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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428828 | Press die of disk with shaft shaped portion A press die and a molding process can form a disk member having a shaft shaped portion at a center with satisfactory circularity and flatness in a disk portion, dimensional precision in the shaft shaped portion, and concentricity between the disk portion and the sha... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7347067 | Mold for an I.S. machine A mold is disclosed which has a vertical front face having a glass object surface defined therein and a stepped vertical rear surface. The upper portion of the rear surface projects outwardly from the lower portion of the rear surface. The lower rear surface include... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7305854 | Methods for producing substrate blank A method for producing a thin-plate-shaped substrate blank that is an intermediate for a glass substrate, in which the occurrence of undulation is prevented and the substrate blank is produced with high accuracy, the method comprising press-molding a glass in a soft... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7255550 | Press-molding mold A press-molding mold includes a first mold (10), a second mold (20), a complementary element (30) arranged between the first mold (10) and the second mold (20), a washer (40) arranged between the second mold (10) and ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7121119 | Press molding apparatus for an optical element and method of manufacturing the optical element A transfer arm holds a plurality of preforms arranged in a single line and simultaneously drops and supplies the preforms downward. A positioning arm has a pair of arm split members split in its widthwise direction. The arm split members have positioning surfaces fo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7065985 | Molding die for optical element with lens-barrel A molding die for an optical element with a lens-barrel in which the lens-barrel is set in the molding die includes a tubular guide die, a upper die and a lower die sliding in the guide die Also an optical raw material is placed in the lens-barrel and the optical el... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065986 | Molding assembly A molding assembly, that includes: a plurality of support pillars fixedly attached to a support structure, wherein each support pillar includes a recessed seat; a mold support member, and; a flexible ring for holding a mold in contact with the mold support member, w... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7017374 | Device for closing and opening the mold halves of a glass molding machine Each mold half is held by means of a mold half holding mechanism which can be driven so as to pivot in a reciprocating manner about a common vertical hinge column by means of a vertical shaft (6; 7), which is mounted in a rotatable manner in a frame (2... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013676 | Press molding apparatus In a press molding apparatus for press molding a plurality of glass materials into a plurality of glass optical elements by the use of a pressing mold including upper and lower molds each of which has a plurality of molding surfaces, at least one of the upper and th... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000885 | Apparatus and method for forming a sol-gel monolith utilizing multiple casting A mold is configured to form a gel monolith including a first gel portion and a second gel portion. The mold includes a base including a first hydrophobic surface. The mold further includes a tubular outer wall including a second hydrophobic surface, and the outer w... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6918268 | Plate-shaped member positioning apparatus and glass sheet bending apparatus There is provided a plate-shaped member positioning apparatus comprising a conveyor for conveying a plate-shaped member, a positioner for contact with a front end of a conveyed plate-shaped member, a moving unit for moving the positioner along a conveyance direction... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6832495 | Molding die A molding die includes a pair of molding die members for forming a molding cavity that molds molded products and a holding member that holds therein the molding die members slidably, wherein a pressure-transfer medium supplied to the clearance between the molding di... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6832494 | I.S. glass forming machine A drive has a link which connects via a bearing to a shaft which supports an insert carrier. To lubricate the bearing oil is dropped onto an elongated reservoir in the top surface of a slide rail secured to the insert carrier and the oil flows by gravity through the... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6813906 | Method and apparatus for preparation of molded glass A molded glass article manufacturing device, having a means of forcefully separating a molded glass article attached to the forming surface of an upper mold or a lower mold, and readily and reliably aligning the axes of the upper mold and lower mold, a molded glass ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6807830 | I.S. glass forming machine A mold support mechanism for an I.S. machine has a carrier that is releasably connected to the shaft on which the drive links of a drive are rotatably supported. ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6807828 | I.S. glass forming machine A mold open and close mechanism for an I.S. machine is provided which separates the drive including the motor and the housing. The drive portion is releasably connected to the housing so that the drive can be easily removed for repair or replacement. ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6789398 | Mold incorporating a heat source and apparatus and method for using such molds A heat source is formed within one piece of a multi-piece mold designed to shape a glass tube. The one piece of the mold can then be used as a source of intense heat to render the glass malleable and to also contribute to shaping the tube in conformance with the mol... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6536239 | Apparatus and method for shaping glass tubes with molds A mold for shaping the end region and the opening at a selected end of a first, hollow, generally cylindrical, glass tube to enable a second tube, of smaller diameter than the first tube, to be inserted snuggly a first distance within the selected end of ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6427490 | Method for producing cones of picture tubes and device for carrying out this method Funnels of picture tubes are typically produced by pressing a molten gob of glass in a mold using a pressing die and by using a ring resting on the mold and resiliently secured to the die, for molding a flat funnel upper edge. At the same time, through co... | 08/06/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6318129 | Mold for use in I.S. machine A mold half for mounting on a mold holder of a mold open and close mechanism of an I.S. machine. The mold holder includes an insert having a central locating lug on the top thereof and an annular front face. The insert also has an annular upwardly project... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6314762 | Neck ring mechanism for glass forming machine A neck ring arm assembly for a glass container forming machine of the individual section type comprising a horizontally extending invert shaft and a vertically extending cylinder with a rack that engages a spur gear attached to the invert shaft to oscilla... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6233975 | Common cage assembly A common cage assembly for a mold for a glassware machine having a mold support member. The assembly further includes a first cage member and a second cage member. Each of the cage members is movably mounted adjacent to the mold support member. Each of th... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6223561 | Press mold for glass substrate A press mold for glass substrate includes an upper mold and a lower mold, and a pressure apparatus for applying pressure to the upper mold and the lower mold, for molding a plate-shaped glass substrate having a predetermined thickness between the upper mo... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6173587 | Method for installing mold assembly A mold assembly (34) for cyclically forming heated glass sheets includes a lower mold (36) having an upwardly oriented mold face (356) and an upper mold face having a downwardly oriented mold face (56) that opposes the upwardly oriented mold face of the l... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6141991 | Press molding apparatus for glass optical elements and molding method for glass optical elements Disclosed are a molding apparatus for glass optical elements a plurality of molds each constituted of an upper mold and a lower mold, a matrix supporting the molds, and heating means wound around the matrix for heating the molds, wherein the matrix extend... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6109063 | I.S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for a section of an I.S. machine includes a mold carrier assembly and horizontal axially extending shafts. A housing supports these shafts for axial displacement and includes first and second vertically extending ducts... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6098427 | Neck ring mechanism for glass forming machine A neck ring arm assembly for a glass container forming machine of the individual section type comprising a horizontally extending invert shaft and a vertically extending cylinder with a rack that engages a spur gear attached to the invert shaft to oscilla... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6085552 | Aligning fixture for mold opening and closing mechanism A mold opening and closing mechanism includes an aligning mechanism which has a horizontal mounting plate including a number of vertical openings for the number of molds, that is supported by a pair of spaced vertical uprights secured to the section frame... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6058740 | Glass substrate deposition system having lateral alignment mechanism A deposition system (20) for depositing a material layer on a glass sheet substrate includes a lateral alignment mechanism (28) for laterally aligning glass sheet substrates with an ingress seal (48) of a deposition station (22). The lateral alignment mec... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6038886 | Mold support frame assembly having thermally stable center A mold support frame assembly including a pair of mold support frames between which a connector extends and cooperates with to provide a thermally stable center. Each mold support frame includes a linkage extending between a pair of spaced legs and having... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6038888 | Apparatus for delivering glass gobs in a glass forming machines A glass gob delivery system for conveying gobs of molten glass from an oscillating gob delivery chute to a blank mold of a glass container forming machine of the I.S. type. The delivery system comprises an elongate trough that extends downwardly from an i... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6037283 | Plus power, photochromatic glass lenses A photochromic glass lens and method of producing such lens, the lens having a plus power and a composition consisting essentially of: ______________________________________ SiO2 54-58% Ag 0.20-0.33% B2 | 03/14/2000 |
| 5988355 | Method and device for handling articles A method of handling articles in which at least one mechanical tool conveys the article or plays a part in transferring the article, and according to which at least one jet of gas under pressure is blown through a duct passing through the mechanical tool,... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5928400 | Mounting Structure for a baffle or the like in a glassware manufacturing machine A mounting structure for use in a glassware forming machine for moving an operative member, such as a funnel, baffle or blowhead, between an out of the way and operative positions. The machine comprises a vertical operating shaft and a parallel support sh... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5925162 | Mold support assembly for heated glass sheet mold A mold support assembly (28) includes a support (164) located within a heated chamber (22) and having a construction that reduces thermal expansion. A vertical guide (170) located externally of the heated chamber has a vertically movable connection (172) ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5922099 | Apparatus and method for fabricating tube-shaped glass monolith using sol-gel process There are provided tube-shaped glass monolith fabricating apparatus and method using a sol-gel process. In the tube-shaped glass monolith fabricating method using a tube-shaped glass monolith fabricating apparatus which has an upper mold including cylindr... | 07/13/1999 |
| 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 |
