Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290406 | I.S. machine An I.S. Machine is disclosed which includes a structure displaceable from a start location to an end location and a motor for displacing that structure. A control controls the operation of the motor to displace the structure and the speed of displacement can be vari... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7168270 | Multiple orifice glass feed system A multiple orifice glass feed system for use with a glass forehearth including a plurality of closely spaced plungers, each of which is individually supported independently of each other. Each plunger includes a servo controlled linear actuator and an arm extending ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6622526 | Multiple orifice glass feed system A multiple orifice glass feed system for use with a glass forehearth including a plurality of closely spaced plungers, each of which is individually supported independently of each other. Each plunger includes a servo controlled linear actuator and an arm... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6272885 | Multiple orifice glass feed system having a heat shield A multiple orifice glass feed system for use with a glass forehearth including a plurality of closely spaced plungers, each of which is individually supported independently of the other. Each plunger includes a servo controlled linear actuator and an arm ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 5885317 | Multiple orifice glass feed system A multiple orifice glass feed system for use with a glass forehearth including a plurality of closely spaced plungers, each of which is individually supported independently of the other. Each plunger includes a servo controlled linear actuator and an arm ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5868812 | Method and apparatus for delivering 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... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5853447 | Method and apparatus for delivering a cased glass stream Apparatus for forming a cased glass stream that includes at least one pair of aligned orifices coupled to sources of core and casing glass such that glass flows by gravity from the first and second sources through the aligned orifices to form a cased glas... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5735926 | Apparatus for the driving of plungers in a feeder of a glass forming machine The apparatus comprises at least one plunger (2) and a plunger holder (3) which can be raised and lowered. An arm (18) of a tilt lever (17) is coupled to the plunger holder (3). A link member (22) of a drive system (23) cooperates with the other arm (20) ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5693114 | Multiple orifice glass feed utilizing plungers A multiple glass feed system for use with a glass forehearth including a plurality of closely spaced plungers, each of which is individually adjusted independently of the other. The upper end of each plunger is oval in cross section and the lower end is r... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5665138 | Metering spout bowl assembly A spout bowl assembly for a glass forming machine which forms containers from discrete gobs formed from individual streams of molten glass discharged from the spout bowl assembly comprising a spout bowl for receiving molten glass including a horizontal tu... | 09/09/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5637129 | Glass melting furnace plunger needle set-up fixture A set-up fixture (50) for positioning the needle holders (18, 20, 22) of a molten glass feeder bowl with respect to one another, the fixture having a frame member (52) and a plurality of prongs (54, 56, 58) depending from the fixture, one prong for each o... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5622541 | Glass feeders A basin for a forehearth of a glass-making furnace having an internal volume divided into upper and lower portions by an annular shoulder is described wherein the horizontal cross-sectional area of the upper portion is significantly greater than that of t... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5593472 | Glass feeder heat baffle A tube assembly for use in a spout bowl assembly including a bowl for receiving molten glass having a central orifice closed by an orifice plate having one or more openings and a corresponding plurality of vertically reciprocating plungers associated with... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5540747 | Multiple orifice glass feed utilizing plungers A multiple glass feed system for use with a glass forehearth including a plurality of closely spaced plungers, each of which is individually adjusted independently of the other. The upper end of each plunger is oval in cross section and the lower end is r... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5318620 | Spout bowl for molten glass feeder A spout bowl assembly having a non-rotating spout tube and a spout bowl defining a spiral volume about the tube for establishing uniform radial velocity of molten glass through the throat between the horizontal bottom surface of the tube and the horizonta... | 06/07/1994 |
| 4999040 | Glassware forming machine A glassware forming machine contains molten glass and distributes runners of molten glass through a refractory orifice ring having a plurality of discharge holes. The refractory orifice ring includes an annular side wall of uniform cross-section, a bottom... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4793849 | Heat shield for refractory tube in molten glass feeder A molten glass feeder includes a feeder bowl and a rotating refractory tube. Molten glass is discharged through openings in an orifice plate which are controlled by vertically displaceable needles. To reduce heat loss through the refractory tube, a heat s... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4581055 | Heat shield for refractory tube in molten glass feeder A heat shield for the refractory tube in a molten glass feeder has an annular metal shell with semi-circular insulating segments stacked therein. The shell is made in half sections to permit easy removal and the segments are provided in sets with relieved... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4581054 | Glass feeder orifice ring and holder An orifice ring and its holder are disclosed in detail, particularly as to the manner in which the ring is positioned within the holder or pan. The pan is formed with locating slots within which locating keys on the holder are to be positioned. Furthermor... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4557747 | Multiple-drop feeding system of molten glass and of other materials A multiple gob glass feeder system has a conventional feeder bowl with an outlet spout in which a triple or quadruple orifice plate is provided to deliver a plurality of uniform, molten glass gobs. The feeder has two plungers mounted pivotally in the supp... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4554000 | Molten glass spout bowl refractory tube support mechanism and method of control A swing out support frame is provided on X-Y slide support structure such that one of several different diameter refractory tubes can be supported in a fixed spout bowl for rotation inside the bowl, and also for electrically controlled and non-electricall... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4551163 | Electronic glass feeder plunger operating mechanism A glass feeder plunger operating mechanism driven by an electric motor controlled by a programmable computer programmed to drive the motor in a predetermined manner in order to generate a predetermined motion profile of one or more glass feeder plungers. ... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4514209 | Glass feeder tube support The feeder tube in a molten glass gob feeder is mounted in a holder which is supported in the feeder structure by a pair of opposed hollow shafts. The shafts are vertically adjustable by the fact that they have their lower ends threaded onto vertical scre... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4478631 | Glass feeder heat baffle When multiple gob feeders are used in which an enlarged tube is necessary to accommodate a row of plungers, a substantial surface area of glass is exposed to radiation or convection cooling and, to avoid excessive heat loss, a pair of heat baffles are use... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4328023 | Heat retaining shield in glass gob former In glass gob forming apparatus which includes one or more reciprocatable plungers each mounted above a respective orifice in the floor of a refractory trough such that on axial reciprocation of the plungers in use molten glass is forced in the form of gob... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4230476 | Apparatus and method for obtaining uniform gobs in a triple gob feeder An apparatus and method for use in a triple gob feeder of a glass forming apparatus for forming molten glass gobs of uniform size, weight, volume and shape by equalizing the temperatures of the molten glass flowing through orifices in a triple gob orifice... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4067710 | Device for feeding automatic continuous process (kinematic) machines for the manufacture of glass objects The invention consists a device for feeding automatic continuous process (kinematic) machines for the manufacture of glass objects characterized in that it comprises a turning feeder integral with the drum of the machine.... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3964892 | Apparatus for advancing particulate material Apparatus is disclosed for advancing particulate material, such as glass batch, to a receiver having an opening to receive the material, in which a distributing arm is mounted with respect to the opening to extend radially from an inner end to an outer en... | 06/22/1976 |
