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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141385 | Glass container forming machine and method A blow head mechanism for an I.S. machine wherein the blow head has a final blow tube. The final blow tube is supported for vertical displacement between an up position where the open end of the final blow tube is proximate the top of a blown parison and a down posi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7406841 | Glass-ceramic product with variably adjustable zero crossing of the CTE-T curve The present invention relates to a process for producing a glass-ceramic with a defined zero crossing of the CTE-T curve (CTE: coefficient of thermal expansion), and glass-ceramic products produced using the process according to the invention. ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7353666 | Method for press molding a glass optical element A molding apparatus for molding a press-molded product by heating and softening a material and press-molding the material into a predetermined shape by the use of a mold, includes a pair of dies which form the mold, each of which comprises a molding surface facing w... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342376 | Glass machinery motor control A machine for operating on a glass bottle. A carriage is displaceable by a servo motor having three lead lines. The rotation of the servo motor is stopped when power has been removed by shorting regenerative resistors to the three motor leads. The stopped servo moto... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318330 | Mobile device and a process for the production of glass The present invention relates to a float bath comprising a transport assembly and/or an adaptor for producing glass by a float-forming process. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310973 | Method and apparatus for making variegated glass sheets and tiles An apparatus is disclosed comprising a first color glass feeder having a first valve device, and a second color glass feeder having a second valve device, each connected by communications links to a controller. The controller controls the first valve device and seco... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293430 | Press molding apparatus and press molding method of optical element A press molding apparatus includes upper and lower molding dies each having a molding surface facing each other, and a driving device which moves at least one of the upper and lower molding dies in a vertical direction so that the upper and lower molding dies are op... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290406 | I.S. machine An I.S. Machine is disclosed which includes a structure displaceable from a start location to an end location and a motor for displacing that structure. A control controls the operation of the motor to displace the structure and the speed of displacement can be vari... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7174746 | Method and apparatus for ceramizing the starting glass of glass-ceramics The invention relates to a method for ceramizing starting glass of glass-ceramics into glass-ceramics, comprising at least the following steps: 1.1 the starting glass is heated from an initial temperature T1 to a tempera... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137277 | Method and device for producing colored glasses The invention relates to a method and a device for producing colored glasses. The aim of the invention is to obtain a paricularly intimate mixture and to enable a quick change of the melt at the same time. To this end, the following procedure steps are applied: a me... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7064656 | Access control for vehicle mounted communications devices Disclosed is a controller to prevent access or utilization by a vehicle operator to communications devices installed on the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion thereby reducing distractions of the operator. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7003981 | Low phonon energy gain medium and related active devices Using sol-gel techniques, an optical gain medium has been fabricated comprising a glass ceramic host material that includes clusters of crystalline oxide material, especially tin oxide, and that is doped with active ions concentrated at the clusters. The active ions... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978640 | Device and method for the simultaneous production of glass products with varying masses The invention relates to a manufacturing apparatus for simultaneously making different hollow glass products having different gob sizes comprising at least one feed apparatus (12), that has at least one glass reservoir (14), at least one plunger (18... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6874335 | Large scale synthesis of germanium selenide glass and germanium selenide glass compounds Systems and methods for large scale synthesis of germanium selenide glass and germanium selenide glass compounds are provided. Up to about 750 grams of a germanium selenide glass or a glass compound can be synthesized at a time in about eight hours or less. Stoichio... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6513347 | Heat conditioning process For heat conditioning flat panel glass substrates the substrates are directly exposed in vacuum to the radiation of lamps, the lamps being selected so that their spectral radiation characteristics (b, c) fit with the absorption characteristics (a) of the ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6470711 | Furnace for heat treatments of glass sheets A furnace particularly for heat treatments of glass sheets, comprising a longitudinally-elongated chamber which contains roller conveyor elements for the glass sheets. The furnace comprises irradiation-heating elements combined with first and second eleme... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6457331 | I.S. machine A blank mold valving system for supplying vacuum/counter blow air to a blank mold of an I.S. The system includes an exhaust valve displaceable between open to exhaust and closed positions, a vacuum valve displaceable between open to vacuum and open to cou... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6427488 | Method for heating glass sheets to be tempered or heat-strengthened The invention relates to a method for heating glass sheets to be tempered or heat-strengthened, in which method glass sheets are heated in a preheating furnace (1) by applying a hot-air blast and convection heating produced thereby to the opposite sides o... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6401491 | Final blow/finish cooling valve function monitor Apparatus for monitoring application of air through a dual-stage blowhead to blow mold a container includes a first solenoid valve for applying final blow air through the blowhead to a container in a mold and a second solenoid valve for applying finish co... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6282922 | Method of producing molded glasses bodies according to the press molding method, and an apparatus particularly suited for executing this method The method of the invention provides that a predetermined quantity of molten glass necessary for producing molded glass bodies according to the press-molding method is poured into a press mold prior to the insertion of the molding plug while the press mol... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6131412 | Adjusting temperature of glass sheets in tempering furnace A method and equipment for adjusting the temperature of glass sheets in a tempering furnace. The tempering furnace (1) comprises rollers (3) for conveying and oscillating the glass sheets (4) during heating, and resistors (5, 6) for heating the glass shee... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6070436 | Manufacturing method for molded glass articles Disclosed is a manufacturing method for molded glass articles including glass optical elements such as high precision lenses not requiring grinding and polishing after press molding. The manufacturing method according to the invention is a method for manu... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6035663 | Method for controlling flow of casing glass in a cased glass stream Apparatus for forming a cased glass stream having an inner core glass surrounded by an outer casing glass includes a first orifice for receiving core glass from a first source. A second orifice is vertically spaced beneath and aligned with the first orifi... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5987922 | Manufacturing method for molded glass articles A manufacturing method for molded glass articles including glass optical elements such as high precision lenses not requiring grinding and polishing after press molding. The manufacturing method according to the invention is a method for manufacturing the... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5976425 | Optical device molding apparatus and method, and optical device Lens surfaces are transferred by press-molding a glass material (16) by an upper mold (1) and a lower mold (2). After the lens surfaces are transferred, the outer circumferential portions of the upper and lower molds (1, 2) are clamped and pressed sideway... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5944863 | Apparatus for controlling flow of casing glass in a cased glass stream Apparatus for forming a cased glass stream having an inner core glass surrounded by an outer casing glass includes a first orifice for receiving core glass from a first source. A second orifice is vertically spaced beneath and aligned with the first orifi... | 08/31/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5904745 | Generation of sweepout motion profile in an individual section glassware forming system In an individual section (IS) glassware forming system that includes a plurality of operating mechanisms for performing cyclic motions, an electronic controller for controlling cyclic motion of at least one of the operating mechanisms includes an electron... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5902367 | Method for transferring mould-carrying wagons for glass sheets in a bending furnace for glass sheets and bending furnace for glass sheets A method for transferring mould-carrying wagons in a bending furnace for glass sheets as well as to a bending furnace for glass sheets, comprising preheating stations (1.3, 1.4, 1.5) and more than two bending stations (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4) in succession an... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5846277 | Method for determining the optimum shape to be conferred on a thin movable plate including giving the plate a substantially threaded shape with a finite pitch The method relates to an optimizing method for determining the optimum shape of plates such as sheets of sheet metal, panes of glass, or other thin objects designed in particular to retract completely in order to leave a clear opening. To simplify the use... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5746800 | Glass making apparatus having automatic blank-mold sooting device A glass making apparatus adapted to deposit a lubricating/detaching layer of carbon black obtained from acetylene cracking on the internal walls of a blank mold (1, 18). The glass making apparatus includes a blank mold (1, 18) having an open top and an op... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5716425 | Control system for glass bending platen A closed loop control system for a hydraulically actuated glass sheet press bending platen. Flow of fluid supplied to the cylinder operating the press platen is controlled through a servo solenoid valve. A linear motion transducer associated with the plat... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5649989 | Method of manufacture glass containers in a section of an IS. machine A method for manufacturing glass containers in a section of an I.S. machine. A gob of molten glass is delivered to a blank mold to be formed into a parison. The formed parison is then transferred to a blow mold so that an initial blowing operation can be ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5599367 | Process for operating a glass-bending press Process for operation of a press-bending station for bending glass sheets during the course of automated production of motor vehicle windows, during which manufacture the glass sheets to be bent are fed into a cyclically operating press-bending station, a... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5588978 | Process and apparatus for coloring glass A method and apparatus for the production of colored glass includes the steps of diverting a stream of clear molten glass from at least one glass melting furnace through one or more transport channels to a color treatment chamber. Recycled cullet and colo... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5562751 | I.S. Machine An I.S. machine system has a number of mechanisms which are driven by an inverter drive and a number of machine and section mechanisms which are driven by profiled motion actuators which are controlled by repetitive sequencers associated with each actuato... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5527371 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing glass bottles The problem of unevenness of bottle temperatures at the entry of slow annealing furnace due to the variation of time periods necessary for respective bottles discharged from an IS bottle manufacturing machine to reach the annealing furnace has been solved... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5391214 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing glass bottles The problem of unevenness of bottle temperatures at the entry of slow annealing furnace due to the variation of time periods necessary for respective bottles discharged from an IS bottle manufacturing machine to reach the annealing furnace has been solved... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5264016 | Method for manufacturing glass lenses A glass blank is molded into a lens while being clamped between a pair of molds and heated by a heater. A mold clamping force is applied, substantially concurrently with the heating, to the molds to deform the lens blank. The mold clamping force is unable... | 11/23/1993 |
| 4741753 | Method and apparatus for electrically heating molten glass A method and apparatus for continuously melting and refining molten glass are disclosed which comprises the steps of applying a preponderance of heat to a molten glass mass by Joule effect heating and pulsating a portion of the heat applied to the molten ... | 05/03/1988 |
