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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113016 | Molds opening/closing group of a forming glass machine items In a machine for forming glass items, a mold having two half-molds movable between a closed forming position and an open extraction position by a mold opening/closing group is provided. The mold includes two handling arms, each connected to a respective half-mold, w... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8082758 | Glassware forming machine molds opening/closing device A mold of a glassware forming machine has a longitudinal plane of symmetry, and two half-molds movable between a closed position and an open extraction position by a powered mold opening/closing device, which has a fixed fastening and supporting structure, two mold-... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7845193 | Apparatus for opening and closing molds in a glassware forming machine Apparatus for opening and closing mold arms in a glassware forming machine includes a gearbox for mounting on a glassware machine frame, a cylinder housing suspended beneath the gearbox, and a cylinder disposed within the cylinder housing. The cylinder has a piston ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7596969 | Mold support mechanism for an I. S. machine A mold open and close mechanism uses the hook of a blank mold half and the associated ridges of the upper mold support hanger to maintain the blank mold half on the mold but defines a vertical locating structure for placing the bottom surface of the blank mold half ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7293430 | Press molding apparatus and press molding method of optical element A press molding apparatus includes upper and lower molding dies each having a molding surface facing each other, and a driving device which moves at least one of the upper and lower molding dies in a vertical direction so that the upper and lower molding dies are op... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7134301 | Mold support mechanism for an I.S. machine A mold cooling system is disclosed for the blank mold halves of an I.S. machine. The mold halves are supported at their bottom by a lower hanger assembly which includes a discrete plenum for each of the mold halves. Each plenum is isolated and has its own air supply... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7093464 | Device for supporting a horizontal guided glass strand The invention concerns a device for supporting a horizontal guided, continuous glass strand; with a number of supporting blocks, which each exhibits a supporting area, facing the glass strand; the individual suppor... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6966428 | Method and apparatus for transferring articles from a first position to a second position A takeout arm assembly (10) for an I.S. glass container forming machine, the arm assembly having a housing (14) that is oscillatable about a fixed shaft (12). The housing has a split first pulley (16a/16b) that is coa... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951629 | Blow mold and method for adjusting a blow mold A blow mold (1) for a stretching machine or a glass blowing machine, comprising two mold halves (3, 4) which are pivotably connected by at least one connecting pin (2), and a shutting device and locking device in the form of a closing clamp (... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6907755 | Device for manufacturing glass gobs A device for manufacturing glass gobs includes a membrane body of a porous gas transmitting material. Channels for introducing compressed gas into the membrane body extend through the membrane body material and are spaced at a distance from the gas outlet surface of... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6557380 | Apparatus for forming glass containers A glass container forming machine section (10) in which the mold carrying arms (12, 14) that are pivoted on shafts (20, 22), respectively, about a common axis (A) are caused to counteroscillate between open positions in which the mold halves (16, 18) that... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6442976 | Liquid cooling of glassware molds A system and method of cooling glassware molds by directing liquid coolant to the blank or blow mold halves of a glassware forming machine through an enclosed pivotal rotary union-type structure. A coolant manifold is carried by each pivotal mold arm, and... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6386000 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine is disclosed which has at least one section having a mold station wherein a glass forming operation is performed within a mold which includes an opposed pair of mold halves each of which has a blank diameter which can vary within a selecte... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6182473 | 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... | 02/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6009727 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine Opposed mold supports of a mold opening and closing mechanism are driven by electronic motors between retracted and advanced positions. The motors are electronically geared together and follow a feed program which initially advances the associated mold su... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5974835 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine has a plurality of individual sections each having a blank station for forming a parison from a gob of molten glass in opposed pairs of blankmold halves supported by opposed mold carriers displaceable between retracted and advanced positio... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5958101 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine having a plurality of individual sections each having a section frame having a top wall. A pair of mold support mechanisms are supported above the top wall of the section frame for linear displaceme... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5938809 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine has a plurality of individual sections arranged in side by side relation. Each section has a blank station for forming a parison from a gob of molten glass, and a blow station for forming a parison into a bottle. An invert and neck ring ho... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5906668 | Mold assembly for forming heated glass sheets 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... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5902370 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I S machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine including a pair of mold support mechanisms supported for displacement between a retracted position and an advanced position where they will engage. A mold support mechanism is displaced by a transm... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5893942 | Quick change invert arm assembly An invert arm assembly for a glass container forming machine of the I.S. type, the invert arm assembly having an opposed pair of invert arm segments that are movable toward and away from one another and define one or more neck ring assembly receiving aper... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5891209 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I. S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine which has a pair of mold support mechanisms supported for horizontal displacement between a retracted position and an advanced position. These support mechanisms are linearly displaced by a drive as... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5887450 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine having a plurality of individual sections. A pair of opposed mold holding mechanisms is supported on top of the section frame for linear displacement between a separated retracted position whereat e... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5876476 | I.S. machine An I.S. machine is disclosed which has a plurality of individual sections arranged in side by side relation. Each section has blank mold and blow mold opening and closing mechanisms and an invert and neck ring holder mechanism for transferring a parison b... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5865868 | Mold carrier assembly for an I. S. machine mold opening and closing mechanism A mold carrier assembly for use with a support housing having a pair of parallel, spaced, horizontally extending bores and located on the top wall of a section frame of an I.S. machine. The quick change mold carrier assembly has a mold support mechanism i... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5851257 | Apparatus and method for pressing of glass articles at a high cavity rate The present invention is directed to an apparatus for pressing a glass article. The apparatus includes a frame. A mold having first and second mold halves are mounted on the frame. The mold halves define a cavity for receiving a glass gob. The mold halves... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5830254 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine has a pair of opposed mold support mechanisms for carrying at least one opposed pair of mold side portions. Each mold support mechanism includes a yoke having a first vertical bore and a second hori... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5824131 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine Opposed mold supports of a mold opening and closing mechanism are driven by electronic motors between retracted and advanced positions. The motors are electronically geared together and follow a feed program which initially advances the associated mold su... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5803945 | Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine A mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine having a plurality of individual sections each having a pair of opposed mold support mechanisms displaceable between a separated retracted position whereat each mold support mechanism is located at ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5610762 | Apparatus and method of making reflex molds Method and apparatus is disclosed for manufacturing a reflex mold wherein a flexible or bendable, thin plate is provided for use in the manufacturing process. A reflex prism assembly is clamped together and metal is applied over the surface of the prisms ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5578105 | Mould mechanism A mould mechanism for use in a glassware forming machine comprise two mould arms which are mounted on a single transverse rod. The rod is of hardened steel, one of the mould arms is secured to a cast iron sleeve which slides on the rod, the other to a har... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5569313 | Mould mechanism A mold mechanism for use in a glassware forming machine comprises two mold arms which are mounted on a single transverse rod. The rod is of hardened steel, one of the mold arms is secured to a cast iron sleeve which slides on the rod, the other to a harde... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5516352 | Apparatus for cooling neck rings in a glass molding machine Each neck tool half is mounted on a neck tool holder and together they are movable from the illustrated initial position in a parison mold station to a finishing mold station. On each neck tool holder is secured a movable part of a distribution device for... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5275638 | Mould mechanism with means to adjust the mold plane A parallel movement mould mechanism for use in a glassware forming machine comprises mould mounted for movement on horizontal shafts and means (90, 102) for moving the mould supports comprising a cage assembly in which a piston and cylinder device linked ... | 01/04/1994 |
