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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7823417 | Method of manufacturing high performance glass fibers in a refractory lined melter and fiber formed thereby A method of forming high strength glass fibers in a refractory lined glass melter is disclosed. The refractory lined melter is suited to the batch compositions disclosed for the formation high modulus, and high-strength glass fibers. The glass composition for use in... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7475569 | Exhaust positioned at the downstream end of a glass melting furnace A glass-melting furnace (10) has an upstream end (6), a downstream end (8), and a roof (22). The upstream end is positioned upstream of the downstream end. A charger (32) is provided to supply glass-forming material (30) to ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7392668 | Low heat capacity gas oxy fired burner A front end for a glass forming operation including an open channel and at least one burner. The channel surface has at least one burner port and a burner oriented in the burner port at an acute angle relative to the channel surface. The surface may be a top, side o... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7260960 | Selective glass batching methods for improving melting efficiency and reducing gross segregation of glass batch components A method of controlling reaction paths of glass batch components added to a resident glass melt is provided, including the steps of providing a plurality of raw material batch components according to a batch recipe, selectively combining a portion of the batch compo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7191619 | Process for producing glass and glass-melting apparatus thereof A process for producing a high-quality glass from highly reactive raw materials and a glass-melting apparatus for use therewith, comprising the step of charging a material for the glass to a molten glass in a heated vessel, (1) wherein an oxidizing gas is bubbled in... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7150165 | Molten glass fining apparatus The basic shape of the molten glass fining apparatus of the present invention is preferably either an elliptical or a somewhat rectangular shape such that the flow is more uniform and the bubbles have less distance to rise to the surface. A novel baffle design is al... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137277 | Method and device for producing colored glasses The invention relates to a method and a device for producing colored glasses. The aim of the invention is to obtain a paricularly intimate mixture and to enable a quick change of the melt at the same time. To this end, the following procedure steps are applied: a me... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7110430 | Induction furnace for melting semi-conductor materials An induction furnace includes an induction coil, an electrically non-conductive crucible having an inner diameter disposed within the induction coil, and an electrically conductive member disposed below the crucible and having an outer diameter which is further from... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7024888 | Method for changing glass compositions in melting installations, and corresponding melting installation The invention relates to a method for changing glass compositions in continuously operated melting installations which has a significantly shortened melt changeover time and therefore lower costs and in which the glass quality is not adversely affected. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017372 | Molten glass supply device, glass formed product, and method of producing the glass formed product A molten glass supply device is provided, which can solve unavoidable problems for high viscosity characteristics in connection with the conventional molten glass supply device for high viscosity glass. Such problems include improperly high heating cost caused by ex... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007515 | Noble metal duct for conducting a glass melt and method for conducting a glass melt The double-walled noble metal duct (1) for conducting a glass melt has an outer noble metal pipe (1b) and an inner noble metal pipe (1a) extending within the outer pipe, so that an inner space (21) is formed within the inner... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6974494 | Apparatus and method using an electrified filter bed for removal of pollutants from a flue gas stream Pollutants in a flue gas stream from a dryer of products, such as wood chips, are removed by a pollution abatement system that includes an electrified filter bed unit for removing solid particulates. To prevent deteriorated operation of the electrified filter bed un... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966453 | Apparatus and method for regulating the delivery of bulk tablets to a tablet transport system This invention relates to an apparatus and method for regulating the delivery rate of bulk tablets to a tablet transportation system. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6789396 | Method and system for feeding and burning a pulverized fuel in a glass melting furnace, and burner for use in the same A method and system for feeding and burning pulverized fuel, such as petroleum coke, in a glass melting furnace, which includes a glass melting and a plurality of burners associated with a pair of sealed regenerative chambers disposed side-by-side which act as heat ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6647747 | Multifunctional apparatus for manufacturing mineral basalt fibers The invention discloses a multifunctional apparatus and method to manufacture mineral (basalt) fibers to be drawn/attenuated into a continuous strand made from natural rock basalts with and without supplemental minerals. More specifically this invention d... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6615612 | Electrostatic batch preheater and method of using the same A method and apparatus is taught for preheating of glass batch materials by direct contact with glass furnace exhaust gases. Furnace gases 15 flow through a batch hopper 1 in horizontal tunnels formed by open bottom tubes 6, with a free surface of batch f... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6540508 | Process of installing roof mounted oxygen-fuel burners in a glass melting furnace A process for installing a refractory burner block in a glass furnace crown, wherein the glass furnace crown comprises a second refractory material different than the burner block refractory, includes installing a refractory crown block in the furnace cro... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6538193 | Thermophotovoltaic generator in high temperature industrial process An emitter for use with a generator has a tube closed at one end, heated from its outside with a water-cooled photovoltaic converter array mounted inside for glass-melting application. Several TPV tubes may be inserted through holes in the insulation into... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532768 | Process for the vitrification of a pulverulent material and apparatus for implementing the process The present invention relates to a vitrification process for a pulverulent material and an apparatus for implementing said process. The process consists in introducing the pulverulent material into the fusion area of a furnace via injection means, where i... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6405565 | Chalcogenide glass tubing fabrication An apparatus and process for fabricating tubing used in the making of chalcogenide fibers. The apparatus features a three-sectioned melt/spin ampoule that allows for fabricating the chalcogenide tubing without introducing impurities and contaminants, in a... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6357264 | Apparatus for melting molten material This apparatus is a furnace for heating molten material which employs oxygen-fuel burner assemblies. Preferably, the assemblies are submerged in the molten material. They are water cooled top down units with burner nozzles being off-set from the supply co... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6349570 | In-barrel wetting screw charger A wet batch material charging apparatus having a charger screw housing having a batch material inlet and a batch material outlet, a dry batch material supply device adapted to deliver a dry batch material through the batch material inlet, a rotatable char... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6289694 | Method and apparatus for melting glass in U-flame and cross-fired tank furnaces with a reduction of the Nox and Co content of the waste gases During the melting of glass from charging material in furnaces with burners and regenerators for the recovery of waste heat, oxygen and primary fuel are introduced into the area around the flame roots under slightly sub-stoichiometric conditions to cover ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6279351 | Method and apparatus for making glass and particularly ceramic frits A method for making glass and particularly ceramic frits, comprising the steps of: introducing in a wet grinding unit, after a metering step according to chosen proportions, materials which constitute a mixture to be melted, to produce a slurry; screening... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6253578 | Glass melting process and apparatus with reduced emissions and refractory corrosion A glassmelting apparatus which reduces alkali corrosion comprising: a glassmelting furnace having a plurality of walls, a crown, a charge end, a batch melting area and a fining area; at least two low momentum oxy-fuel burners located in at least one of th... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6237369 | Roof-mounted oxygen-fuel burner for a glass melting furnace and process of using the oxygen-fuel burner Briefly, according to the present invention there is provided a refractory lined glass melter for producing refined glass from raw glass-forming material using at least one oxygen-fuel burner recessed within a burner block mounted in the roof of the furna... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6116170 | Waste incinerator A waste incinerator is provided which can completely prevent environmental pollution by dioxins. Exhaust gas from an incinerator is guided into a glass melting furnace by a duct, and blown into molten glass through a bubbling pipe to decompose dioxins in ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6101847 | Method of firing a glass melting furnace with oxygen A method for melting and refining glass, such as E glass, comprises feeding glass batch materials into a melting and refining tank for melting and refining the glass batch materials into glass and a forehearth, downstream of the tank, for further refining... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6085551 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing high melting point glasses with volatile components In the manufacturing of high melting point glasses with volatile components, in particular of glasses from the group of boron glasses and borosilicate glasses, a furnace is provided that has a superstructure, fossil fuel burners, and a melting tank. In fr... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6058741 | Installation for vitrification of liquid radioactive wastes, cooled discharged unit and cooled induction melter for the installation The present invention relates to apparatuses for processing homogeneous/heterogeneous radioactive wastes comprising ion-exchange resins. A cooled discharge unit comprises a discharge pipe, a cooling jacket having a U-shaped form in cross section, a collec... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6047566 | Method and device for melting recycled silicate starting materials The present invention concerns a method for melting recycled silicate starting materials. A rotating transport flow with helical flow filaments of transport air and starting material is supplied in the direction of the helix axis into the combustion chamb... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6044667 | Glass melting apparatus and method A system for melting and delivering glass to a work area such as spinners for making fiberglass includes a melter with heaters so arranged that the "hot spot" in the molten glass is located away from the walls and corrosion sensitive parts so that the var... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5979191 | Method and apparatus for melting of glass batch materials An apparatus for melting materials is provided comprising a melter body having a batch injection portion including a batch inlet port, a batch melting portion including a batch melting chamber adapted to receive materials from said batch injection portion... | 11/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5855639 | Process for the conversion of a glass furnace with the aid of a combustion with oxygen Provided is a process for the production of a loop-shaped flame in a glass furnace. The furnace includes, in a rear part, a glass melting zone heated by injecting through at least one port a fuel gas and an oxidizer gas having more than 50 vol % of oxygen... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5827341 | Method and apparatus for making glass A method and apparatus for making float glass, wherein the glass is stirred in the conditioning zone adjacent the entrance to the float canal so as to attenuate the glass across the entire width of the float canal.... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5814121 | Oxygen-gas fuel burner and glass forehearth containing the oxygen-gas fuel burner An oxygen-gas fuel burner (12) for use in a refractory burner block (20) of glass distribution and conditioning channels (14) for thermally treating glass (18). The oxygen-gas fuel burner (12) includes a gas fuel conduit (26) extending to a central fuel o... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5795364 | Reburning glass furnace for insuring adequate mixing of gases to reduce NOx emissions A mixing method insures adequate mixing of gases in a glass furnace that employs a reburning process. Because of the mixing method, a novel glass furnace can be constructed that strikes an optimum balance between a reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx | 08/18/1998 |
| 5785923 | Apparatus for continuous feed material melting The apparatus of the present invention is a melter housing having a pretreat chamber heated with a feed material heater that is partially isolated from a melter chamber. The method of the present invention has the steps of introducing feed material into a... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5779754 | Process and horseshoe flame furnance for the melting of glass A process for melting glass in a horseshoe-flame furnace including a rear, a forward and a lateral wall and a longitudinal axis comprising the steps of: introducing a charge into a region of the rear wall of the furnace; running the charge, in succession ... | 07/14/1998 |
