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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6568218 | Apparatus for shaping glass tubes Apparatus for shaping a selected end region and the opening at a selected end of a hollow cylindrical glass tube includes a support member for holding and rotating the tube in a controlled manner and a heat source for supplying sufficient heat to the sele... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6363750 | Automatic pipette puller and forge A glass tube is positioned over a heater and stretched until drawn apart into two drawn portions. A controlled pulling force is applied to the tube by a powered driver such as a linear motor. After separation, one of the drawn glass portions is reposition... | 04/02/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6295844 | Apparatus and method for drawing glass fibers An apparatus and method for drawing low loss fluoride glass fibers from a preform. A stream of reactive gas is passed around the preform and fiber so as to prevent moisture and oxygen contamination of the fiber while the fiber is being drawn. The apparatu... | 10/02/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5599368 | Device and process for the production of multiple-fold, single-tube glass vessels Multiple fold, single tube glass vessels, as well as a process and device for producing multiple fold, single tube glass vessels. An even number of parallel glass tubes open at both ends are assembled under the influence of heat into a multiple fold, sing... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5300134 | Device and process for deformation of the heat-softened end of a glass tube An apparatus and process is provided for the deformation of the heat-softened end of a glass tube. In the formation of hollow articles such as, for example, vials from glass tubes, either large processing pauses occur or the formation elements have to be ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5252115 | Device and forming finger for forming a mouth area on a glass vial A device and forming finger for forming a mouth area on a glass vial and a process for forming the glass vial wherein wear of the finger is reduced to a minimum so that better production tolerances for the formed mouth is possible. This is achieved by a f... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251919 | Apparatus for holding square articles Apparatus for engaging and holding a non-oriented hot glass container of predetermined square cross sectional contour and closed end that includes a chuck having an open end for receiving the container and an internal valve plate for abutment with the end... | 10/12/1993 |
| 4883529 | Circular tube shaping apparatus An apparatus for shaping a tube into circle includes a dummy rod to be engaged to a rear end of the tube for constituting an extention of the tube and a support for supporting the combination of the tube and the dummy rod so that the combination is movabl... | 11/28/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4830654 | Apparatus for shaping the neck of glass bottles produced from glass tubes In an apparatus for shaping the neck of small glass bottles (28) produced from tubes, shaping rollers (14, 15) are arranged on a guide mount (5) which can execute a movement parallel to the longitudinal axis (29) of the glass bottles (28) and which afford... | 05/16/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4526270 | Appliance for feeding glass tubes to glass-processing machines For the purpose of feeding glass tubes (2) to a glass-processing machine, use is made of an appliance which essentially comprises a glass-tube magazine (1), a separating unit (17), and an endless conveyor (25), the latter being fitted with feeding tongs (... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4441908 | Vial tooling apparatus A machine for fabricating articles such as glass vials from tubular stock includes a plurality of rotating chucking stations which revolve about the central vertical axis of the machine and a plurality of tooling stations which form the vial finish. The p... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4319906 | Method and apparatus for press sealing an arc tube body section A method and apparatus for press sealing a tubular quartz arc tube body section about a ribbon-type metallic seal. The method includes applying different intensities of heat to the quartz arc tube body section to be pressed in such a manner that four port... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4142883 | Machine for working glass tubes and in particular for making containers from glass tubes The invention relates to a machine for working glass tubes, with several chucks circulating on a common axis and sweeping past several processing stations, there being mounted above each chuck a stepwise rotating magazine storing several glass tubes, each... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4138240 | Machine for manufacturing ampullae, particularly pharmaceutical ampullae A machine for the manufacture of ampullae, particularly pharmaceutical ampullae, of the type according to which the ampullae are formed from sticks of glass. The machine has an automatic control device for sequentially introducing, at a determined positio... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4111677 | Apparatus for drawing glass tubing Method and apparatus for providing a glass tube with a uniform nozzle portion, i.e., one which has a true centerline. The method involves suspending the tube on vertically space suspension points therealong, with the lower of the suspension points being a... | 09/05/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4092142 | Machine for making containers from glass tubes The invention relates to a machine for making containers from glass tubes, with several chucks circulating through a succession of processing stations, each chuck having jaws to grip a glass tube or container, and with the chucks being brought successivel... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4080189 | Machine for manufacturing phials, ampoules or the like from thermoplastic substances, in particular glass The invention relates to a machine for manufacturing phials, ampoules or the like from thermoplastic substances, in particular glass, having a number of holders capable of rotating around their own axes and around a central axis, which are distributed aro... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4010022 | Apparatus for making fused silica tubing Tubes of transparent, translucent or opaque fused silica are made by heating a hollow cylindrical blank in a drawing zone, drawing the blank from the zone while maintaining its interior under pressure and rotating same about its longitudinal axis, and cal... | 03/01/1977 |
