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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7937970 | Method for preparing pre-reacted raw material batches for the production of synthetic silicates A method for preparing pre-reacted synthetic batches, with a low content of carbon dioxide, for the production of glass formulas, which comprises mixing stoichiometric amounts of substances, containing molecular systems of silica-sodium, silica-sodium-calcium, silic... | 05/10/2011 |
| 6761047 | Apparatus for melting off a glass part from a hollow glass object The apparatus for melting off a glass top part from a hollow glass blank has individual burner sections (3) each containing at least one burner nozzle. The individual burner sections (3) are held in a cutting plane and movably connected with each other... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6735986 | Apparatus for preventing redeposition of silica during flame severing A method for fusing an optical fiber preform comprises fusing the preform while blowing an oxidative gas against the preform to be fused from upper and lower directions of a fusing burner unit. An apparatus for carrying out the method includes a plurality of nozzles... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6568216 | Method for manufacturing a discharge tube A method for manufacturing a discharge tube, including heating a quartz tube by irradiation and closing it shut, is presented, in which variation of the heating temperature of the quartz tube can be reduced. Laser light is irradiated on a portion of the q... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6487878 | Method for manufacturing a discharge tube A method for manufacturing a discharge tube, including heating a quartz tube by irradiation and closing it shut, is presented, in which variation of the heating temperature of the quartz tube can be reduced. Laser light is irradiated on a portion of the q... | 12/03/2002 |
| 5611834 | Method for controlling the free deformation of thermoplastic material The invention is directed to a method for controlling the free deformation of thermoplastic material in an automated process for processing the material to form articles. These articles are especially ampules, small bottles and the like produced from glas... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5370843 | Pipette puller A pipette puller has a heater coil X-Y position controlled by two knobs. The coil can be vertically positioned along a pipette by moving a third knob for the Z positioning. A dual-heat heat control provides two pre-set temperatures. A movable shield cover... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5181948 | Method and apparatus for forming micropipette of controlled configuration A micropipette puller of the type having a laser for heating a length of capillary to be pulled is shown. Before intercepting the capillary, the laser beam is first passed through an aperture to reduce the beam width to a desired size. In one embodiment t... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5110337 | Method and apparatus for filling the inner space of semifinished insulating glass panels with gas For filling the inner space of an insulating glass panel (1) with argon, one glass pane is maintained at a distance from the spacer frame in the region of one corner (2) during pressing of the insulating glass panel (1), by holding this glass pane at a sp... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4921522 | Method and apparatus for forming a micropipette with uniform application of heat The micropipette puller of this invention includes a pair of gripping jaws that pull a length of glass tubing in opposite directions. The source of heat is a laser device and a laser beam is directed against the glass tubing between the gripping jaws and ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4913719 | Method and apparatus for forming micropipette of controlled configuration by selecting the pattern of heat application A micropipette puller of this invention includes a pair of gripping jaws that pull a length of glass tubing in opposite directions. The source of heat is a laser and a beam is directed into a zoom lens, or a selected one of a series of lenses, so that a b... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4885945 | Micropipettes and fabrication thereof A novel method for fabricating glass micropipettes comprises assembling glass tubes side-by-side in a bundle, softening an axially central region of the bundle by heating, axially elongating the softened central region to create two opposing tapers, and t... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4869745 | Apparatus for forming micropipette of controlled configuration by moving the point of heat application The micropipette puller of this invention includes a pair of gripping jaws that pull a length of glass tubing in opposite directions. The source of heat is a laser and a beam is directed into a beam directing means, such as a lens or mirror, to refract or... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4795392 | Method for sealing vacuum tube tips especially cathode tube tips, and machine for applying this method For sure sealing of the evacuation tips of vacuum tubes, the electric power supplied to the heating resistor of the sealing furnace is regulated for each treatment stage, the set value is pre-selected and laid down by a computer for the corresponding powe... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4626269 | Automated system for sealing a mount in a cathode-ray tube A system for sealing a mount in a cathode-ray tube using first and second tiers of burners includes a first valve in an oxygen supply line and a third valve in a fuel supply line connected to the first tier, and a second valve in the oxygen supply line an... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4618355 | Method and apparatus for sealing a mount in a cathode ray tube A method for sealing a mount including a wafer in a neck of a stationary cathode-ray tube comprises positioning a first tier of burner tips completely around the neck such that the burner tips are aimed nonradially along directions tangent to a first circ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4589902 | Apparatus for sealing a mount in a cathode-ray tube Apparatus for sealing a mount including a wafer into a neck of a cathode-ray tube oriented along an axis comprises two tiers of burner tips. The first tier is disposed completely around the axis at a first distance therefrom and similarly aimed nonradiall... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4572732 | Machine for cutting off excess ends of hollow glass, plastic or similar articles A machine for trimming hollow glass articles includes a support in which a semi-finished article is held stationary and immovable, and a pair of split oscillatory burners for flame cutting at least one excess end of the semi-finished article, the burners ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4568372 | Burners fitting out machines designed for the thermomechanical treatment of articles such as, more particularly, glass tubes A burner for a machine for the thermomechanical treatment of glass tubes is oriented obliquely with respect to a path of movement followed by the glass tubes in the machine. The burner is connected to a fuel delivery pipe and is provided with nozzles arra... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4530712 | Pipette puller A pipette puller is provided for drawing glass or quartz tubing into micropipettes. A fixed clamp and movable clamp are utilized and between the clamps a furnace is provided which has an opposing pair of elongated heating elements. The heating elements ar... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4465501 | Apparatus for aseptic and antiparticulate opening of sealed glass containers According to the method of aseptic and antiparticulate opening of a sealed glass ampul, one end of the ampul is submitted to a powerful thermal flux produced by flame tongue generating sources on a very localized zone for a time period sufficient to obtai... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4447216 | Stem sealing apparatus having external tipping off burners An apparatus for manufacturing bulbs comprises a mount holder having a hole through which an exhaust tube is passed loosely and holding a mount, a sealing burner arranged around the holder for fusing the contact portions of a stem and the opening edge of ... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4372773 | Method for making ink jet writing devices A method is disclosed for making capillary glass liners for use in ink jet writing devices. The capillary glass blanks are suspended within a heating coil which melts the glass locally so that the blank stretches to form two well defined jet liner nozzles... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4329166 | Automatic tipping-off apparatus for a high-intensity-discharge arc tube An automatic tipping-off apparatus for hermetically sealing the exhaust tubulation of a dosed and otherwise processed arc tube for a high-intensity-dicharge device. The apparatus for use with an arc tube fabricating machine including a rotatable turret ha... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4273398 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing gas-filled tubes and the like A unique method and apparatus for manufacturing gas-filled tubes utilizes an optically-spread beam of light to seal and cut short segments of tubing from a long tube containing the gas. Neither the laser beam nor the tubing is moved during the cutting and... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4220462 | Apparatus for making a vacuum insulated container A vacuum insulated container is constituted by a double-walled receptacle wherein the space between the walls is substantially evacuated to provide vacuum insulation. The outer wall is provided with an opening therein which is used during manufacture to p... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4157909 | Apparatus for forming mercury-filled capillary tubes The disclosure is of apparatus including two pairs of metal gripping blocks held together by a spring and mounted adjacent to wedge blocks carrying wedges for opening each pair. An operating plate is provided which drives the apparatus to cause the wedge ... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4146380 | Method and apparatus for subdividing a gas filled glass tube with a laser A focused laser beam is directed at the wide side surface of a long, sealed, gas-filled, glass tube having a longitudinal axis and an elongated cross section. Repeated relative back and forth movement is introduced between the laser beam and the wide surf... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4096683 | Ampoule filling and sealing machine An ampoule filling and sealing machine with feeding, filling, sealing and loading stations. A horizontally oriented endless chain drive moves the ampoules through the filling and sealing stations. Belts or a reciprocating agitator are provided in the feed... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4045201 | Method and apparatus for subdividing a gas filled glass tube An elongated glass tube light source containing a luminophor and a radioactive gas is subdivided into a plurality of light sources by a plurality of laser beams directed at the tube at spaced points along the length of the tube. The laser beams are scanne... | 08/30/1977 |
