roller conveyor including a plurality of rollers; and moving a roller in contact with the glass plate in conveyance to position the glass plate so as to conform a posture of the glass plate to a reference posture. | 03/08/2011 |
| 7712334 | Method for positioning a glass plate on rollers There are the steps of conveying a glass plate by a roller conveyor including a plurality of rollers; and moving a roller in contact with the glass plate in conveyance to position the glass plate so as to conform a posture of the glass plate to a reference posture. | 05/11/2010 |
| 7484386 | Method and apparatus for controlling a treatment process in safety glass production The invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a treatment process in safety glass production by means of information representing a load of glass panels. Flat glass panels are conveyed through a heating lehr (2) and a quenching section (2... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7401477 | Method for bending a glass sheet A glass sheet, which has been heated to have a viscosity of not lower than 105 Pa·s and not higher than 108 Pa·s, is pressed against a mold having a certain bending surface to be bent. There are a step for controlling a bending temperature T ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7383695 | Method of analyzing mixed-color cullet to facilitate its use in glass manufacture A method of determining the constituents and impurities in mixed-color cullet to facilitate use of mixed-color cullet in glass manufacture is provided. A glass batch formulation is adjusted based on the measured characteristics of supplied mixed-color cullet. More s... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7353666 | Method for press molding a glass optical element A molding apparatus for molding a press-molded product by heating and softening a material and press-molding the material into a predetermined shape by the use of a mold, includes a pair of dies which form the mold, each of which comprises a molding surface facing w... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350379 | Quality control method and quality control apparatus for glass gob in the formation of a glass product The present invention provides a quality control method and a quality control apparatus for use in the formation of a glass product. A feeder mechanism cuts a column-like molten glass pushed out through an orifice thereof into a glass gob and allows each glass gob t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325417 | Glass composition with low visible and IR transmission A glass having a visible transmission of no greater than 28% and low IR transmission, and employing a colorant portion: ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310973 | Method and apparatus for making variegated glass sheets and tiles An apparatus is disclosed comprising a first color glass feeder having a first valve device, and a second color glass feeder having a second valve device, each connected by communications links to a controller. The controller controls the first valve device and seco... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290406 | I.S. machine An I.S. Machine is disclosed which includes a structure displaceable from a start location to an end location and a motor for displacing that structure. A control controls the operation of the motor to displace the structure and the speed of displacement can be vari... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289656 | Systems and methods for determining inconsistency characteristics of a composite structure Systems and methods for determining an inconsistency characteristic of a composite structure, such as inconsistency density-per-unit area. In one implementation, a method is disclosed for determining an inconsistency characteristic of a composite structure. The meth... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7159419 | System and method for vapor pressure controlled growth of infrared chalcogenide glasses A system and method for preparing chalcogenide glass are provided that allow for larger quantities of glass to be produced with lower production costs and less risks of environmental hazards. The system includes a reaction container operable to hold chalcogenide gla... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7139634 | Device and method for controlling a glass forming machine A method and device for regulating and/or controlling a glass forming machine is described. A central controller transmits parameterization data and/or synchronization data and/or motion information and/or motion path information using at least one integrated bus sy... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7079918 | System for adjusting position of glass plates A system for adjusting position of glass plates includes (1) a chain for conveying glass plates into a bending furnace, the chain having (a) alternate links, (b) connecting pins for holding the alternate links together, (c) extension pins extending from some of the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073352 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or mult... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7054710 | Electronic control for glass moulding machines Sections (22) of an I.S. glass forming machine (23) have a plurality of mechanisms which can be respectively driven by a first drive. Each first drive is allocated a controller which is connected to a first sequencer (60) via a first bus (59 | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045737 | Glass-processing method and glass-processing apparatus for the method A glass-processing method adjusts the range of the heating region according to the work piece and processing condition, and a glass-processing apparatus implements the method. The method incorporates the heating of a glass body with a thermal plasma torch comprising... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029172 | Temperature profile determination Apparatus for determining the temperature profile of the surface being sprayed or otherwise treated, the apparatus comprising four electric arc spray guns (1) spraying molten steel. The guns (1) are connected to a six-axis industrial robot (2) w... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024887 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or mult... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7006228 | Methods for quantifying the oxidation state of glass The present invention provides methods for measuring Fe (II) and Fe (III) levels in a glass composition, for using those measured levels for determining a relative oxidation state of the glass material, and for further making a determination based on those measureme... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978640 | Device and method for the simultaneous production of glass products with varying masses The invention relates to a manufacturing apparatus for simultaneously making different hollow glass products having different gob sizes comprising at least one feed apparatus (12), that has at least one glass reservoir (14), at least one plunger (18... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6904332 | Supervisor for a hollow glassware production line The supervisor is connected to at least one hollow glassware production line including a plurality of controlled moving members, and is defined by a line agent unit generating a virtual image of the line, a database memorizing all the data required for operation of ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6848271 | Automated method and device for manufacturing a glass blown object The invention concerns an automated method for producing a blown glass body, in particular a glass wall of an electrochemical sensor, wherein an immersion tube (10), through which air or gas can flow, is immersed into molten glass an amount of molten glass fr... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6825141 | Mold-press forming glass which is not fused to a mold and a method of producing the same A candidate composition is prepared. For the candidate composition, the basicity was calculated. With reference to the basicity thus calculated, the fusibility with a mold is evaluated. With reference to the result of evaluation, the composition is determined. A gla... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6799439 | Method for equalizing temperature differences in molten glass, and equipment therefor A method for equalizing temperature differences in molten glass in at least one temperature equalization zone that is in the form of a channel for transporting a glass melt. The equalization zone is located upstream from a tapping point, at which the glass is tapped... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6796144 | System and method for glass processing and temperature sensing Techniques for measuring the temperature at various locations through the thickness of glass products and to control the glass processing operation with the sensed temperature information are disclosed. Fluorescence emission of iron or cerium in glass is excited and... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6763280 | Automated process for recycling batches of mixed color cullet into amber, green, or flint glass with selected properties An automated method for recycling mixed colored cullet glass (i.e., broken pieces of glass of mixed colors and types) into new glass products. A computer controlled process identifies the virgin glass raw materials, the desired target glass properties, the compositi... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6722158 | Control for an I.S. machine A machine cycle unwrapper for use with a glass forming machine which is controlled by a programmable sequencer which defines a 360° machine cycle having a set cycle time. The cycle unwrapper converts the “on” and “off” angles around the wrapped 360° progra... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6711916 | Control for an I.S. machine A glass forming machine has a set machine cycle time. Each of the mechanisms, etc., is cycled during the time of one machine cycle. A computerized model of a mathematical representation of a network constraint diagram of the unwrapped bottle forming process which ta... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6615159 | Method and system for supporting maintenance for a molding system A method and system is provided to determine or estimate components that may have to be maintained before a molding system that has those components is caused to be stopped by problems with those components. Cycle times that each correspond to the time of... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6606884 | Sinterable lithium disilicate glass ceramic High-strength sinterable lithium disilicate glass ceramics are described which can be further processed in particular by pressing in the viscous state to shaped dental products.... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6592785 | Device and method for molding optical components An optical component molding device and method is disclosed. The molding device includes a heating section, a heating/pressing section, and a cooling section. A carrying member sequentially conveys molding units between these treatment sections. Either th... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6543254 | Method for determining laser-induced compaction in fused silica The invention relates to fused silica having low compaction under high energy irradiation, particularly adaptable for use in photolithography applications.... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6412308 | Liquid cooling of glassware molds A glassware forming mold that includes a body of heat conductive construction having a central portion with a forming surface for shaping molten glass and a peripheral portion spaced radially outwardly of the central portion. A plurality of coolant passag... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6401491 | Final blow/finish cooling valve function monitor Apparatus for monitoring application of air through a dual-stage blowhead to blow mold a container includes a first solenoid valve for applying final blow air through the blowhead to a container in a mold and a second solenoid valve for applying finish co... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6295841 | Method pre-compaction of fused silica A fused silica glass which exhibits low compaction when exposed to high intensity excimer radiation, also exhibits low optical path distortion after exposure to a high intensity radiation dose. Also disclosed is a method for improving the select ratio of ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6269662 | Pneumatic machine control unit for an I.S. machine A pneumatic machine control unit for an I.S. machine having at least one machine section for processing a gob of molten glass into a selected bottle. The section is supplied by a plurality of pneumatic lines at different pressures. A pneumatic supply inpu... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6269660 | Lamp for a vehicle and method of making the same A lamp for vehicle that includes a light source, a housing, a reflector and a lens is disclosed. The lens is made by the process that includes the steps of (a) assuming an imaginary plane with a cross hatching pattern made of crossing groups of plural lin... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6240746 | Glass plate bending method and apparatus An apparatus for forming glass sheets is provided wherein in a furnace structure of a heating furnace where molds with glass sheets carried thereon are intermittently conveyed, the staying period in the heating zone just before an annealing zone is variab... | 06/05/2001 |
