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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7681415 | Method and device for melting the ends of rods The invention relates to a method for treating the ends of glass rods in which glass rods are inserted into receptacles in a carrier and with the carrier are carried past a burner and at least one rail in an advancing direction, the flame of the burner melting at le... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7290408 | Apparatus for supporting a preform having a supporting core The invention relates to apparatus for supporting a preform manufactured in an installation for manufacturing or building up preforms having supporting cores, said installation including at least rotation means having a horizontal axis of rotation and two mounting p... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6178779 | Butt welding optical fiber preforms with a plasma torch The invention relates to a method of assembling two optical fiber preforms together end-to-end, the method comprising the following operations: the two cylindrical preforms are placed in alignment along a common longitudinal axis; the preforms are rotated abou... | 01/30/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6079230 | Apparatus for preparing quartz micropipettes The apparatus for preparing quartz micropipettes includes a pair of carriers mounted on a linear ball bearing guide which grasp opposite ends of a quartz glass capillary tube. A pair of miniature torches fueled by a mixture of oxygen and propane simultane... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6067819 | Method for manufacturing glass container and apparatus therefor A method for manufacturing a glass container and an apparatus therefor capable of providing the container by pressing of a glass substrate using a die while keeping the glass substrate uniformly heated and softened. The glass substrate is heated while bei... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5669950 | Spout forming assembly and method therefor A spout forming assembly for glassware and a method therefor in which the assembly includes a spout forming device for forming a pour spout on the edge of a piece of glassware, an actuation device for actuating the forming device, and a control device for... | 09/23/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5512078 | Apparatus for making linearly tapered bores in quartz tubing with a controlled laser Method and apparatus for providing a linearly tapered bore in quartz/glass tubing includes a laser and elements for focusing the laser onto the glass tubing. The glass/quartz tubing is rotated in the laser beam and is moved vertically in the laser beam to... | 04/30/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5158592 | Universal glass sheet mold support assembly A universal glass sheet mold support assembly (10) is disclosed as including a mold support frame (18) mountable in the bending section (14) of a glass sheet heating furnace (12). The mold support frame (18) includes a first registration member (22) that ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4981505 | Apparatus for heat-sealing a glass container A heat-sealable glass container is heat-sealed by an apparatus which heats the container with an infrared lamp while rotating the container and elongating the heat-softened top portion. The elongation of the softened glass pulls the glass to a point and r... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4851022 | Method and oven for ceramising glass plates In a method for ceramising glass plates, in which the plates to be ceramised are hung vertically, a plurality of plates are hung transversely of the transport direction so that they form a plate package. This plate package is passed through a plurality of... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4832726 | Holding chuck for glass-working machines In a holding chuck (3) for tubes of glass-working machines, clamping jaws (7) which are guided in a basic body (5) and have, at their ends, plates (9) provided with a bore for receiving a ball (12) are used. Each ball is guided in a bore (14) in a thrust ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4502878 | Tubulating device and method of tubulation An apparatus and method for tubulating a glass barrel including a glass lathe with the tubing in one chuck and a barrel holding device in the other chuck having a pair of spring members to engage the openings of the barrel and hermetically seal the barrel... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4477273 | Method of and apparatus for straightening and configuring a preform tube from which lightguide fiber is drawn A preform from which lightguide fiber is drawn is made by depositing optically suitable layers of doped silicon dioxide on an inner wall of a rotating glass substrate tube which is exposed to a moving zone of heat during a deposition mode and during a col... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4405301 | Bottle turner Apparatus for turning bottles and the like during exposure to a jet of hot gas or other heat source. Bottles are individually passed by an air cylinder gate and travel to a drive wheel and a spring loaded idler, where they are trapped by a second air cyli... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4378989 | Apparatus for laser assisted machining of glass materials A system for machining a glass workpiece comprises means for rotating the workpiece. A concentrated beam of energy is axially directed to the surface of the workpiece to soften the glass material. The softened glass material is then removed by a pointed o... | 04/05/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4330317 | Method and machine for making vials from glass tubing Method and machine for making vials from glass tubing, wherein at least one glass tube (22) with closed bottom is loaded on a rotatable plate (11), having a series of holes circumferentially passing therethrough, and is then grasped by upper pliers (23'),... | 05/18/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4312654 | Method and apparatus for making large diameter optical waveguide preforms A glass optical waveguide filament preform is prepared by chemical reaction of vapor ingredients within a glass bait tube. As the reactants flow through the bait tube, a hot zone traverses the tube to cause the deposition of sooty reaction products in the... | 01/26/1982 |
| 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 |
