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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7584631 | Member for supporting magnetic disc substrates, process of producing the same, and magnetic disc device using the same A member of supporting magnetic disc substrates is provided, comprising a ceramic sinter containing a ceramic component and at least one conductive component selected from a group consisting of iron, niobium, tin zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, and chromium, wherein t... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7168268 | Method for the production of colored structures of a glass A method for the manufacture of colored structures of a glass, particularly for applying an inscription to the glass, by locally heating volume elements of the glass by means of a laser beam. The glass contains ions of metals which, in the form of submicroscopic par... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6595029 | Process for devices for the production of internally-hardened glass tubes as well as their use The invention relates to a process for the production of internally-hardened glass tubes, in which in a tube-drawing process for the production of glass tubes that is known in the art, a coated drawing tool, for example in the process according to Danner ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6202444 | Producing a glass object having an encodable layer A method of providing an encodable layer on a glass object and on the resultant product. Said layer is formed by providing a paste containing glass frit, pigment and a binder, on the hot glass. As a result, the glass frit melts, causing the pigment to adh... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6055828 | Treatment methods for glass medical adhesive applicators Treatment methods for glass medical adhesive applicators in which a glass applicator is exposed to ammonium sulfate, an acidic gas, a plasma or a silanizing agent in order to remove or coat alkalide materials trapped in the glass.... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5882368 | Method for coating glass substrates by ultrasonic nebulization of solutions A method and an apparatus for coating a hot glass substrate with a mist of fine droplets from a solution of a chemical precursor or mixture of precursors in a solvent, by nebulizing a solution with ultrasonic vibration to form a mist of fine droplets; con... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5861189 | Method for producing mirrors by surface activation and pyrolytic deposition A method of producing mirrors comprising depositing a reflecting metal layer by pyrolysis on a ribbon of hot glass during the glass production process characterized by applying to the glass ribbon prior to deposition of the reflecting metal layer a primer... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5707412 | Method of reducing glass sheet marking The present invention discloses a method of reducing marking of a heat softened glass sheet which results when portions of the sheet are contacted by glass sheet handling equipment. The portions of the sheet susceptible to marking are sprayed with an iner... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5643634 | Process for the treatment of glass to improve its adhesion to a polymer A process for the treatment of glass in order to improve the adhesion of a polymer to the glass, wherein the process involves depositing a metal oxide layer on a surface of the glass article, and depositing a soluble aluminum salt layer on at least a portion o... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5624760 | Fire resistant glass Sheet glass (2) is rendered fire resistant such that it will not shatter under a build-up of heat to 900° C., by providing a thin coating (1) on one or both its surfaces, the coating being stable and adherent to the glass at up to 900° C., the coating p... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5536292 | Method of preparing thermal insulation for high temperature microwave sintering operations Superior microwave transparent thermal insulations for high temperature microwave sintering operations were prepared. One embodiment of the thermal insulation comprises granules of boron nitride coated with a very thin layer of glassy carbon made by prepa... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5510144 | Process for preventing heavy metal migration in crystal articles Crystal articles are treated at high temperature by a gas produced by the vaporization of sulfate(s) of ammonium and of aluminum or of iron. For example, a temperature of 480° C. is maintained for 15 minutes to 3 hours. After the article has cooled, the ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5454847 | Vapor deposition method for depositing a film of fluorine-containing glass on a substrate A deposition method for vapor deposition of a film of fluorine-containing glass on a substrate in which said substrate is put into contact with fluxs of the vapors of the various constituents of said glass, wherein said vapor fluxs are emitted simultaneou... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5069701 | Preparation of fluoride glass by chemical vapor deposition A fluoride glass is prepared by depositing a solid including a metal fluoride on a heated substrate, from a gaseous mixture of a nonmetallo-organic compound, carbon dioxide, and a source of carbonyl fluoride. The nonmetallo-organic compound contains the m... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4981503 | High-hardness silica glass and method of producing the same High-hardness silica glass having transparency substantially on the same level as silica glass and a Vickers hardness of 12-20 GPa is produced by covering silica glass with powder and treating the silica glass at a temperature of 1400°-2500° C. and a pr... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4954153 | Processing glass sheets with ceramic enamel bands Thermal energy from quartz lamp heaters are used to fire ceramic enamel material onto a glass substrate while minimizing any increase in the temperature of the glass.... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4913717 | Method for fabricating buried waveguides A method for fabricating buried waveguides on a glass substrate which contains sodium ions includes the steps of masking the substrate, performing a field-assisted ion-exchange process at low temperature to form waveguides by exchanging silver ions for th... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4857097 | Method and apparatus for coating glass A stream of inert gas is induced to flow over the surface, adjacent the glass, of diverting means used to divert a flow of used coating gas away from a glass surface being coated. The stream of inert gas avoids build-up of deposits from the used coating g... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4842630 | Manufacture of glassware articles of improved strength An article of glassware, particularly a glass container, of increased strength is made by a process in which the parison is treated in a manner which will cause the glass in the outer surface layer of the formed glassware article to be in a state of compr... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4822396 | Method of shaping a coated glass sheet on a shaping die In glass enamel coating compositions containing a glass frit system and a vehicle therefor, the improvement comprising the presence therein of iron, aluminum, zinc and tin sulfides or sulfates as an anti-stick agent; the resulting coatings being effective... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4670033 | Method of consolidating fine pores of porous glass A method of consolidating fine pores of a porous glass by impregnating the fine pores with an energy decomposable compound exemplified by SiH4. Energy is applied to the decomposable compound thereby forming active species which bond with each o... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4661413 | Composite materials associating an amorphous barium fluoride coating with a substrate and preparation processes of these materials The invention gives a coating with a very high vitrification rate. The resulting surface has physicochemical characteristics which are similar to those of fluoride glass. In order to achieve this result, the material constituting the fluoride glass enamel... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4642130 | Apparatus for and method of coating glass Apparatus for coating glass by pyrolysis of a powder at the glass surface to form a coating on that surface, and in which a flow of a suspension of a powder in a carrier gas is applied to a moving hot glass surface across the width of that surface, compri... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4353727 | Method for fabricating fluorescent lamp A mount having a flared portion is so located that it is coaxial with a straight glass tube having an unconstricted end part and that an end face of the flared portion lies slightly inwards with respect to an end face of the glass tube. Subsequently, an o... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4350514 | Method for manufacturing cathode ray tubes When fusing together a panel having a fluorescent film and a metallic reflective film, and a funnel with an electroconductive film in a baking furnace for manufacturing a cathode ray tube, oxygen containing air is forced into the furnace.... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4164402 | Strengthening of thin-walled, light glass containers Thin-walled, light glass containers formed by the press and blow process may be strengthened by (1) exposing the internal surface of said containers to the action of an agent capable of decreasing the amount of extractable alkali from said surface at an e... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4123244 | Process of forming a metal or metal compound coating on a face of a glass substrate and apparatus suitable for use in forming such coating A process of forming a metal or metal compound coating on a face of a glass substrate which comprises the steps of contacting such face while it is at elevated temperature with a gaseous medium containing a substance in gaseous phase, which undergoes chem... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4073579 | Ophthalmic lens with locally variable index of refraction and method of making same Ophthalmic lenses with locally variable indices of refraction produced from microporous glass bodies diffused with inorganic salts and rendered transparent by heat treatment. Local variations in refractive index result from differences in concentrations o... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4057408 | Method for making photosensitive colored glasses The instant invention relates to photosensitive glasses, i.e., glasses which, after an exposure to high energy or actinic radiations, can be heat treated in a certain manner to develop a colored transparent article, or which can be thermally opacified to ... | 11/08/1977 |
| 3952118 | Method for hot-end coating of glass containers The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for treating vitreous surfaces such as glass with a coating material introduced upwardly into a coating area or chamber from below a conveyor means which transports the article through such coating a... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3933457 | Apparatus and method for treating vitreous surfaces Apparatus and method for surface treating vitreous materials with treatment gases to form a metallic oxide surface condition on the vitreous material. The apparatus, which is preferably an enclosure having an entrance and exit end and is mounted over a co... | 01/20/1976 |
