Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6978641 | Method for cutting glass rod and cutting device for use therein To provide a method and apparatus for parting a glass rod without causing a crack or rupture at a grasped root portion of the glass rod in parting the glass rod for producing a glass preform. The apparatus for parting the glass rod in a predetermined length b... | 12/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6408649 | Method for the rapid thermal treatment of glass and glass-like materials using microwave radiation A method of thermally treating a glass or glass-like material, preferably a glass sheet, without the use of conventional tunnel-type furnaces, to effect rapid heating of glass and glass-like materials from any initial temperature to any required temperatu... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6341502 | Method and machine for the manufacturing of syringes A method and an machine for the manufacturing of syringes by vertically feeding long glass tubes to an intermittently rotary forming machine, having two horizontally rotary machine sections each intermittently rotating on a central vertical axis of a stat... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6314767 | Apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber preform and including a ring for trapping and diffusing light radiation An apparatus and method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform from a tube of vitreous material. A holding device holds the tube during manufacture of the preform and a heater supplies the necessary heat energy for preform manufacturing. A diffuser is... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6098429 | Method of drawing fiber continuously by butt welding optical fiber preforms In the method of drawing fiber continuously from preforms for manufacturing an optical fiber, a first preform is displaced along a fiber-drawing axis and is drawn into an optical fiber through a fiber-drawing furnace disposed on the fiber-drawing axis, an... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6016669 | Pulsed fuel-oxygen burner and method for rotatable workpieces An apparatus for applying heat to a rotatable workpiece is disclosed. A rotating lathe is provided for mounting a workpiece, for example a quartz tube, thereto so as to enable rotation of the workpiece. At least one translatable burner is coupled to a fue... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5928399 | Apparatus for manufacturing an image display apparatus using bonding agents An apparatus for manufacturing a chamber, the chamber including first and second glass substrates and an enclosure arranged between the substrates or an enclosure and at least one spacer arranged between the substrates. The apparatus includes a pair of he... | 07/27/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5843199 | Method and device for fire-polishing a lengthwise extended glass body During the fire-polishing of a lengthwise extended glass body (3), for example a preform for drawing optical fibers, the glass body (3) is held by a holding device (5, 7), and is heated by a burner (23) moving at a variable advancing speed parallel to the... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5772719 | System for detecting and adjusting the position of a burner during the annealing process of a glass sheet A system for detecting and automatically adjusting the position of a plurality of burners with respect to the edges of a continuous glass sheet is provided. The glass sheet is transported by rolls along the length of a thermal treatment lehr. Sensor eleme... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5711781 | Apparatus and method for heating an elongated glass An apparatus for heating an elongated glass body, which, for example, may be used as a pre-form for the drawing of glass fibers, includes a rotatable first chuck wherein the first end of the elongated glass body may be rotatably secured. In addition the a... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5683483 | Manufacturing method and equipment for large, high-purity flat or curved quartz glass plate The present invention provides large, high-purity quartz glass plate with a high degree of smoothness and flatness, its manufacturing method and equipment. The invention is characterized by the procedure in which a quartz glass tube with an opening over a... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5679123 | Method of heating and bending glass sheets When heating and bending glass sheets in a furnace, it is desirable to raise the sheets towards the furnace heat sources to increase obtainable temperature differentials and reduce heating power. Disclosed is a method of bending a glass sheet on an appara... | 10/21/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5573566 | Method of making a quartz dome reactor chamber A method of making a quartz dome for a reactor chamber from a substantially flat quartz disk. The quartz disk is placed on a graphite ring which is rotated. The quartz disk is heated until the disk is softened slightly and it begins to slump. The softened... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5480467 | Device for heat treating glassware and crystalware articles in a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation A device for treating glassware and crystalware articles driven in rotation about an axis of rotation, which includes a mandrel upon which the articles is rotatably mounted. The device includes one of a heating source and a cooling source movable along a ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5203691 | Torch assembly for heating glassy tubes A preform tube (31) is caused to be collapsed into a preform rod by causing a heat zone (54) provided by a torch assembly (50) to traverse the tube longitudinally in a plurality of passes. During this so-called collapse mode, a muffle tube (100) encloses ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5174803 | Apparatus for heating glassy tubes A preform tube (31) is caused to be collpased into a preform rod by causing a heat zone (54) provided by a torch assembly (50) to traverse the tube longitudinally in a plurality of passes. During this so-called collapse mode, a muffle tube (100) encloses ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5127929 | Process for the manufacturing of optical waveguides with fusion of a sleeving tube onto a mother preform An optical waveguide preform is fabricated by inserting a rod inside a tube and collapsing the tube. The inner diameter of the tube is adjusted before inserting the rod to provide a predetermined gap width between the inner surface of the tube and the out... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5118333 | Apparatus for contacting a preform rod to cause the preform rod to have a substantially straight longitudinal axis and a transverse cross section which is substantially circular and disposed concentrically about its longitudinal axis In order to provide a substrate such as an optical preform rod (24) which is suitable for insertion into a tube and which has a transverse cross section that is substantially circular and disposed concentrically about a longitudinal axis of the substrate ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5090978 | Methods of collapsing glass tube A preform tube (31) is caused to be collapsed into a preform rod by causing a heat zone (54) provided by a torch assembly (50) to traverse the tube longitudinally in a plurality of passes. During this collapse mode, a muffle tube (100) encloses that porti... | 02/25/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4875916 | Methods of adjusting the configuration of optical substrates In order to provide a substrate such as an optical preform rod (24) which suitable for insertion into a tube and which has a transverse cross section that is substantially circular and disposed concentrically about a longitudinal axis of the substrate su... | 10/24/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4828599 | Method for producing glass tubing of a narrowed diameter The method of the present invention consists of the steps of heating an area along the length of a small diameter glass tube while the tube is being rotated, pulling the heated tube using an unidirectional force to rapidly extend the heated area while mec... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4818266 | Apparatus for producing glass tubing of a narrowed diameter The method of the present invention consists of the steps of heating an area along the length of a small diameter glass tube while the tube is being rotated, pulling the heated tube using an unidirectional force to rapidly extend the heated area while mec... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4812152 | Device and process for heating a flat object made of thermoplastic material along a predetermined zone In a process for heating an object made of thermoplastic material along a predetermined zone, a ring of burners arranged in series is guided along the zone and heats this zone, the zone forming a closed path and approximately matching the outer contour of... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4731040 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing cathode ray tube In a method for manufacturing a cathode ray tube, a bulb is held by a first holding mechanism. An electron gun is inserted and held in a neck portion of the bulb by a second holding mechanism. Then, the neck portion and a stem of the electron gun are weld... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4687503 | Apparatus for loading and unloading articles at machines for cutting off excess ends of hollow glass, plastic or similar articles An apparatus for loading and unloading glass articles from an article cutting machine where the glass remainders of the said glass articles are removed during the manufacturing process. Said apparatus comprising: a supporting structure with a vertical sha... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4675043 | Apparatus for manufacture of tubular elements for ink jet printers The apparatus for manufacturing the ink jet glass tubes includes a vertical mandrel which receives the tubes one at a time from a feeder and rotates them relative to a pair of gas nozzles for their heating. The tube is heated in an axially limited interme... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4645451 | Gas burner for externally heating glass bodies A gas burner for externally heating a glass tube which is positioned to be rotated on a rotational axis characterized by at least two multi-jet gas port blocks having a block axis with an arrangement of jets therearound being arranged with the block axes ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 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 |
