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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6938442 | Method for elongating a cylinder of silica glass According to a prior art method for producing a cylindrical component comprised of silica glass, a cylinder comprised of a softened silica glass mass is drawn in a predetermined drawing direction along a drawing axis by means of a drawing device which acts upon said... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6739151 | Method of producing a quartz glass tube and drill body for performing the method In a known method of producing a quartz glass tube (22), a cylinder (21) of quartz glass which rotates about a rotational axis (27) is continuously fed to a heating zone (24), softened therein in portions starting from one end, and the so... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6536239 | Apparatus and method for shaping glass tubes with molds A mold for shaping the end region and the opening at a selected end of a first, hollow, generally cylindrical, glass tube to enable a second tube, of smaller diameter than the first tube, to be inserted snuggly a first distance within the selected end of ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5658365 | Apparatus for applying tension to a fiber preform during soot deposition An apparatus is provided for applying a tensile force along the longitudinal axis of a cane assembly during the deposition of soot thereon to produce an optical fiber preform. Fiber drawn from such a preform exhibits improved core/clad concentricity. The ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5053100 | Method of making apparatus for dispensing small amounts of fluids A method of making apparatus for dispensing very small and precise amounts of fluids is disclosed which includes forming a main body with a bore formed coaxially therethrough, attaching a first housing to the main body such that the bores thereof are coax... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5017208 | Apparatus for forming a groove in a glass tube Apparatus for forming a groove in a glass tube without contacting the glass tube in the groove region. The apparatus includes a pair of chucks for holding opposite ends of the glass tube. The chucks are coupled to a motor for rotating the glass tube about... | 05/21/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4923498 | Method for forming a groove in a glass tube A method for forming a groove in a glass tube without contacting the glass tube in the groove region. The method includes the steps of rotating the glass tube about its longitudinal axis, heating a localized area of the glass tube where a groove is to be ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4586944 | Method of manufacturing hollow glass objects, and apparatus for carrying out the method A method and an apparatus for manufacturing hollow glass objects according to the press-and-blow process, in which a glass gob is shaped in a cooled preform mould into an elongate parison, the parison, while freely hanging at its neck portion, is then sub... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4578101 | Method for stretching a glass rod Control over the diameter variations in a glass rod (10) during the stretching thereof is accomplished by cooling the rod after heating and initial neck down of a portion (22) thereof. After cooling, the rod (10) is reheated, at a lower temperature suffic... | 03/25/1986 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
