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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065892 | Device for manufacturing sheet glass and method for manufacturing sheet glass A supplying tube for a molten glass, which is placed in a downstream end portion of a supplying passage directing the molten glass flowing out of a melting furnace to a forming vessel in a forming furnace, has a small diameter tube portion which has a small flow pas... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7454925 | Method of forming a glass melt A method of forming a glass melt including heating a glass feed material in a first melting furnace to form a glass melt, flowing the glass melt into a second melting furnace through a refractory metal connecting tube, and further heating the glass melt in the secon... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7026542 | Cover glass for a solar battery, a method for producing the cover glass and a solar battery module using the cover glass A transparent substrate for a cover for a solar battery and a method for producing the same are presented. Hemispherical concave portions are formed in a surface of light entering side of a cover glass almost over the entire surface wherein the ratio d/D of the dept... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6896856 | Installation for vitrification of liquid radioactive wastes, cooled discharge unit and cooled induction melter for the installation A cooled discharge unit of an apparatuses for processing homogeneous/heterogeneous radioactive wastes with ion-exchange resins. The cooled discharge unit has a discharge pipe, a cooling jacket having a U-shaped form in cross section, a collector for feeding a coolan... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6880365 | Use of sintered refractory material based on tin oxide for producing glass furnace throats The use of blocks (1, 2, 3, 4) based on sintered tin oxide for producing the throat of a glass furnace. ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 5961686 | Side-discharge melter for use in the manufacture of fiberglass An electric open-top melter for use in the manufacture of mineral fibers, such as fiberglass, is provided with a side-discharge outlet. The side-discharge outlet allows the melter, conditioner/refiner, and forehearth to all be located on substantially the... | 10/05/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5916471 | Rotary socket taphole assembly A taphole assembly for a vessel containing a molten solid. The assembly is comprised of a tubular element formed of a refractory material. The tubular element has a continuous passage extending therethrough along a first axis. A socket block formed of a p... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5900033 | Apparatus and method for improved optical glass GOB preform production A gob formation device and method for improved production of molten glass preforms for use in the precision glass molding of optical glass elements. The device is a dispensing tip which is attached to a stem extending from a working crucible containing a ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5885316 | Nozzle tip for glass injection cartridge A nozzle tip for a glass injection cartridge loaded with a rod-shaped glass material and having a heater for melting down the glass material into a molten state for injection into a mold, the nozzle tip containing: a) a nozzle body having a conical shape conve... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5660610 | Remotely adjustable glass feeder needle assembly A needle assembly (30) for controlling the flow of molten glass from a feeder bowl (76) through one or more orifices (84) in an orifice plate (86) beneath the feeder bowl. The needle assembly includes a vertical needle (32) for each orifice and each needl... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5518515 | Device for separating one or more strands of molten glass into individual glass gobs A strand of glass is cut into gobs by a pair of opposing shearing blades driven by a crank drive in which eccentric pins from a crank disk are connected to a support disk of a crankshaft and a support disk on an auxiliary shaft, connecting rods being link... | 05/21/1996 |
| 4713106 | Method and apparatus for conveying molten material A vertical standpipe which has an internal fitting. The standpipe conveys a molten glass stream from a molten bath in a furnace forehearth to a spinner below the forehearth. The internal fitting has an orifice positioned so as to maintain a spaced-apart r... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4670032 | Melt flow control valve A valve apparatus for the precise regulation of a stream of molten material such as molten rock or slag as it issues from a primary melter or holding device, comprising a frame retaining a valve, the valve comprising a pair of plate-form valve members, on... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4402724 | Method and apparatus for discharging glass from a melting furnace A method and apparatus for periodically discharging batches of a glass melt from a ceramic glass melting furnace in which localized heating energy limitable in time is supplied to the glass melt by means of electrodes in the furnace, the furnace being pro... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4203750 | Manufacture of flat glass A sheet of molten glass issuing from an overflow channel is supplied to the molten metal bath used in the formation of float glass. The overflow channel is positioned adjacent one end of such bath transversely of the longitudinal extent thereof, and the o... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4113461 | Hood for glass furnace gathering hole The specification discloses a hood for the gathering hole of a glass furnace which minimizes the escape of hot gases through the gathering hole while open for removal of glass from the furnace to reduce air pollution and otherwise improve personnel comfor... | 09/12/1978 |
| 3967947 | Method of making a hollow glass article Molding of hollow glass articles wherein a gob flows from a feeder into a mold and forms a hollow tube as it enters the mold, and a pressure differential is applied across the tube so that the tube is shaped in the mold to form the hollow article. During ... | 07/06/1976 |
