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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028543 | Tempering bent glass sheets An apparatus for tempering a bent glass sheet is disclosed. The apparatus comprises means for conveying the sheet through the apparatus and a pair of blastheads for quenching the sheet with quench gas. Each blasthead comprises a plurality of spaced elongate plenums ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7448232 | Convection heating furnace for a tempered glass sheet A convection furnace for a tempered glass sheet (1), into which furnace the glass sheet arrives along a hauling track, as on turning rolls (3), and the furnace has also heating resistances (5) against glass sheet (1) for heating the blast... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7383700 | System for heat treatment of glass A system and a process for heat treatment of glass or other materials where fan air is blown into a heating chamber via propellant air fans and the chamber air is circulated. In order to achieve effective convection, the propellant air fans have cylindrical mixing s... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367205 | System for simultaneously heating and cooling glass A system and method for heating, forming, and tempering a glass sheet includes pre-heating the glass sheet to at least a first predetermined temperature. The system and method includes also applying radio-frequency energy to the glass sheet to heat it to at least a ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7316131 | Air-cooling and tempering apparatus and air-cooling and tempering method for a glass sheet An air-cooling and tempering apparatus for a glass sheet includes an upper air-blowing unit, which blows cooling air to an upper surface of a bent glass sheet having a high temperature; and a lower air-blowing unit, which blows cooling air to a lower surface of the ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308806 | Air-exhausting lehr for laminated glass sheets The invention relates to an air-exhausting lehr for laminated glass sheets, including a tunnel-like lehr, a conveyor, including elements for carrying laminated glass sheets in a substantially upright position through the lehr, and air circulation ducts, having fans ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7225644 | Bendable support structure in a bending section The invention relates to a bendable or vaulting support structure in a bending section or bending and tempering section for glass sheets or panels. The support structure comprises a plurality of support arms (10), which are attached by pivotal joints (7 | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216511 | Furnace apparatus and method for tempering low emissivity glass A glass tempering furnace having a chamber, rollers extending laterally within a chamber to form a transport surface for the plate glass, radiant coils positioned along the bottom of the chamber underneath the rollers, a plurality of spaced nozzle assemblies arrange... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7108123 | Contact-free plate conveyor In a contact-free plate conveyor including an arrangement of nozzles each having a cup-like shape widening to a planar rim thereof, air under pressure is supplied to the nozzles such that an air flow is generated toward and through a gap formed between the rims of t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7051554 | Tightening a fiber roll cover Rolls for generally conveying sheets, such as of steel or glass over a roller typically have a steel mandrel and fiber-containing roll cover, with the fiber roll cover pressed between end plates. In a roll end assembly including the end plates there is now provided ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7000433 | Device for heating plates of glass A device for heating plates of glass (3) which are hardened or deformed, includes two ceramic heating plates (1) between which a plate of glass (3) is arranged. Compensation plates (20) are associated with the heating plates (1) at... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6993935 | Method for blowing and removing glass containers Vertically aligned first (30) and second (32) combined blowhead and takeout mechanisms are provided to sequentially blow glass parisons (P) into containers (C) in a mold set (22) and to transfer blown containers to a deadplate (40) of a g... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966428 | Method and apparatus for transferring articles from a first position to a second position A takeout arm assembly (10) for an I.S. glass container forming machine, the arm assembly having a housing (14) that is oscillatable about a fixed shaft (12). The housing has a split first pulley (16a/16b) that is coa... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6923022 | Dual-stage blowhead assembly A blowhead assembly for receipt over a parison finish to blow the parison within a blow mold and simultaneously cool the parison finish includes a blowhead body having a first chamber at one end for receipt over the finish of a parison in a blow mold, and at least o... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6901774 | Air-cooling/tempering device for a glass plate An air-cooling temperature device for a glass plate including a plurality of upper blowing heads for blowing air to an upper face of a bend-shaped glass plate heated to a high temperature and a plurality of lower blowing heads for blowing air to a lower face of the ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901773 | Semi-convective forced air system having amplified air nozzles for heating low “e” coated glass A semi-convective forced air system for heating glass sheets during a heating cycle comprises a heating chamber having a length and a width, at least one heating element located within the heating chamber, a conveyor having a length and a width, the conveyor extendi... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6881485 | Tempered glass sheet and method therefor There is provided a tempered glass sheet, which is air-cooled and tempered by a cooling medium blown from a plurality of nozzles provided in rows so as to have a stress pattern formed therein, comprising a stress pattern formed in the glass sheet such that a plurali... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6865910 | Glass container forming machine A deadplate assembly for an I.S. machine which is moveable from a remote location to a first location and then to a final location. The motion path is linear. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6857292 | Glass container forming machine A takeout grips a formed bottle at a blow station of an I.S. machine and releases the bottle onto a conveyor and returns to grip the second bottle formed in the blow station following the bottle removed by the takeout. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6854292 | Glass container forming machine A takeout mechanism for an I.S. machine grips a formed bottle at the blow station and carries the bottle to a first position spaced above a deadplate. The bottle is held at this position for a period of time and then is lowered to a position proximate the deadplate ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6823696 | Glass container forming machine Formed bottles are simultaneously cooled within the blow molds of an I.S. machine on their inner and outer surfaces and inner surface cooling continues from the time the takeout grips a bottle through a displacement course to a deadplate location, then to a conveyor... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6813905 | Glass container forming machine An I.S. machine has a takeout arm which grips a bottle at the blow station and carries it longitudinally to a first deadplate position and then transversely to a second deadplate position. Along the transverse path is a cullet chute. A deadplate mechanism also is di... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6807826 | Glass container forming machine A formed bottle is delivered by a takeout mechanism to a deadplate where it is suspended for cooling. A temperature sensor is mounted to monitor the suspended bottle. When the sensed temperature shows an unacceptable variation, the takeout mechanism and deadplate ar... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6807829 | Glass container forming machine A blow head is displaced to the “on” position where its lower portion engages the top of a blow mold. Final blow begins and before final blow is completed, the blow head is raised a selected distance and final blow is exhausted between the O.D. of the formed fin... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6782719 | Glass container forming machine A deadplate mechanism has a cooling can in which a formed bottle held by a takeout is located. The outer surface of the bottle is cooled while the deadplate is displaced to a bottle release position. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6776010 | Glass container forming machine A blow head mechanism for an I.S. machine wherein the blow head has a final blow tube. The final blow tube is supported for vertical displacement between an up position where the open end of the final blow tube is proximate the top of a blown parison and a down posi... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776009 | Glass container forming machine A takeout for an I.S. machine includes a cooling tube which is displaceable between up and down positions. Displace is controlled to correspond to the desired heat removal along the path of displacement. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6772610 | Flat glass annealing lehrs Flat glass annealing lehr equipped with controlled heating and cooling means, includes pre-annealing, annealing, and post-annealing zones with heat exchange by radiation, the said zones being equipped respectively with groups of cooling-air heat exchangers situated ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6766665 | Glass container forming machine The takeout has a cooling tube which oscillates within the bottle as the bottle is removed from the blow station of an I.S. machine and transferred to a deposit location. ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6766664 | Glass container forming machine A takeout for an I.S. machine has a cooling tube which is displaceable between up and down positions. The open bottom of the cooling tube has an annular deflector which deflects some of the downwardly propelled cooling air radially outwardly from the cooling tube. | 07/27/2004 |
| 6722160 | Method for air-cooled reinforcing of glass sheet An air-cooling/tempering device for a glass plate capable of providing uniform cooling performance and an air-cooling/tempering method for a glass plate capable of air-cooling and tempering efficiently are presented. ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6701750 | Method and apparatus for molding a glass product On molding a glass product by pressing a glass gob by the use of a mold composed of upper and lower dies each of which has a molding surface, a molten glass is supplied as the glass gob onto the molding surface of the lower die. Cooling is carried out for... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6578385 | Frame for supporting glass plate during tempering The invention relates to a frame for supporting a glass plate during a quenching of the glass plate. This frame includes a supporting ring for supporting thereon the glass plate, and a heat-resistant fabric tensioned and covering a top surface of the supp... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6574992 | Method and device for curving and tempering a glass sheet During a process for bending and quenching a window pane, the latter is bent to the desired shape using a forming frame. Next, by means of this same forming frame, the entire surface of both sides of the bent window pane is rapidly cooled, in a quenching ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6526780 | Method of manufacturing a cathode ray tube To increase the strength of the glass panel of a CRT, the temperature of the glass panel is reduced during reforming from a temperature above, preferably at least 30° C. above the annealing point, to a temperature well below, preferably at least 80° C. ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6460375 | Ice coating method for controlling the formation of an ice-coating on the exterior of a hollow glass article A system is provided for forming an ice coating on the outer surface of blown glass tube-shaped glass pieces (30) of an art work. The blown glass tubes are attached to a support surface (36) such that opposing ends of each glass tube are positioned over a... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6412309 | Glass quenching apparatus A glass quenching apparatus for quenching a glass sheet heated to a predetermined temperature, includes a first nozzle group for jetting blower air onto opposite surfaces of the glass sheet, and a second nozzle group for jetting compressor air onto at lea... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6401490 | Method for manufacturing tempered glass sheet and apparatus for manufacturing the same A gas is supplied to the surface of the glass sheet transferred between a heating furnace and a cooling apparatus for tempering the glass sheet. The gas is supplied from the upstream side with respect to the direction of transfer of the glass sheet by an ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6389847 | Air output unit in connection with a tempering station for glass panels, and method for manufacturing the same The invention relates to an air output unit in connection with a tempering station in a tempering plant for glass panels, and to a method for manufacturing the unit. An equipment bay (3) has its walls (32), roof (33), and floor (31) designed and dimension... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6370917 | Quenching method and apparatus for tempering a glass sheet A quenching method and apparatus for tempering a glass sheet. The method includes a step of transferring a heated glass sheet between quenching boxes which are provided with nozzles opposingly arranged near upper and lower surfaces of the glass sheet to b... | 04/16/2002 |
