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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5779753 | Method of and apparatus for treating a solid workpiece, especially a glass tube A solid workpiece, e.g. a glass tube, is shaped by a focussed beam of visible light or light in an adjacent portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in a material removal, cutting or drilling operation and is heat-treated or remelted or shaped in a plastic... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5713975 | Method and apparatus for producing blank-molded glass bodies for optical equipment When blank-molded optical glass bodies are manufactured according to known methods based on blank-molding technology, the product exhibits rings in the glass and folds as well as an impression that precisely coincides with the contact surface of the paris... | 02/03/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5665136 | Process for producing micro lenses using a laser beam Converged laser beam are irradiated, at right angles, to the surface of a workpiece which is made of glass and supported in a horizontal posture, so that the surface of the workpiece is locally heated and melted. The surface of the workpiece is formed int... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5252113 | Moil crack-off system for a funnel A moil crack-off system for a funnel is provided, wherein a pick-up apparatus is arranged intersectionally above a conveyor that is extended from the shaping process of the funnel, and a pair of ware transfers are arranged in parallel on either side of th... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5041151 | Method and apparatus for glass edge finishing Flame seaming a glass sheet of irregular outline using a ring-type burner having an apertured inner wall aligned with the central portion of the glass sheet edge develops an edge of more uniform appearance when the application of a fuel mixture to a porti... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4932989 | Method and apparatus for fabricating microlenses on optical fibers This invention concerns with a process and apparatus for fabricating microlenses on optical fibers. A pulsed laser beam and an end portion of a fiber are arranged relative to each to another so that the laser beam is incident on the end portion of the fib... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4625677 | Apparatus for coating and polishing a micropipette An apparatus for coating and polishing a micropipette for patch recording comprises an inverse microscope having a stage for supporting a micropipette to be processed, and a pair of objectives of relatively low and relatively high magnification, respectiv... | 12/02/1986 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4265651 | Rotary fire-finishing machine for glass articles The invention relates to a fire-finishing machine for glass articles, of the type comprising a frame, a vertical rotary assembly mounted on the frame, drive means for ensuring the rotation of the vertical assembly which further comprises means for support... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4042365 | Conveyor installation for the treatment and transport of glass articles An installation for the flame treatment of glass articles comprises a succession of rotatable turntables driven linearly and cyclically by a chain between a loading point, at which a supply means, comprising a moulding press provided with a rotatable plat... | 08/16/1977 |
