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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7147386 | MEMS based handheld fiber optic connector cleaner A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) and double-layer nozzle based high efficiency, lightweight, low cost, compact, portable fiber-optic connector cleaning apparatus useful for various fiber optic communications applications such as fiber optic cable plant maint... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134300 | Method for controlling foam production in reduced pressure fining A method for controlling the foam produced when a molten material encounters reduced pressure in a vacuum chamber includes passing the molten material through an aging zone in the vacuum chamber in which the molten material is allowed to drain from between the bubbl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6532767 | Methods for producing fused silica glass Methods for producing high purity fused silica (HPFS) glass having desired levels of dissolved hydrogen are provided. The methods involve measuring the level of hydrogen in the cavity of the furnace used to produce the glass and controlling the pressure w... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6418755 | Glass melting apparatus and method including exhausting the furnace atmosphere by removal of a heating element A system for melting and delivering glass to a work area such as spinners for making fiberglass includes a melter with heaters so arranged that the "hot spot" in the molten glass is located away from the walls and corrosion sensitive parts so that the var... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6237368 | Process for the regulating or controlling the NOx content of exhaust gases given off during the operating of glass melting furnaces with several burners run alternately A method for regulating or controlling the content of NOx in the exhaust gases of a glass-melting furnace having several burners operated in alternation, wherein both the beginning and the end of a combustion break (FP+, FP- | 05/29/2001 |
| 5925158 | Gas recycle for float glass system A method for cleaning and recycling protective atmosphere for a float glass facility wherein contaminated protective atmosphere is cooled, preferably while scrubbing out particulates, compressed, and then purified by passage through a bed comprising water... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5893940 | Reduction of NOx emissions in a glass melting furnace A method of controlling NOx emissions from a glass melting process in which combustion fuel produces exhaust gas in a melting furnace including NOx compounds is disclosed. Furnace exhaust gas passes from the melting furnace through a... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5795364 | Reburning glass furnace for insuring adequate mixing of gases to reduce NOx emissions A mixing method insures adequate mixing of gases in a glass furnace that employs a reburning process. Because of the mixing method, a novel glass furnace can be constructed that strikes an optimum balance between a reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx | 08/18/1998 |
| 5667551 | Secondary air humidity controller for a glass melting furnace and glass melting furnace with the controller A secondary air humidity controller comprising a humidity sensor which detects a humidity in secondary air for combustion in a glass melting furnace; and a humidifier which is arranged upstream of the humidity sensor, and which supplies moisture to the se... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5573564 | Glass melting method A glass melter 30 having a mixing impeller 34 for converting a feed stream 38 supplied to a vessel 32 into a vitrified glass melt 50. Heating means such as electrodes 36 or a gas burner 58 are used to heat the glass melt 50. Electrode 36 arrangements are ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5026413 | Process for manufacturing quartz glass pipes having a high content of silica with only minor diameter deviations A process is described for manufacturing vertically withdrawn pipes from quartz glass or glasses having a high content of silica with only minor diameter deviation. In an electrically heated furnace, the initial material is heated up to the softening poin... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4718931 | Method of controlling melting in a cold crown glass melter A method is set forth for controlling the height of batch material on the surface of a molten bath in a cold-crown or vertical melting furnace by measuring the level of the upper surface of the batch material, the level of the fusion line between the batc... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4565561 | Method of and apparatus for analyzing atmosphere of a furnace An apparatus for monitoring a negative pressure atmosphere, e.g. a regenerative furnace atmosphere during an exhaust cycle, has aspirating facilities for aspirating an atmospheric sample from the negative pressure atmosphere and moving the sample past an ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4536203 | Pressurized heat treatment of glass-ceramic to control thermal expansion A method of producing a glass-ceramic having a specified thermal expansion value is disclosed. The method includes the step of pressurizing the parent glass material to a predetermined pressure during heat treatment so that the glass-ceramic produced has ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4358305 | Method of and apparatus for analyzing atmosphere of a combustion chamber A hole through each of opposed walls of a combustion chamber of a glass melting apparatus and piping interconnect the chamber atmosphere to an oxygen analyzer. A sample of the chamber atmosphere is continuously moved through each of the holes and piping t... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4298372 | Combustion air flow control for regenerators A method of and apparatus for directing and regulating the flow of combustion air to opposite ends of the regenerators of a regenerative tank-type glass melting furnace so as to minimize localized overheating and more uniformly heat the checkerworks of th... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4259866 | Pyrometer assembly having a heated viewing tube A viewing tube extension for an infrared radiation pyrometer includes a tube having a heater therein. The heater has a passageway so that the pyrometer sights a glass ribbon moving through a forming chamber of a flat glass making apparatus. Vapors from th... | 04/07/1981 |
| 3998615 | Glass melting furnace and method of operation A regenerative tank-type furnace and a method for regulating the atmospheric pressure in its working end wherein the headspace above the molten glass contained in the tank at the melting end is separated from the headspace at the working end together with... | 12/21/1976 |
