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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318329 | Method of making a container from a bottle A bottle is separated along at least one or two severance planes and the base of the bottle is discarded leaving the body portion behind. The body portion having a rim (10) is inverted to form the bowl of the goblet. Under heat and rotation, the original mout... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7291059 | Process and apparatus for cutting sheet glass A process for cutting a sheet glass includes a first step of forming a groove conformed to a cutting shape in one surface of a sheet glass by a water jet, and a second step of forming a groove in the other surface of the sheet glass by a water jet to reach the groov... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6974517 | Lid with window hermetically sealed to frame, and a method of making it An apparatus (10) includes a digital micromirror device (16) disposed within a housing (11) that has an opening (13) hermetically sealed by a lid (17). The lid includes a radiation transmissive window (22) with peripheral ed... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6908026 | Method and apparatus for making a lid with an optically transmissive window A metal plate (126) has a plurality of openings (127) extending through it, and is cleaned using a wet hydrogen process (157). Glass windows (106) are then placed in the openings, and are each fused to the metal plate by heat (231)... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6795135 | Reflective liquid crystal display device with removable auxiliary light source A reflective liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display and a body case for protecting the display. An auxiliary light source device supplies light to the display. At least one of the body case and the auxiliary light source device includes eng... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6598429 | Method for fabricating gradient-index rods and rod arrays A method for fabricating gradient-index rods and rod arrays. A central rod of optical glass having predetermined properties and predetermined outside dimensions is placed inside a tube of optical glass having predetermined properties and predetermined out... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6415631 | Method and apparatus for making an article from a formable material A method and apparatus are described for making an article such as the body of a needleless injector capsule, from a formable material, such as glass, the article having a cavity communicating with the exterior via an orifice. A blank having an open end i... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6400876 | Ultrathin optical panel and a method of making an ultrathin optical panel An ultrathin optical panel, and a method of producing an ultrathin optical panel, are disclosed, including stacking a plurality of glass sheets, which sheets may be coated With a transparent cladding substance or may be uncoated, fastening together the pl... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6216493 | Method and apparatus for making an article from a formable material A method and apparatus are described for making an article such as the body of a needleless injector capsule, from a formable material, such as glass, the article having a cavity communicating with the exterior via an orifice. A blank (1a) having an open ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6189339 | Method for producing silica glass used for photolithography A method for producing a silica glass for photolithography, which comprises the following steps: jetting a starting material gas, an oxygen gas and a hydrogen gas from a burner and depositing and consolidating silica glass powder on a target to form an in... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6134919 | Method for forming a glass article possessing an aperture The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for forming glass article from sheet glass. More specifically the apparatus comprises a mold, a plunger being cooperative alignment with the mold, wherein the mold and the plunger form a cavity ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6098426 | Method and apparatus for forming a glass article possessing an aperture The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for forming glass article from sheet glass. More specifically the apparatus comprises a mold, a plunger being cooperative alignment with the mold, wherein the mold and the plunger form a cavity ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6055829 | Process for producing a desired breaking point on a glass body A process is described for producing a desired breaking point for breaking the glass wall of a glass body, in particular a break-open ampule or a tube, or for separating parts out of a pane of glass by generating microcracks in the breaking zone, in which... | 05/02/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5979189 | Method of separating and glazing an optical fiber preform The method of manufacturing a preform having a supporting core by effecting successive passes with a plasma torch while material is being supplied, and by effecting at least one glazing step with the plasma torch and without material being supplied includ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5902368 | Method for the heat-softened severance of glass tubes or plates Disclosed is a method for the heat-softened severance of thin-walled glass tubes or plates with a wall thickness of no more than 0.2 mm, wherein the glass is softened on a width of no more than 0.4 mm, the softened area is reduced by drawing to a wall thi... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5851254 | Method for molding vitreous optical elements A method for molding optical glass elements including the steps of injecting molten glass material into a mold cavity through an injection port, runner and gate; cooling molten glass material in the mold cavity to a solidified state; and applying vibratio... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5817162 | Method of making a container from a bottle The invention relates to a method of forming a goblet from a glass bottle of the type having a base, a body portion extending from the base and converging towards a neck which terminates in a lip defining a mouth. The method comprises the steps of severin... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5733353 | Glass-plate working apparatus A glass-plate working apparatus 1 includes a glass plate carrying-in section 2; a glass plate bend-breaking section 3; a glass plate peripheral-edge grinding section 4; and a glass plate carrying-out section 5. The glass plate bend-breaking section 3 is p... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5492582 | Method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, in which predetermined portions of two glass plates bonded to each other with a sealing member interposed therebetween and constituting the display device, can be cut without turning over the bond... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5423704 | Method of producing a low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp A method of producing a low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp comprising two or more substantially parallel co-extending glass discharge tubes includes forming an inter-connecting joint between the tubes by heating the tubes to form blisters and causi... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5376197 | Formation of a removable surface area on a substrate Process for the formation of a removable surface area of a specific depth on a substrate with all coatings seated on the surface of the substrate, wherein a layer of a material, thin as related to the substrate, with a thermal expansion coefficient strong... | 12/27/1994 |
| 4885945 | Micropipettes and fabrication thereof A novel method for fabricating glass micropipettes comprises assembling glass tubes side-by-side in a bundle, softening an axially central region of the bundle by heating, axially elongating the softened central region to create two opposing tapers, and t... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4867371 | Fabrication of optical devices A relatively large scale low cost method of fabricating optical devices with associated coupling lenses comprises the following steps: (a) producing in one surface of a substrate (1) of suitable material(s) a predetermined array of planar diffused lenses (4); ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4861364 | Method for using stained glass revolving work station with removable work surface A method for assembling and soldering pieces of stained glass involves placing a template to outline a mosaic fit of glass pieces on a workboard by nailing flat sided nails to the outer perimeter of the glassware as defined by the template in which glass ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4816053 | Production method for a low cost color CRT with self-polished flat faceplate The use of a flat faceplate comprised of self-polished float glass substantially reduces the cost of a cathode ray tube incorporating a flat tensioned shadow mask while affording a high degree of video image acuity. The float glass flat faceplate does not... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4793845 | Method for removing a cullet of a cathode-ray tube A method for heat sealing an electron gun mount, having a glass stem, into a neck of a cathode-ray tube includes a mount socket for supporting the mount within the neck and a plurality of burners for applying heat to the outside of the neck proximate the ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4732599 | Method for manufacture of optical devices A method of fabricating optical sensing devices for detecting displacement of a part thereof comprising the steps of bonding a multiplicity of optical devices to one surface of a relatively large transparent substrate so that the optical devices are accur... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4648850 | Low-pressure arc discharge lamp having a common passageway and method of manufacturing same A method of manufacturing a low-pressure arc discharge lamp formed by interconnecting two or more adjacent glass discharge tubes. A hermetically sealed common passageway between the two adjacent tubes is formed by positioning the tubes in a contiguous rel... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4588430 | Method of manufacturing a glass product and resulting product A method of manufacturing a glass product, in which a symmetrical glass member same in shape as a good made by combining a plurality of glass products is molded once and then the symmetrical glass member is cut to provide the plurality of glass products.... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4545774 | Method of manufacturing a low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp and low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp manufactured by this method A method of manufacturing a low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp having a discharge envelope sealed in a vacuum-tight manner and comprising four substantially parallel co-extending glass tube parts (1,2,3,4), adjacent tube parts (1,2) being connected... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4541699 | Method of manufacturing a camera tube faceplate It is desirable to have a camera tube in which the signal plate has a low capacity. This may be achieved by taking a conductor from the signal plate through the glass faceplate. Previous methods of manufacturing a faceplate in which a conductor is embedde... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4530710 | Low-pressure arc discharge lamp having parallel discharge tubes with an arc-containing interconnecting channel; and method of manufacturing same A method of manufacturing a low-pressure arc discharge lamp formed by interconnecting two or more parallel glass discharge tubes, each tube being sealed at one end. A hermetically sealed arc-containing channel between the two adjacent tubes is formed by h... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4509248 | Encapsulation of solar cells A process of encapsulating solar cells in which a semiconductor wafer first is processed into an uncut cell. An interconnect strip is secured to the front contact of the cell. A coverglass plate, provided with a suitable coating, is next bonded to the fro... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4462817 | Method of preparing silicon nitride articles for sintering In the manufacture of sintered silicon nitride articles by hot isostatic pressing, silicon nitride preforms are assembled in a stack with spacers between the preforms. The stack is completely enveloped in refractory metal foil and then encapsulated within... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4462818 | Process for sintering silicon nitride articles In the manufacture of sintered silicon nitride articles by hot isostatic pressing, silicon nitride preforms are assembled in a stack with spacers between the preforms. A plurality of such stacks are inserted in a glass tube closed at one end. The glass is... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4426215 | Method of fabricating a low loss fused biconical taper fiber optic coupler A known low loss fused biconical taper fiber optic coupler is fabricating by heating and pulling a plurality of fused optical fibers which may be twisted to provide a minimum biconical taper region. One method of improving this known biconical taper coupl... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4414009 | Method of making an image intensifier faceplate A glass faceplate having a central area of required useful diameter surrounded by a narrow ring of opaque glass and an outer glass mounting flange. Light entering the flange or ring is prevented from reaching the central area as stray light or glare in th... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4368063 | Method of fabricating a tapered torch nozzle VAD torches include a plurality of coaxially aligned tubes. A typical outside diameter is about 1 inch. To fabricate smaller torch nozzles, spacers (20, 21, 22) are symmetrically placed between adjacent tubes (11, 12, 13, 14), and the entire tube assembly... | 01/11/1983 |
