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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377131 | Method for producing a glass body The present invention relates to a method for producing a glass body with at least one inner tube which is closed off on one side and one outer tube which is closed off at least on one side, with the inner tube being connected not coaxially with the floor of the out... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7305853 | Method of manufacturing a glass panel A method of manufacturing a glass panel and a glass panel manufactured such a method, comprising a pair of glass plates opposed to each other to define a void therebetween by a number of space-maintaining members arranged along plate surfaces with predetermined inte... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7241339 | Method and apparatus for applying a gel A rotatable vacuum chamber receives an optical connector having an output face on which an optical gel is applied substantially without entrapped air. Opposite the output face is placed a gel dispenser with its opened nozzle pointing towards the output face. Uncured... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7205037 | Tubulation tubing of display panel Tubulation tubing of a display panel includes a flange at one end and a ring-shape adhesive member placed on a display panel to align a vent hole of the display with an opening of the tubulation tubing and the flange of the tubulation tubing is bonded to the display... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7165424 | Method of joining glass plates In order to provide a method of manufacturing a glass panel which, in time of a baking process, restrains an internal stress generated in both of glass plates (1, 2) to prevent a decline in strength, and restrains inorganic and organic substances remaining wi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144288 | Process for producing a discharge lamp by softening a support element outside of a discharge chamber A process for producing a discharge lamp which is designed for dielectric barrier discharges in which, during a filling step, before the discharge chamber is closed, a part of the discharge vessel is held in a raised position by a support element which is then at le... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7069747 | Mirror blanks from inflatable balls A method for constructing a mirror blank, including arranging hollow glass balls, on a front face sheet, and in close proximity to each other to permit fusing upon expansion; restricting the expansion of the hollow glass balls with a bounding structure during expans... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7040121 | Sealing lighting device component assembly with solder glass preform by using infrared radiation Disclosed is a method for sealing and affixing a component assembly for an electrical lighting device to a glass lamp envelope. The assembly used in the process comprises the component, such as an electrode lead wire and a solder glass perform. The process is useful... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6976372 | Sealing lighting device component assembly with solder glass preform by using induction heating Disclosed is a process for sealing component assembly to an electrical lighting device using induction healing. The assembly comprises the component, such as an electrode lead wire, and a solder glass perform. The process is useful, for example, in hermetically seal... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6953917 | System and method for ensuring the qualification of a workman to perform a task having established required standards A method and system for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements to train, test, perform, evaluate and document identified covered tasks and provide the means to meet governmental and/or industrial standards including measuring applicable physical parameters... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6923928 | Method and device for shaping thermoplastic hollow boards The invention relates to a method of shaping hollow boards (11) that consist of a thermoplastic material and that have at least one cavity (17) in the interior of the board that is open towards the board edge (18). According to the inventive met... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6916392 | Producing and servicing insulating glass units The invention provides methods of producing and servicing insulating glass units. Methods are provided for reducing the pressure differential on an IG unit, for changing the interior pressure within an IG unit, and for changing the gaseous interior composition withi... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6901772 | Method for producing a gas discharge lamp A method for producing containers for gas discharge lamps, which consists in melting glass by incident light radiation. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6874335 | Large scale synthesis of germanium selenide glass and germanium selenide glass compounds Systems and methods for large scale synthesis of germanium selenide glass and germanium selenide glass compounds are provided. Up to about 750 grams of a germanium selenide glass or a glass compound can be synthesized at a time in about eight hours or less. Stoichio... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6623593 | Method of forming an outlet structure of sealed container having a hollow member with a flare-shaped opening portion A funnel-shaped chip tube and a tubular-shaped press frit are prepared. After the chip tube is disposed on a major surface of a substrate so that the center axis of an exhaust hole provided in the substrate of a sealed container body and the center axis o... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6614164 | CRT with neck and stem weld and method for manufacturing the same A cathode-ray tube includes a glass envelope having a panel with an inner surface formed with a phosphor screen, and a cylindrical neck extending substantially coaxially with a tube axis. An electron gun is arranged in the neck, and a stem is welded to an... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6605892 | Gas discharge lamp and method for the production thereof A gas discharge lamp having a discharge vessel, for example composed of a base plate, front plate (2) and frame (3), has at least one closure element (6) which closes a discharge vessel opening in a gas-tight fashion by virtue of the fact that the closure... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6591635 | Method of bonding tubulation tubing of display panel A method of bonding a tubulation tubing of a display panel includes the steps of preparing a tubulation tubing having a flange at one end and a ring-shape adhesive member, placing the tubulation tubing and the adhesive member on a display panel to align t... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6568216 | Method for manufacturing a discharge tube A method for manufacturing a discharge tube, including heating a quartz tube by irradiation and closing it shut, is presented, in which variation of the heating temperature of the quartz tube can be reduced. Laser light is irradiated on a portion of the q... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6489717 | Channeled glass article and method therefor The method herein shapes a thin glass article (10), as well as a thin glass interface (20, 22) between two laminated sheets (16, 18) as they seal together to form the glass article (10). This process changes the shape of the article (10) and modifies the ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6487878 | Method for manufacturing a discharge tube A method for manufacturing a discharge tube, including heating a quartz tube by irradiation and closing it shut, is presented, in which variation of the heating temperature of the quartz tube can be reduced. Laser light is irradiated on a portion of the q... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6301932 | Method for forming an internally channeled glass article The present invention is directed to a method for forming glass articles containing enclosed channels. The method comprises the following steps: a) delivering and depositing a first length of a molten glass ribbon (18) to a surface of a mold (20) having a... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6021648 | Method of manufacturing a flat glass panel for a picture display device A flat glass panel 1 for a picture display device of the flat type, is formed by two glass cover plates (3, 5) with at least one glass plate (4, 4', 4", . . . ) between them, and a vitreous frit (8) between the cover plates along the outer edges of the co... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6000243 | Vacuum pull down method for an enhanced bonding process A process for effectively bonding arbitrary size or shape substrates. The process incorporates vacuum pull down techniques to ensure uniform surface contact during the bonding process. The essence of the process for bonding substrates, such as glass, plas... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5979187 | Lamp construction and method for forming In a method of forming a glass to metal seal between one end of a glass lamp tube (for, for example, a flash lamp or laser lamp), a metal rod which is terminated by the electrode is heated, and has molten glass sealing material applied thereto to form a b... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5903097 | Method of manufacturing a side glass for a vacuum fluorescent display A method of manufacturing a side glass for a vacuum fluorescent display is provided wherein a glass is cut to a predetermined length in accordance with the size of the vacuum fluorescent display. The glass is then bent to coincide two ends of the glass in... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5897927 | Seal for vacuum devices and methods for making same A method for permanently sealing an ultra-high vacuum within a glass enclosure. This is accomplished by first forming a hole, either in one of the flat plates that form the enclosure or in one of the standoffs that separate the plates, and then sealing a ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5858046 | Method of making an internally channeled glass article The present invention is directed to a method for forming glass articles containing internal enclosed channels. The method comprises the following steps: (a) delivering and depositing a first or channel-forming ribbon of molten glass to a surface of a mol... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5855638 | Process for producing a vacuum in an insulating glazing A process for producing a vacuum in an insulating glazing composed of two glass sheets (2, 3) separated by pins (4). According to the invention, one of the glass sheets includes a hole (12) which is plugged by a softened ball after the vacuum has been ach... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5733159 | System and method for manufacturing X-ray tubes having glass envelopes Systems and methods are disclosed for exhausting and combined exhausting and seasoning of x-ray tubes having glass envelopes for a high performance x-ray system having a rotating anode therein. The methods include providing a glass tubulation having a dia... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5722868 | System and method for manufacturing x-ray tubes having glass envelopes utilizing a metal disk Systems and methods are disclosed for exhausting and combined exhausting and seasoning of x-ray tubes having glass envelopes for high performance x-ray system having a rotating anode therein. The system and methods include providing a glass tubulation hav... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5681198 | Vacuum seal method for cathode ray tubes A method of evacuating and sealing a cathode ray tube, CRT, using softened glass frit to seal the exhaust hole through which the CRT is evacuated. A three way branch tube allows a shaft driven by a linear motion means to cover the exhaust hole with a seal... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5609934 | Method of manufacturing heat bonded glass fiber insulation boards An insulation panel is formed comprising a binderless, heat bonded glass fiber insulation board encapsulated within a partially evacuated, gas-tight envelope. The insulation board is formed by laying down discrete length glass fibers into a thin glass fib... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5312472 | Method for manufacturing resonant cavity for laser A method for affixing the optics of a laser to the laser tube, comprising: providing a substrate seat, coupling a substrate to the seat, coating the substrate with a multilayer thin film coating, and securing the substrate seat to the laser tube. In a fur... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5288255 | Method of manufacturing a high-pressure discharge lamp with end seal evaporation barrier A high pressure discharge lamp having a translucent sintered aluminum oxide discharge envelope is produced by a method that includes providing a ceramic end plug having an aperture for a current lead-in member in an end of the envelope, sintering the end ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5225252 | Glass vacuum flask coating method A glass vacuum flask coating method comprising a step to put a metal material in the gap between an inner flask and an outer flask before said inner and outer flasks being formed into a blank for a glass vacuum flask, after the process of exhausting and t... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5174802 | Process for manufacturing various series of plug-in light bulbs A process for manufacturing various series of plug-in light bulbs wherein a glass tube used in making a Wedge lamp having an increasing diameter toward one end, inserting two conductive wires and a button rod within this tube integrated with its bottom en... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4980091 | Method and device enabling molten radioactive glass to be cast into a container A method and device for enabling a molten radioactive glass to be cast from a crucible (2) situated in a top cell (1) and a container (4) situated beneath said crucible in a bottom cell (3), the radioactive glass flowing vertically downwards along a casti... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4795392 | Method for sealing vacuum tube tips especially cathode tube tips, and machine for applying this method For sure sealing of the evacuation tips of vacuum tubes, the electric power supplied to the heating resistor of the sealing furnace is regulated for each treatment stage, the set value is pre-selected and laid down by a computer for the corresponding powe... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4725298 | Method for making low pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp A low pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp forms an electric discharge path by the use of a bulb placed on an end plate and the bulb is formed by a process which results in the connecting outer side surfaces of juxtaposed glass tubes through communicatio... | 02/16/1988 |
