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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7312566 | Long afterglow lamp sheath and lamp assembly using the same The present invention provides a long afterglow lamp that comprises a lamp body, characterized in that a light penetrating long afterglow rubber sheath is sleeved outside the body. The present invention is simple in structure thus greatly facilitating the manufactur... | 12/25/2007 |
| 6912356 | Method and apparatus for fracturing brittle materials by thermal stressing A method of fracturing or breaking rock includes the step of directing high intensity white light (radiation) at the rock to induce thermal stress sufficient to fracture the rock. The intensity of the energy source may be varied to control the manner in which the ro... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6497119 | Method for producing glass goblets, tumblers and similar hollow glasses, and corresponding device for carrying out said method A device and process for forming hollow glassware comprising producing solid glass blanks in a manufacturing line, storing the blanks, feeding the blanks to a manufacturing line for forming hollow glassware, preheating the blanks during the feeding step, ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6457331 | I.S. machine A blank mold valving system for supplying vacuum/counter blow air to a blank mold of an I.S. The system includes an exhaust valve displaceable between open to exhaust and closed positions, a vacuum valve displaceable between open to vacuum and open to cou... | 10/01/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5876475 | Glass container forming process and equipment A method and apparatus for forming a glass container in a blow-and-blow process. The apparatus includes an air flow controller having a housing defining a chamber, a piston disposed for reciprocal movement from a first position to a second position within... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5407457 | Process and device for forming hollow glass objects having a neck with a localized constriction A forming process which utilize blown-blown technique has an initial phase, a transfer phase, and a finishing phase for producing a hollow glass object provided with a neck. During the initial phase all or part of the internal profile of the neck is molde... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5201927 | Method of producing the optical element A machine is provided for molding an optical element by using a molding block having upper and lower molding dies, a sleeve die and a glass blank combined integrally with each other. The machine includes a chamber which accommodates a heating zone having ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5188650 | Press molding method for an optical element and apparatus therefor Molding is effected while pressing pressure is continuously or stepwise controlled so that at the initial stage in which the temperature distribution of a glass blank is not sufficiently uniformized, molding may be effected with relatively low pressing pe... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5181947 | Method for manufacturing a glass fiber A method for manufacturing a glass fiber having a polygonal cross section is provided. According to the method, a glass fiber having an orbicular cross section is manufactured by drawing molten glass supplied into a crucible heated at higher temperatures ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5108478 | Methods of and apparatus for the further processing of gobs of glass A gob of glass sucked from a glass metal and held in a suction mold (7) is further processed by preshaping the glass in the mold by a punch (4) having a projection (9) for forming in a recess or cavity (14) in the gob in the opening in the mold, and a pla... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5087279 | Method of producing optical glass element and production apparatus using this method A method and apparatus are provided for producing an optical glass element, including displacing a gob of optical glass on a first heat working jig to a second heat working jig by making the gob of optical glass adhere to the second heat working jig due t... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4921519 | Manufacturing molded glass-articles for precision-optical purposes For manufacturing a glass article for precision-optical purposes, a preform is provided which is unwrought relating to the desired shape of the glass article to be manufactured and exhibits within the surface areas serving for the formation of optical eff... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4908055 | Method of manufacturing thereof fluorescent lamp A manufacturing method of a fluorescent lamp having a bent discharge path, which comprises the steps of press-molding a straight glass tube, after heating and softening it, into a bulb having a bent discharge path, while blowing a pressurized gas into the... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4906269 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing a glass object A glass object having protrusions and/or recesses, for example a glass lid (1) with a handle (2), is produced in an IS machine by pressing molten glass from above in a mould with the cover of the mould, in a mould defined by said cover, by a shaping mould... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4778505 | Method of molding glass body According to a method of molding a glass body, a glass preform is placed between upper and lower molds of a mold assembly. The mold assembly is then heated to a predetermined heating temperature falling within a heating temperature range corresponding to ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4737181 | Method and apparatus for controlling a pressing machine for the manufacture of glass articles In a pressing machine for the manufacture of glass articles, which comprises, a base; a gyratory table composed of mold supporters equidistantly laid out around the table, thereby carrying the molds from one station to the next as the table gyrates interm... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4681614 | Method of manufacturing glass bodies A method of manufacturing glass bodies, in which the starting material for the glass body, in the form of microdispersed SiO2 particles, is used to form an open-pore green body which is subjected to a cyclic purification process in which the im... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4662924 | Method for molding calcium phosphate type glass A method for molding calcium phosphate type glass, which comprises pouring a melt of calcium phosphate into a mold, and cooling and solidifying it, wherein the mold contains boron nitride at least at the surface thereof.... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4619682 | Method for operator-controlled molten glass lump processing In a method for the mechanized processing of vacuum molded glass lumps, particularly of heavy glass lumps which could hitherto be further processed only with a large outlay in personnel, the preliminary blowing and the transport of the glass lump to the m... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4411681 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing glass bottles A method and apparatus for manufacturing glass bottles and more specifically an apparatus and a method for forming parisons is disclosed. At least one blank mold defines a mold cavity having an opening at its upper end for receiving a premeasured gob of m... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4336050 | Method for manufacturing glass bottles A method of forming parisons in machines for making glass bottles which includes introducing a gob of molten glass into a blank mold, moving a cavity plunger to form a parison cavity and subsequently subjecting the gob to a predetermined pressure separate... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4276073 | Method of forming glass bottles A method of forming glass bottles from a short parison is disclosed, which method includes the steps of mechanically elongating the parison in a blow mold to an extent that the exterior bottom of the elongated parison is near, but not at, the bottom of th... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4244725 | Glassware handling systems A glassware handling system transfers formed articles of glassware from a blow station of a glassware forming machine to conveying means and comprises two heads each of which is capable of releasably holding a plurality of articles of glassware. The heads... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4200447 | Process for the production of large glass containers A process and apparatus for the manufacture of large glass containers, comprises preparing a glass gob of a predetermined weight in an automatic mechanical feeder and feeding it to a first preparatory mold at a predetermined frequency. A parison is formed... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4175941 | Internal coating process for glass tubing A transparent, electrically conductive film of tin oxide is formed on the inner surface of tubing or blown glassware by dispensing therein a solution containing tin chloride and hydrofluoric acid. The solution is dispensed while the glassware is being for... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4152133 | Forming glassware in a sector of a circle Glassware forming apparatus includes a first arm for supporting a first neck ring and a second arm for supporting a first blow head. The first and second arms are supported from a vertical column for projection along its axis and for independent pivotal m... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4152132 | Method of forming glassware in a sector of a circle Glassware forming apparatus includes a turret mounted for rotation about, and projection along, a vertical axis. First, second, third and fourth arms are rigidly mounted on said turret to extend horizontally and radially outwardly. The first arm supports ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4111674 | Glassware forming straight line method Glassware forming apparatus includes a parison mold, a blow mold, a pair of neck rings for supporting glassware blanks, first and second invert arms for supporting the neck rings and first and second arbors for supporting the first and second invert arms,... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4105428 | Blow molded glass article manufacture A decorative pattern is formed on the inner surface of the blow molded glass article by imprinting the pattern on the surface of the glass gob by means of a die having the pattern formed thereon and subsequently blow molding against the imprinted surface.... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4095967 | Method of manufacturing glass fittings with side channel A method wherein the material for manufacturing the fitting is supplied into the mold to the point of intersection of its side channels which are arranged substantially horizontally, and pressing is performed simultaneously in all of the above channels of... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4094656 | Method for forming glass containers Method for forming glass containers by the blow and blow process in which a parison mold having a plurality of cavities is centrally positioned relative to a pair of blow molds having a plurality of cavities. The parisons are formed with their necks down ... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4056377 | Method for the production of one-material optical fibers A method for producing one-material optical fibers having at least one light conducting component supported in a protective sleeve or casing characterized by forming a one-piece blank having an open cross section by either pressing, continuous casting, ch... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4013437 | Method for forming glass bottles An improved method is disclosed for forming glass bottles by the blow and blow process. A parison mold having a one-piece annular blank mold section and split neck and shoulder mold sections is charged fully with molten glass. Air is subsequently blown th... | 03/22/1977 |
