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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281395 | Gob distributor for a glass forming machine The gob distributor for a glass forming machine has at least one scoop channel which can be pivoted in a reciprocating manner about a vertical axis. A lower end of each scoop channel can be successively orientated, by the pivoting motion, so as to be aligned with a ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275397 | Method of molding a silica article Disclosed are high temperature free-flow mold for the production of near net-shape silica articles and method for the production of near net-shape silica articles. The mold is preferably made of graphite, preferably coated with SiC on the surfaces of the mold cavity... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7127917 | Method of manufacturing molded glass objects, method of manufacturing press molded articles, and method of manufacturing glass optical elements Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a molded glass object. In the method, glass melt is made to flow from the front end portion of a nozzle; a prescribed weight of the glass melt flowing out is received by a glass melt receiving portion provided on a forming mol... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6742361 | Apparatus for producing a cooling or lubricating spray An apparatus for delivering a spray of cooling liquid to opposed shear blades of an apparatus for shearing a stream of molten glass into gobs, the apparatus having liquid outlets (24, 26) that lead to spray nozzles. A liquid is intermittently delivered at a l... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6626010 | Method for floating glass lump, method for preparing glass lump and method for preparing molded glass, and apparatus used for the methods A method of floating glass gobs by means of a gas flow. A method of manufacturing glass gobs by floating a molten glass gob and simultaneously cooling it. A method of manufacturing glass spheres by floating a softened glass gob and simultaneously renderin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6381988 | Liquid cooling deflectors in a glassware forming system A glassware forming machine system includes an individual section glassware forming machine having a plurality of sections, each with at least one blank mold, and a gob distributor for distributing molten glass gobs to the blank molds of each machine sect... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6370915 | Method for supplying glass molding material to molds, and method for manufacturing glass optical elements A method for supplying a glass molding material by dropping it from a higher level onto a molding surface of a lower mold of a mold constituted of an upper mold and the lower mold, in which a guide means is used for dropping the glass molding material and... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6318130 | Liquid cooling of deflectors in a glassware forming system A glassware forming machine system includes an individual section glassware forming machine having a plurality of sections, each with at least one blank mold, and a gob distributor for distributing molten glass gobs to the blank molds of each machine sect... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6212911 | Mould with pivoting drawer A mold having a pivoting slide. The mold is made of two shells. An element is rotationally mounted on one of the shells with a part of the element coinciding with the internal cavity of the mold. The element is closed by the second shell which has bearing... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5961680 | Internally cooled glass gob deflector A deflector assembly for conveying gobs of molten glass to a glass forming machine, the deflector assembly having a longitudinally extending deflector formed from a suitable metallic material by casting with a cross-sectional configuration of a downwardly... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5935287 | Gob delivery apparatus for I.S. glassware forming machine A gob delivery apparatus in which gobs of molten glass are conducted from a gob feeder through a gob delivery system into a mold of an I.S. glassware forming machine. The gob delivery system includes a scoop, a substantially flat slide member and a deflec... | 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 |
| 5917106 | Method and apparatus for introducing glass gobs into a glass container forming machine A gob of molten glass from a gob delivery system is introduced into a blank mold of a glass container forming machine of the individual section type by way loading funnel immediately upstream of an opening into the blank mold. The loading funnel has an up... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5895514 | Glass gob distributor and oil lubrication system therefor A gob distributor for distributing gobs of molten glass from an orifice of a glass melter feeder bowl to a plurality of delivery chutes, each of which leads to a section of a glass forming machine of the individual section type, said gob distributor inclu... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5888267 | Channel arrangement for glass gob to a mold A gob distributor has an outlet from which issues a gob that is fed via a channel arrangement to a mold having an upwardly open inlet mouth. The channel arrangement has a central trough having an inlet adjacent and aligned with the distributor outlet and ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5746798 | Control of glass gob delivery for simultaneous arrival at blank molds A method and apparatus are provided for controlling the delivery of multiple gobs to the blank molds of a glass forming machine having multiple cavities or sections, wherein multiple gobs are delivered from a glass feeder to plural scoops that are oscilla... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5728188 | Glass gob distributor zeroing fixture and method of orienting a glass gob distributor A method of accurately circumferentially orienting the output shaft of each of a plurality of oscillating gob distribution device units (S) with respect to one another and with respect to a support device (T) used to support a plurality of gob chutes. A f... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5683485 | Glass gob distributor and oil lubrication system therefor A gob distributor for distributing gobs of molten glass from an orifice of a glass melter feeder bowl to a plurality of delivery chutes, each of which leads to a section of a glass forming machine of the individual section type, said gob distributor inclu... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5275637 | Method of manufacturing a glass optical part A method of pressing flowing-down molten glass from the opposite sides thereof by a pair of shaping mold members to thereby manufacture a glass optical part having surfaces corresponding to the shaping surfaces of the mold members is characterized in that... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5271756 | Machine for forming glass containers An I.S. machine is made up of a plurality of independent individual sections for receiving gobs of molten glass and for forming the gobs into glass containers. A gob distributor delivers gobs to the sections. The controller of these sections and the gob d... | 12/21/1993 |
| 4793847 | Apparatus for distributing gobs in bottle making machine A gob distributing apparatus having a gob feeder, a scoop for selectively connecting the feeder to desired immovable chutes of a bottle making machine, and an actuator of the scoop. The scoop has rollers which are provided on the scoop and a rotatable spi... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4772306 | Molten glass gob delivery system A gob delivery system for molten glass charges or gobs from a multiple orifice feeder to a plurality of parison molds in which the transmit times of the gobs are held to a minimum. The gob scoops, which initially deflect the gobs into straight troughs, ar... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4339263 | Gob feeder chutes for glass molding machines A feeder chute for glass molding machines has a cross section defined by an even number, preferably four of equal length sides. Each side may be either plane or curved convexly inwardly in a horizontal plane.... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4296061 | Thermoplastic gob feeding and transfer method and apparatus The invention provides an improved method and apparatus for effecting the severing of successive gobs from a continuously extruded rod-like formation of organic thermoplastic material, followed by the successive transfer of the gobs to successive molding ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4002451 | Glass gob handling Apparatus for and a method of preforming into an elongate mold charge a gob of molten glass issuing from the outlet orifice of a forehearth and delivering such elongate charge to the forming cavity of a forming mold with the virgin or untouched surface of... | 01/11/1977 |
