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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136371 | Process for producing glass substrate and glass substrate Provided are a process for producing a glass substrate usable for low-temperature p-SiTFT substrates directly in accordance with a down draw method, and the glass substrate obtained by the process. The process for producing a glass substrate includes a forming step ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8037716 | Thermal control of the bead portion of a glass ribbon Methods and apparatus for controlling the stress in, and the shape of, the glass ribbon (15) formed in a downdraw glass manufacturing process (e.g., the fusion downdraw process) are provided. In certain embodiments, the control is achieved by cooling the bead... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7323065 | UV irradiation for surface cleaning There are disclosed methods of controlling the presence of surface and airborne microorganisms in an air handler. The method may comprise: energizing a germicidal lamp to emit distributed UVC radiation; positioning the germicidal lamp in proximity to the heat transf... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7299657 | Method of making high strain point glass A method of forming a glass sheet includes obtaining a preform generated from a glass composition and conveying the preform through a channel having a temperature that decreases along a length of the channel to form a glass sheet having a predetermined width and thi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7207193 | Method of fabricating low-warp flat glass A method of fabricating a glass sheet comprises modifying the thermal stress in the glass such that it is a tensile stress or substantially zero stress in a particular temperature zone of the glass, with that zone selected such that the glass sheet is formed substan... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7128516 | Workpiece transport apparatus While periphery or peripheries of workpiece(s) W lifted in floating fashion by simultaneous suction and expulsion of gas(es) between pair(s) of first and second, or upper and lower, transport stages 14, 15 is/are retained by plurality of elevator pins 16 | 10/31/2006 |
| 6986268 | Method for the preparation of plate glass having low residual stress A flat glass plate having a low residual stress, suitable for use in preparing a display, can be prepared without an annealing or polishing process by way of controlling the horizontal temperature gradient of a molten glass plate to a specific range during cooling. | 01/17/2006 |
| 6796146 | Method for manufacturing patterned glass products A method and apparatus for manufacturing patterned glass sheets. In certain embodiments, the resulting glass sheets have a pattern defined therein which is designed so as to simulate conventional glue chipped glass sheets or antique glass. A heated glass ribbon exit... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6758064 | Production method and device for sheet glass, and liquid crystal device When a glass substrate for a liquid crystal display is manufactured using the downdraw method. strain caused by differences in the tempsrature of the sheet glass achieved as a result of cooling are reduced. Furth rtore. minute strain that occurs when the sheet glass... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6756330 | Knitted fabric of steel fibers with increased number of stitches A knitted fabric comprises fibers. At least part of these are metal fibers. The fabric has 90 or more stitches per square centimeter. The fabric is used as a separation cloth (12) between mould (11) and glass (14). The increased number of stitch... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6627000 | UV irradiation of air handlers and other apparatus There are described apparatus and methods wherein ultraviolet light kills and/or degrades and vaporizes microorganisms and organic material which naturally form over time on a heat exchanger. As this matter is eliminated, the pressure drop is decreased (i... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6610410 | Glazing panel A glazing panel carrying a solar control coating stack comprising in sequence at least: a glass substrate base antireflective layer comprising at least one layer comprising a nitride of aluminium an infra-red reflecting layer; and a top antireflective lay... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6582809 | Glazing assembly comprising a substrate provided with a stack of thin layers for solar protection and/or thermal insulation A glazing assembly is provided made of at least one transparent substrate having a stack thereon that includes an alternation of n functional layers and n-1 coatings, wherein the functional layers have reflection properties in the infrared and/or solar ra... | 06/24/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6322881 | Glazing assembly comprising a substrate provided with a stack of thin layers for solar protection and/or thermal insulation A glazing assembly is provided made of at least one transparent substrate having a stack thereon that includes an alternation of n functional layers and n-1 coatings, wherein the functional layers have reflection properties in the infrared and/or solar ra... | 11/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6196027 | Method of making glasses containing spectral modifiers The invention is a method of making silicate based glass compositions with phosphorus compounds included in the composition as spectral modifiers to impart desirable color and improved energy absorbance properties. The phosphorus compound is generally a m... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6192711 | Device for transport and cooling of glass panes A device for transporting and cooling hot glass panes (10) has a support wall (1) in which there are alternatingly stationary support ribs (3) and between two support ribs (3) at a time there are hollow chambers (4) with wall parts (11) which are adjustab... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6124038 | Strong UV absorbing glass The invention relates to a strong UV absorbing glass consisting essentially of, expressed in cation percent, 15-30% SiO2, 50-60% B2 O3, 2-5% Al2 O3, 0-6% Li2 O, 0-3.0% Na2 O, 14-20% K... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6092392 | Process for producing thin glass on roll This invention relates to a continuous process for producing a web of thin, chemically hardened glass that can be wound on a roll. The process comprises the steps of (i) drawing glass, containing original alkali ions, to form a web of glass having a thick... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6079227 | Method for manufacturing bent and tempered glass sheet and apparatus for manufacturing the same In a quenching apparatus for quenching a glass sheet that has been heated and bent in a heating furnace, a cooling gas blows onto the glass sheet to provide a distribution of a temperature and/or a distribution of a static pressure in at least one section... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6045896 | Glazing assembly comprising a substrate provided with a stack of thin layers for solar protection and/or thermal insulation A glazing assembly is provided made of at least one transparent substrate having a stack thereon that includes an alternation of n functional layers and n+1 coatings, wherein the functional layers have reflection properties in the infrared and/or solar ra... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5948132 | Glass sheet strip annealing method A glass sheet strip annealing method utilizes a housing (18) along which a conveyor (26) including a gas support (28) supports a glass sheet strip G by pressurized gas for movement between entry and exit ends (22,24) of the housing before a conveyor drive... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5917104 | Method for detecting and adjusting the position of a burner during the annealing process of a glass sheet A method for automatically detecting and adjusting the position of a plurality of burners with respect to the edge of a continuous glass sheet is provided. The glass sheet is transported by rolls along the length of a thermal treatment lehr. Detecting and... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5764415 | Coatings on glass A method of producing front surface mirrors comprising depositing onto a hot ribbon of low transmissivity glass during the production process a low transmissivity reflecting coating whereby the mirrors have a transmissivity through the coated glass of up ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5749931 | Coatings on glass A method of producing mirrors comprising depositing onto a ribbon of hot glass during the production process a coating comprising at least one pyrolytic reflecting layer and at least two reflection enhancing layers, the last applied or outer of the enhanc... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5597394 | Process for the manufacture of a flat glass sheet with improved characteristics A flat glass sheet is manufactured using the float process. Before annealing of glass carried on rollers, the glass is conveyed by a fluid bed formed by a mixture of gases, in order to cool the glass to approximately 600° C. before it reaches an annealin... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5580364 | Method of producing a coated glass substrate exhibiting reflected color A method of producing mirrors comprising depositing onto a ribbon of hot glass during the production process a coating comprising at least one pyrolytic reflecting layer and at least one color modifying layer whereby the mirrors exhibit color in reflectan... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5294238 | Glass substrate for a semiconductor device and method for making same A glass substrate usable for a semiconductor device which shrinks less during a heating process. Specifically, lithium is added to the glass substrate material prior to formation. Further, the glass substrate can be thermal annealed in advance. In accorda... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5049177 | Method for forming fresnel-type prism lens The method for forming Fresnel lens according to the present invention is such that a Fresnel lens comprising a body with a frontal surface having a plurality of annular Fresnel-type prism elements concentrically disposed thereon and a back surface formed... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4906270 | Method for drawing glass tapes A method for drawing glass sheets of crystallization-sensitive glass such as borosilicate glass or glass ceramic. A melt in a vat of a glass furnace is supplied through a feed channel to a drawing chamber from which a glass sheet is drawn perpendicularly ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4826522 | Method and apparatus for making contact-tempered glass sheets with reinforced edge stresses The invention relates to the tempering of sheets of glass and optionally their bending by the so-called contact process. It proposes a process in which the edge stresses of the glass sheets are reinforced by cooling the edges of the glass sheets in relati... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4816053 | Production method for a low cost color CRT with self-polished flat faceplate The use of a flat faceplate comprised of self-polished float glass substantially reduces the cost of a cathode ray tube incorporating a flat tensioned shadow mask while affording a high degree of video image acuity. The float glass flat faceplate does not... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4656096 | Manufacture of drawn sheet glass Molten glass 1 flows continuously from a glass melting furnace 2 to a drawing tank 7 whence the glass is drawn as a continuous ribbon 10 from a slot 11 in a refractory device 12 such as a debiteuse partially immersed in the molten glass. The center of the... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4636237 | Manufacturing drawn sheet glass Molten glass 1 flows continuously from a glass melting furnace 2 to a drawing tank 7 when the glass is drawn as a continuous ribbon 10 and is passed over a bending roll 13 in a drawing chamber 8 above the tank 7 and then to a horizontal annealing lehr 14.... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4536204 | Process for producing coated flat glass A metal or metal compound coating 6 is deposited on a face of a hot, freshly formed ribbon 1 of glass during the ribbon's forward travel through a coating station 5 between a forming installation 3 and an annealing lehr 4 by contacting the ribbon face wit... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4505671 | Glass sheet roller conveyor furnace including gas jet pump heating A roller conveyor furnace (12) is disclosed as including at least one gas jet pump (24) for providing forced convection heating of glass sheets during conveyance on rolls (22) of the furnace conveyor (20). A source (26) of compressed gas located externall... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4033407 | Heat exchanger cleaning system The present invention relates to a method for more efficiently operating a heat exchanger wherein heat is exchanged between a scale-forming and a scale-cleaning liquid. The scale-cleaning liquid is passed periodically into the region of the heat exchanger... | 07/05/1977 |
