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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416462 | Glass substrate processing method and material removal process using x-ray fluorescence To reuse glass used in a flat panel display, processing suitable for global environment such as processing of separating a lead component must be realized. A disassembly processing method for a flat panel display having a structure in which a face plate and rear pla... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7386997 | System for and method of batch analysis and optimization for glass manufacturing Certain preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a system for and method of analyzing and cleaning a cullet stream prior to bottle manufacturing. In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, the system includes a raw materials feeder, a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383695 | Method of analyzing mixed-color cullet to facilitate its use in glass manufacture A method of determining the constituents and impurities in mixed-color cullet to facilitate use of mixed-color cullet in glass manufacture is provided. A glass batch formulation is adjusted based on the measured characteristics of supplied mixed-color cullet. More s... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7356583 | Indirect measurement of business processes Systems and methods are provided for collecting a set of values from a computing device and associating the collected set of values with a process, such as an business process or industrial process. Process activity is monitored by collecting one or more parameters ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325417 | Glass composition with low visible and IR transmission A glass having a visible transmission of no greater than 28% and low IR transmission, and employing a colorant portion: ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7217672 | Optical glass suffering little change in refractive index by radiation of light An optical glass wherein an amount of change in refractive index (Δn: difference in refractive index between a state before radiation and a state after radiation) caused by radiation of laser beam at wavelength of 351 nm having average output power of 0.43W, pulse ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7191618 | Large-sized substrate and method of producing the same A large-sized substrate having a diagonal length of not less than 500 mm and a ratio of flatness/diagonal length of not more than 6.0×10−6 is disclosed. By use of the large-sized substrate for exposure of the present invention, the exposure accuracy, p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159419 | System and method for vapor pressure controlled growth of infrared chalcogenide glasses A system and method for preparing chalcogenide glass are provided that allow for larger quantities of glass to be produced with lower production costs and less risks of environmental hazards. The system includes a reaction container operable to hold chalcogenide gla... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7107791 | Method for changing the boundary surface tension of a liquid glass piece and apparatus for performing said method The process according to the invention reduces the effort required to shape a glass piece. In this process a liquid glass piece is provided on a structured supporting surface of an electrically conducting base. A voltage is applied across the liquid glass piece by c... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7021981 | Method for manufacturing electron emission element, electron source, and image forming apparatus A method for manufacturing an electron emission element comprising, between its electrodes, a conductive film having an electron emission section. The method comprising the steps of forming a gap in the conductive film located between the electrodes, and applying a ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6948339 | Punch assembly for producing hollow glass articles in a mold A punch assembly for producing hollow glass articles in a mold has a punch member, which is moved to and from the mold along a straight axis by an electric motor positioned eccentrically with respect to the straight axis and connected to the punch member by a rotary... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6928837 | Silica glass substrates and their selection A silica glass substrate is obtained by polishing, cleaning, drying and etching a silica glass substrate slice. When the substrate on one surface is treated with a reactive reagent, defects having a size of at least 0.3 μm in a direction parallel to the substrate m... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6914732 | Support stand The present invention provides a support stand. The support stand includes at least one H-beam set between a light source of an exposure machine and an operating machine of that to support an optical axis of the exposure machine, at least one supporting element set ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6878653 | Ultraviolet ray-absorbing, colorless and transparent soda-lime-silica glass An ultraviolet ray-absorbing, colorless and transparent soda-lime-silica glass is disclosed, which glass is prepared by irradiating a cerium containing soda-lime-silica glass with light having wavelengths in far- to near-ultraviolet region and thereby reducing trans... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6848271 | Automated method and device for manufacturing a glass blown object The invention concerns an automated method for producing a blown glass body, in particular a glass wall of an electrochemical sensor, wherein an immersion tube (10), through which air or gas can flow, is immersed into molten glass an amount of molten glass fr... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6843073 | 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... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6802189 | Device and process for the remelting of glass A process for the remelting of glass bars, including the steps of introducing a glass bar into an upper end of a receiving shell; providing a molten bath having a surface underneath the receiving-shell; positioning the receiving shell such that a lower edge of the r... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6796145 | Method for cutting mother rod lens A method that accurately cuts mother rod lenses and increases production yield. The method includes arranging the mother rod lenses such that the optical axes of the mother rod lenses are parallel to one another, forming a lens block having perpendicular first and s... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6796144 | System and method for glass processing and temperature sensing Techniques for measuring the temperature at various locations through the thickness of glass products and to control the glass processing operation with the sensed temperature information are disclosed. Fluorescence emission of iron or cerium in glass is excited and... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6732545 | Silica structure crack monitoring Disclosed are silica structure crack detection methods and apparatuses particularly useful in sol-gel fabrication processes. A wave signature of a crack in the silica structure is sensed to indicate that cracking has occurred. Sensing may be by active or passive tec... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6701748 | Glassware machine A glassware machine having a glassware mold and a movable plunger positioned adjacent to the glassware mold for pressing a glass gob in the glassware mold to form a glassware article. The glassware machine includes an electric motor operatively connected ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6477862 | Monitoring gob diameter in a glassware forming system A glassware manufacturing system includes at least one blank mold and a loading funnel for feeding molten glass gobs in sequence into the blank mold. A temperature sensor is operatively coupled to the external surface of the funnel for providing an electr... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6292607 | Method for determining an aging condition for an optical waveguide grating and temperature sensor The present invention provides a method for determining a condition of aging for an optical waveguide grating. In this method, the aged deterioration curve of the optical waveguide grating is set as a form of C.multidot.t-, where t repre... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6250109 | Method of continuously producing vitreous blast furnace slag The invention relates to a process for continuously producing a glassy or vitrified blast furnace slag, in which the slag is applied onto a cooling roll or onto articulately interlinked cooling plates conducted as an endless conveyor belt over deflection ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6137931 | Method for determining a condition of aging for optical fiber grating The present invention provides a method for determining a condition of aging for an optical fiber grating. This method comprises a step of setting the aged deterioration curve of the optical fiber grating as a form proportional to t-n, where t ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6086977 | Substrates for magnetic discs, magnetic discs and process for producing magnetic discs A magnetic disc substrate is provided, which includes a magnetic disc substrate body made of glass and is characterized in that a metal element capable of absorbing light is present in at least a surface portion of the magnetic disc substrate body, and a ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6073464 | Laser surface treatment device and method A laser surface method involves applying a laser beam treatment in one or several steps to a series of generally similar surfaces of given depth. Properties of the laser treatment are selected so as to change the physical state of each surface. Ellipsomet... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6050108 | Method for producing glass preform A method for producing a glass preform by synthesizing a porous glass preform by a vapor-phase synthesizing method and heating said porous glass preform in a vacuum or reduced-pressure atmosphere so as to consolidate said porous glass preform, which compr... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5935285 | Method for inspecting manufactured articles A method is disclosed for detecting the cycling of a manufacturing machine, such as a bottle manufacturing machine, without the need for a mechanical detection device. An imaging device, which may also be used to inspect products manufactured by the manuf... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5925159 | Process for determining the weight of free-falling molten glass gobs A process for determining a weight of free-falling molten glass gobs has the steps of providing an electromagnetic alternating field, passing a glass gob through the electromagnetic alternating field in a free fall, measuring resultant eddy current losses... | 07/20/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5738701 | Glass gob production device and production method A glass gob production device for producing a glass gob from molten glass. The glass gob production device has a crucible which accommodates molten glass, a nozzle one end of which is connected to the crucible and from the other end of which the molten gl... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5735920 | Method of manufacturing optical glass element A manufacturing method for an optical glass element having a refractive index equal to a design value after press-molding. A glass material of specified composition is melted and press-molded while it is in the molten state. The refractive index of the gl... | 04/07/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5709723 | Method for producing large glass preforms A method of making gob preforms for the optical quality lens molding comprising: i) ejecting a measured gob molten glass through an exit in a stem of the container of a supply of molten glass; ii) allowing the gob to settle under gravity from the exit to ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5697996 | Mold positioning apparatus and method A mold positioning apparatus which is used in a pressing apparatus for pressing a work by a plunger and a bottom mold, comprising keys and key guides which are provided on a plunger and a bottom mold, and which are engaged together to restrict a relative ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5667549 | Method and system to automatically lift the curtains of the exit hood of a machine for the production of float flat glass A system and method is disclosed to automatically lift the curtains of the exit hood of a machine for the production of float flat glass by the floating process. A light beam emitter is provided for a light beam which strikes the surface of the glass ribb... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5662723 | Apparatus and method for forming a decorative pattern on glassware having an edge An apparatus and method for forming a decorative pattern on glassware having an edge that includes a base, a forming tool, actuation means and control means. The forming tool is mounted on the base. The tool is moveable between a first position and a seco... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5620496 | Method of making stable optical devices employing radiation-induced index changes The present invention is predicated upon the discovery by applicants of a relationship describing thermal decay of radiation-induced index changes and a mechanism which permits stabilization by accelerated aging. Specifically, the induced index change dec... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5580363 | Method for detecting a defect in a glass-ceramic for magnetic disks A method for detecting a defect in a glass-ceramic for magnetic disks includes steps of forming a colored glass-ceramic having Munsell value within the range of 0 to 7 in the CIE color system by subjecting to heat treatment a base glass comprising in weig... | 12/03/1996 |
