| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 065170100 |
PROCESSES
| 486 |
| 065376000 |
PROCESSES OF MANUFACTURING FIBERS, FILAMENTS, OR PREFORMS
| 188 |
| 065483000 |
FIBER MAKING APPARATUS
| 28 |
| 065374100 |
APPARATUS MADE OF SPECIAL MATERIAL
| 12 |
| 065348000 |
PRODUCT COOLING MEANS (E.G., TEMPERING)
| 8 |
| 065305000 |
PRESS MOLDING MACHINE
| 6 |
| 065181000 |
COMBINED
| 6 |
| 065193000 |
MEANS DRAWING SHEET FROM BATH
| 6 |
| 065158000 |
WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR, INSPECTION MEANS, REGISTER, OR RECORDER | 5 |
| 20080264105 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles - A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100162766 | Method for Monitoring by Absorption Spectroscopy During the Forming of Flat Glass and Monitoring Device - The invention relates to a method for controlling flat glass forming by flowing a molten glass over a liquid tin layer contained in a forming vat wherein a forming characteristic quantity is measured above the glass surface during forming by means of beams generated by at least one absorption spectroscopy-based analyser, wherein the light beams generated by said analyser form a net above the glass surface. A device for carrying out the inventive method comprising an arm for supporting a vessel which comprises a retroreflecting means for receiving a light beam and transmitting it in an opposite direction parallel to an incident optical path is also disclosed. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100126226 | Glass Sheet Stabilizing System, Glass Manufacturing System and Method for Making A Glass Sheet - A stabilizing system is described herein that reinforces a bowed profile of a downward moving glass sheet which helps to reduce the creation of stress within the glass sheet. In another embodiment, the stabilizing system can also form a rigid zone within the glass sheet which blocks or dampens any disturbances (motion) to the glass sheet that is caused by the scoring and separating of the glass sheet from transferring up the glass sheet. In yet another embodiment, the stabilizing system can also flatten the glass sheet before the scoring and separating of the glass sheet which is desirable because it enables a laser scoring mechanism to cut the glass sheet with the required edge straightness and avoids having to perform another precision cutting process. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20090000336 | Inner Treatment Method and Device for the Inner Treatment of Glass Containers - The present invention relates to a method for the inner treatment of a glass container ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080236201 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF BATCH ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION FOR GLASS MANUFACTURING - Certain preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a system for and method of analyzing and cleaning a cullet stream prior to bottle manufacturing. In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, the system includes a raw materials feeder, a mixing stage, a melting stage, a bottle-forming stage, a cooling/annealing stage, an inspection stage, and a batch controller. The raw materials feeder further includes a cullet bin within which is cullet supply, a feeder, an analysis device, and removal assembly. Certain preferred embodiments of the method include the steps of feeding cullet onto the conveyor, performing real-time composition analysis of the cullet, removing contaminants from the cullet, determining whether the cullet batch is consistent with a predetermined tolerance threshold, adjusting the glass batch formulation, sending the batch ingredients to the mixing stage, and then completing the overall glass manufacturing process. | 10-02-2008 |
| 065286000 |
PREFORM RESHAPING MEANS | 5 |
| 20080282740 | Apparatus For Shaping A Tubular Object Made Of Thermoplastic Material - The invention relates to a method for shaping a tubular object made of glass or glass ceramics or any other thermoplastic material, comprising the following method steps:
| 11-20-2008 |
| 20110283741 | TUBE BENDING APPARATUS - A tube bending apparatus for bending a straight lamp tube includes a horizontal heating chamber, a vertical heating chamber and a tube bending mold. The horizontal heating chamber includes a bending tube heating zone and two pre-heating zones. The bending tube heating zone has a working temperature higher than that of the two pre-heating zones. The vertical heating chamber communicates with the horizontal heating chamber and includes a mold heating zone. The mold heating zone has a working temperature higher than or equal to that of the bending tube heating zone. The tube bending mold is heated in the mold heating zone in a working temperature to bend the straight lamp tube held and heated in the horizontal heating chamber. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110247367 | PRESS BENDING STATION AND METHOD FOR BENDING HEATED GLASS SHEETS - A press bending station ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20100242544 | OPTICAL LENS FORMING MOLD - An optical lens forming mold is adapted to press and form a glass preform into an optical lens. The forming mold includes a sleeve, a lower mold core, and an upper mold core. The upper mold core and the lower mold core are disposed within the sleeve opposite to each other, and the glass preform is disposed between the upper mold core and the lower mold core. At least one edge of the upper mold core and the lower mold core is surroundingly arrangement with a baffle. The glass preform is pressed and formed into an optical lens by the upper mold core and the lower mold core, and a shape of the optical lens to be formed is controlled by the battle. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100326138 | GLASS SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE USING LASER BEAM - A processing device is configured to irradiate a laser beam onto a glass substrate for processing. The processing device has a work table, a laser beam output section, a multi-spot focus section, a rotation drive mechanism, an optical system, and a laser beam scan section. The multi-spot focus section receives a laser beam, and splits and focuses the laser beam inputted therein into a plurality of beam focus spots. The rotation drive mechanism rotates the plurality of beam focus spots about a single center axis that is arranged in a center of the plurality of beam focus spots. The optical system guides the laser beam to the multi-spot focus section. The laser beam scan section moves all the plurality of beam focus spots rotating about the single center axis in a desired direction within a predetermined range of a plane arranged along a surface of the glass substrate. | 12-30-2010 |
| 065355000 |
MEANS HEATING OR COOLING APPARATUS | 4 |
| 20090235695 | FURNACE WITH IMMERSED BURNER AND OVERHEAD BURNER - A furnace for melting batch materials, including, upstream in the direction of flow of the molten materials, a zone for introducing solid batch materials, and including a submerged burner and an overhead surface burner providing a flame that touches the surface of the glass at the point where the bubble from the submerged burner emerges. This association of an overhead, especially roof-mounted, burner and a submerged burner reduces the quantity of batch stones that may be sent toward the downstream end of the furnace. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090139267 | Bottom plate lift mechanism for a glassware forming machine - A bottom plate lift mechanism for a glassware forming machine includes a bottom plate assembly having at least one bottom plate on a base with a passage for feeding cooling air to the bottom plate. The bottom plate assembly is mounted on a housing that has a cooling air chamber for directing cooling wind to the bottom plate assembly. A lift mechanism is operatively coupled to the housing for selectively raising and lowering the housing and the bottom plate assembly mounted on the housing. The housing has an opening to the cooling air chamber for receiving a cooling air control cartridge to control passage of cooling wind through the chamber to the bottom plate assembly. A plurality of control cartridges are interchangeably insertable through the opening into the chamber for selectively controlling passage of cooling air to the bottom plate assembly in different cooling modes of operation associated with the cartridges. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20110219822 | APPARATUS FOR HEATING GLASS SHEETS FOR TEMPERING - An apparatus for heating glass sheets for tempering. The apparatus including a heating furnace having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, a conveyor in the furnace for carrying glass sheets in the longitudinal furnace direction, and an arrangement for circulating and heating convection air. The arrangement includes nozzle enclosures provided with jet orifices for blasting heated convection air towards the conveyor. The nozzle enclosures lengthwise of the furnace are disposed at an acute angle relative to the glass traveling direction. The angle is at least 2 degrees, preferably 2-10 degrees, most preferably about 3-5 degrees. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20090217709 | Nickel-containing flanges for use in direct resistance heating of platinum-containing vessels | 09-03-2009 |
| 065160000 |
CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO CONDITION SENSING MEANS | 4 |
| 20090120134 | Method and apparatus for measuring surface shape profile - An apparatus for measuring a shape profile of a surface of a sheet of material includes a light source for providing a light beam to be directed at the surface of the sheet of material, a linear translation stage coupled to the light source for translating the light source over the surface of the sheet of material such that the light beam, when directed at the surface, is incident on the surface at multiple positions and produces a reflected light beam at each of the multiple positions, a plurality of light receivers located at predetermined positions for selectively intercepting the reflected light beam produced at each of the multiple positions, a data acquisition device configured to receive information related to position difference between the light source and a selected one of the plurality of light receivers intercepting the reflected light beam produced at each of the multiple positions, and a data analysis device configured to correlate the position difference information to a shape profile of the surface of the sheet of material. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090260399 | Device for electrically grounding a float glass production apparatus - The float glass apparatus has a glass melt producing unit including a melting tank and a refining tank for the glass melt, a float tank including a metallic basin and metal bath contained in the basin, conducting devices for conducting the glass melt from the glass melt producing unit to the metal bath and auxiliary devices as needed. In order to minimize bubble defects and extend service life of apparatus parts made from platinum or a platinum alloy, the apparatus includes a device for minimizing direct current flowing between the glass melt producing unit and the float tank, which includes an auxiliary electrode connected with ground and located in the glass melt producing unit in electrical contact with the glass melt and a direct electrical connection between the metallic basin of the float tank and ground. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090078004 | Control for I. S. machine - An I. S. Machine has a plurality of sections each of which has a controller located with the blank side operator interface which receives a sync signal from a machine control and data from a machine data server. The controller operates the section in accordance with a number of cycles commanded by an operator via blank and blow side interfaces. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100180638 | SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING GLASS SHEETS FOR FORMING - A forming system ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 065157000 |
MEANS PROVIDING SPECIAL ATMOSPHERE | 4 |
| 20080282737 | PRESS-MOLDING APPARATUS - The invention provides a press-molding apparatus having, disposed on a conveying passageway: a heating chamber for heating a mold containing a raw material placed therein; a molding chamber for press-molding the raw material in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere; and a cooling chamber for cooling the mold after the molding, the mold being conveyed on the conveying passageway in order, each of the heating chamber, the molding chamber, and the cooling chamber being blocked from the atmosphere upon the press-molding, the press-molding apparatus having: a means for blocking the molding chamber and the cooling chamber; and an inflow port for introducing the non-oxidizing gas into the press-molding apparatus, the inflow port being formed for at least one of the heating chamber and the molding chamber. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20100162765 | Atmosphere Regulator and Coating Apparatus for Coating on Float Glass Production Line - An atmosphere regulator for coating and a coating apparatus on float glass production line are disclosed. Said atmosphere regulator for coating disposed between the district of lift out rolls and the A district of annealing lehr comprises a housing where a plurality of conveyor rolls which transfer sheet glass from said district of lift out rolls to the A district of said annealing lehr are installed, a curtain, an up-turning door and down-turning door are disposed at the joint where said district of lift out rolls and A district of annealing lehr connects. Said coating apparatus comprises a plurality of parallel base boards having a slot in between of the length corresponding to the width of said sheet glass and communicated with the entrance and the exhausting chamber. The present invention has effectively solved the drawbacks occurred in prior arts such as single function for coating, limited adjusting range of film thickness and bad film quality. The present invention is characterized as simple in structure, completeness in function, wide range in film thickness adjustment, good film quality and significant in economic benefit. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100050695 | POROUS GLASS PREFORM PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A porous preform production apparatus having a reaction vessel which includes an upper deposition chamber having an air supply inlet and an exhaust outlet, a lower deposition chamber having an air supply inlet, and a top chamber disposed on top of the upper deposition chamber and adapted to lift and store a porous preform formed by deposition, characterized in that the floor of the upper deposition chamber is disposed at a height between the lower end of a straight body part and the deposition tip of the porous glass preform during deposition, and a connection opening which connects the upper deposition chamber with the lower deposition chamber, is provided on the floor of the upper deposition chamber, and that when the aperture diameter of the connection opening is designated as A and the diameter of the porous preform passing through the connection opening as B, the ratio B/A satisfies the expression 0.05≦B/A≦0.6. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20080202168 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles - A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor. | 08-28-2008 |
| 065182100 |
WITH FLUID SUPPORT FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM | 4 |
| 20110016924 | Monolithic float glass forming chamber and method of construction - The present invention is related to a monolithic float glass forming chamber and its method of construction. The forming chamber being of the type that includes a bottom wall; side walls and a roof wall to form an elongated chamber, the elongated chamber including a forming section and a cooling section for a desired thickness and ribbon width of molten glass, wherein each type of wall comprises: a first refractory structure with a mixture of a castable and pumpable refractory material and an insulation material; and a second refractory structure with a castable and pumpable refractory material, the first and second refractory structures being formed at the same construction site. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20100223957 | FLOAT BATH SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING FLOAT GLASS AND COOLING METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed is a float bath system for manufacturing a float glass, comprising a block assembly having a plurality of blocks connected to each other and configured to store a molten metal therein; a steel casing surrounding the block assembly; an air blower capable of supplying air to the steel casing; and a cooling water spray member capable of spraying a cooling water onto the steel casing. And, a cooling method of said float bath system is disclosed. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110185770 | Device for Manufacturing Molded Glass Body - There is provided a device for manufacturing a molded glass body, including a fall-prevention means for preventing the glass molded body which has stuck on the upper mold from falling down on the lower mold. Thus, the molded glass body does not damage the lower mold, even if the molded glass body which has stuck on the upper mold falls down from the upper mold, during a period from an end of the pressure molding to releasing and withdrawing the molded glass body obtained by the pressure molding from the any one of the upper mold and the lower mold. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120031147 | Method and Apparatus for Machining Thin-Film Layer of Workpiece - An apparatus for machining a thin-film layer of a workpiece, which is a transparent glass on which a thin-film layer is disposed on a top surface thereof, includes a workpiece-underside support mechanism for supporting the workpiece in a vertical direction by an air floatation mechanism and a suction mechanism, a clamp device for gripping the workpiece so as to follow the movement in the vertical direction of the workpiece, and a machining head for machining the thin-film layer with a laser beam. The machining head machines the thin-film layer on the top surface of the workpiece by irradiating the workpiece with a laser beam entering through the underside of the workpiece. Further including nozzles, the thin-film layer is machined while the cooling medium is delivered from the nozzles disposed by the thin-film layer side. | 02-09-2012 |
| 065357000 |
MOLD WITH SEPARATING MEANS OR CLAMPING MEANS | 3 |
| 20110041559 | ASSEMBLY FOR OPENING/CLOSING MOLDS OF A GLASSWARE MOLDING MACHINE - A mold of a glassware molding machine has two half-molds movable between a closed molding position and an open extraction position by a mold opening/closing assembly, wherein two actuating arms, each fitted to a respective half-mold, are rotated about respective fixed hinge axes by an actuator assembly having a central linear actuator, and two lateral linear actuators located substantially on opposite sides of the central actuator; the actuators having respective movable members translating respectively along a central axis and two lateral axes parallel to one another and to the fixed hinge axes; and the central axis being located at a distance from a plane of the lateral axes. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110314872 | 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-holders, and, for each mold-holder, a respective supporting and actuating arm hinged to the relative mold-holder to rotate about a movable hinge axis, and to the fixed structure to rotate about a fixed hinge axis; the fixed hinge axes being located on opposite sides of the plane of. symmetry, and at such a distance from the plane of symmetry that, when the half-molds are in the closed position, the line intersecting the fixed axis and movable axis of each arm extends substantially parallel to the plane of symmetry. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20080209951 | 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-holders, and, for each mold-holder, a respective supporting and actuating arm hinged to the relative mold-holder to rotate about a movable hinge axis, and to the fixed structure to rotate about a fixed hinge axis; the fixed hinge axes being located on opposite sides of the plane of symmetry, and at such a distance from the plane of symmetry that, when the half-molds are in the closed position, the line intersecting the fixed axis and movable axis of each arm extends substantially parallel to the plane of symmetry. | 09-04-2008 |
| 065207000 |
GOB CHARGING MEANS WITH SHAPE IMPARTING RECEPTACLE MEANS | 3 |
| 20080223081 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles - A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080229785 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles - A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080271492 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles - A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor. | 11-06-2008 |
| 065171000 |
WITH REPAIR, ASSEMBLY, OR DISASSEMBLY MEANS FOR APPARATUS | 3 |
| 20090249835 | Neck ring and method of making for a glass container forming machine - A neck ring for molding a glass container neck finish that includes at least one closure attachment feature. The neck ring includes two semi-annular bi-metal neck ring halves, each consisting essentially of a neck ring insert of wear-resistant metal construction, and a neck ring body of heat-conductive metal construction different from said wear-resistant metal construction and formed around said neck ring insert so as to embed it in said neck ring body. Each of said neck ring halves has a glass-contacting cavity face that includes a first surface portion formed by said inserts for molding the at least one closure attachment feature on the neck finish, and a second surface portion formed by said bodies for molding portions of the neck finish excluding the at least one closure attachment feature. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20110289973 | Bottom Cooler for a Post-Manufacture Glass Container Thermal Strengthening Station - An apparatus for manufacturing strengthened glass containers, and more particularly the construction and operation of a bottom cooler in an apparatus for thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are rapidly thermally strengthened in a cooling station in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers, with the bottom coolers being used to cool the bottoms of the glass containers. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20090078005 | Plunger foot assembly for a glassware forming machine - A plunger foot assembly includes a preassembled gearbox for mounting on a section box base plate of a glassware forming machine. The preassembled gearbox has an input and an output gear with an internally threaded central opening. A hollow externally threaded shaft is threadably coupled to and extends from the internally threaded opening of the output gear. A plunger support is mounted on the hollow externally threaded shaft such that rotation of the output gear of the gearbox raises and lowers the plunger support. The plunger support has an upper face for mounting at least one plunger with air ports of the plunger opening at the face of the support. The plunger support also has air passages for feeding plunger up, plunger down and plunger cooling air to the air ports of a plunger mounted on the plunger support, and a cooling air exhaust passage for feeding cooling air exhaust from the plunger mounted on the support to the hollow interior of the externally threaded shaft. At least one telescoping tube assembly has a base for mounting on the section box base plate, and telescoping tubes with inlet ports for receiving plunger up, plunger down and plunger cooling air and outlets coupled to the air passages in the plunger support. | 03-26-2009 |
| 065269000 |
GLASSWORKING OR PREFORM BY OR WITH REHEATING MEANS (E.G., FLAME SEVERING) | 3 |
| 20110247366 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SYNTHETIC QUARTZ GLAS, JIG FOR SYNTHETIC-QUARTZ-GLASS PRODUCTION, AND SYNTHETIC QUARTZ GLASS FOR OPTICAL MEMBER - An object of the invention is to provide a process for producing a synthetic quartz glass while taking account of a refractive index distribution remaining in the synthetic quartz glass; a jig for use in the synthetic-quartz-glass production process; and a synthetic quartz glass for an optical member, produced by the process. A process for producing a synthetic quartz glass, which comprises: depositing and growing fine quartz glass particles synthesized by flame hydrolysis of a glass-forming material on a rotating target to thereby form a porous quartz glass base of a substantially cylindrical shape; presintering the porous quartz glass base; and heating the presintered porous quartz glass base to a temperature not lower than the vitrification temperature to convert the base into a transparent glass, wherein in the step of conversion into a transparent glass, the porous quartz glass base is placed so as to make its growth axis vertical and a load is vertically imposed on the thus-placed porous quartz glass base. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20080236202 | Tunnel Furnace - Tunnel furnace for foaming glass material, comprising heating elements chosen among electrical and gas based heating elements. The tunnel furnace comprises at least the following temperature zones: a preheating zone ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080209947 | APPARATUS FOR BENDING A GLASS SHEET - A glass sheet is heated to a forming temperature in a heating furnace, the heated glass sheet is conveyed along a conveying plane defined by a plurality of rollers of a roller conveyer, and is moved up and down on the rollers according to the position of the glass sheet to curve a part of the conveying plane with respect to the glass sheet conveying direction to bend the glass sheet to have a desired curvature by its own weight. The rollers are curved rollers. | 09-04-2008 |
| 065243000 |
PLURAL DISTINCT GLASSWORKING APPARATUS | 2 |
| 20100018255 | Forming section of a hollow glass items production machine and relevant support structure - In a machine for forming glass items, a forming section has a forming assembly, and a bottom support structure for supporting the forming assembly. The forming section has a rough mold; a finish mold; a transfer assembly for transferring at least one glass mass being formed from the rough mold to the finish mold; an extractor for extracting at least one glass item from the finish mold; a glass mass guide device, a mold closing device, and a punching device associated with the rough mold. The forming section also has and a pneumatic blower device and a cooling device associated with at least the finish mold The bottom support structure has a bottom hollow frame, and at least one top plate separate from the bottom frame and on which the whole forming assembly rests and is connected. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20080209946 | APPARATUS FOR MOLDING OPTICAL ELEMENT - A molding apparatus for optical elements is provided, which reduces thermal influence receiving from adjacent production steps by a simple structure and simple process steps, and which can carry out molding of precision optical elements. | 09-04-2008 |
| 065260000 |
WITH MEANS ABOVE MOLD TO TAKE-OUT OR TRANSFER PRODUCT | 2 |
| 20100223958 | PROTECTED HOLLOW GLASSWARE TAKE-OUT DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A HOLLOW GLASSWARE MOLDING MACHINE - A protected hollow glassware take-out device having a support equipped with drive means; a first arm fitted in rotary manner to and projecting from the support, and which is connected to and rotated by the drive means with respect to the support; a second arm, equipped with grippers, which is fitted in rotary manner to and projects from the first arm; and means for rotating the second arm synchronously with respect to the first, and in turn having a shaft, which is coaxial with a rotation member of the first arm, and is secured at one end to the support, and at the opposite end to the first arm; and a kinematic mechanism carried by the first arm and connecting the shaft to a rotation member of the second arm; controlled-yielding angular connecting means being located between the shaft and the support; and the rotation member of the first arm being connected to the first arm indirectly via torque transmission means with a predetermined break load. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20080282739 | 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 with an extending piston rod and a gear rack machined or otherwise formed in the piston rod. A first drive gear in the cylinder housing is coupled to the gear rack and a drive shaft extends from the first drive gear and the cylinder housing into the gearbox. A second drive gear is disposed in the gearbox and coupled to the drive shaft. Laterally spaced operating shafts extend upwardly from within the gearbox. Means including an idler gear couple the second drive gear to the operating shafts such that the operating shafts are rotated simultaneously in opposite directions by the cylinder, the gear rack, the first and second drive gears and the idler gear. In exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, the means include driven gears or connecting links coupling the second drive gear and the idler gear to the operating shafts. Linkages couple the operating shafts to the mold arms of the glassware forming machine. | 11-20-2008 |
| 065361000 |
MOLD WITH SUPPORTING OR CARRYING MEANS | 2 |
| 20080307831 | Floating mount bottom plate holder in a glassware forming machine - A glassware mold bottom plate mounting arrangement in a glassware forming machine includes a floating ring captured by a cap plate on a base for limited lateral movement with respect to the base and the cap plate. A hollow spud is rigidly secured to and extends from the ring. A cooling wind passage in the base opens through the hollow spud, and a vacuum passage in the base opens through the ring at a position spaced from the spud. A glassware mold bottom plate is removably telescopically received over the ring and the spud. The bottom plate has a central air passage received over the spud, an annular recess received over the ring, and a peripheral air passage that opens into the annular recess such that the central and peripheral air passages open to the cooling wind and vacuum passages in the base through the spud and the ring respectively. The spud and the ring preferably have external seals in respective sliding sealing engagement with the central air passage and the annular recess in the bottom plate. There preferably are face seals between the base and the floating ring, and between the ring and an undersurface of the cap plate. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20110226018 | GLASSWARE FORMING MACHINE POWERED MOLD HANDLING DEVICE, AND FORMING MACHINE FEATURING SUCH A DEVICE - In a glassware forming machine, a mold is moved to and from a work position by a device having a supporting structure connected to an overhead frame of the machine; a gripping head for engaging the mold; a cable transmission having a cable operated by a winch and connected to the gripping head to move the gripping head to and from the supporting structure in a substantially vertical direction; and a powered articulated arm connected to the gripping head and to the supporting structure to exert substantially horizontal forces on the gripping head. | 09-22-2011 |
| 065178000 |
WITH AGITATOR FOR MOLTEN OR SOFT GLASS | 2 |
| 20100242543 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING GLASS, IN WHICH CHEMICAL REDUCTION OF GLASS COMPONENTS IS AVOIDED - In the apparatus for producing glass reduction of reduction-sensitive components in the glass melt is reduced or preferably is prevented during the melting and/or fining processes by introducing an oxidizing agent into the glass melt. The apparatus has a melt crucible, a fining vessel, and a device for conducting oxygen and/or ozone into the glass melt in the melt crucible and/or fining vessel, in order to suppress reduction of reduction-sensitive components of the glass melt. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus has a metallic skull crucible, which includes the melt crucible and/or the fining vessel. The apparatus preferably includes a homogenization unit connected to the fining vessel to receive glass melt from the fining vessel in order to further process the glass melt after refining. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20080282738 | Molten Glass Stirrer and Molten Glass Stirring Device Including the Molten Glass Stirrer - The present invention relates to a molten glass stirrer having a spiral agitating blade with through openings on a blade surface, and to technique for rotating the molten glass stirrer that is soaked in molten glass. The through openings are preferably located in a radial direction with a shaft being a center, and preferably have an elongated rectangle or a boomerang shape. According to the present invention, molten glass flow is created three-dimensionally and spirally, and the molten glass flow is cut in a substantially vertical direction to the shaft, thereby homogenizing the molten glass and avoiding defects such as striae, and therefore, high quality glass products can be manufactured. | 11-20-2008 |
| 065370100 |
ROLLER MEANS FOR GLASSWORKING, TEMPERING, OR ANNEALING | 2 |
| 20100242546 | Conveyance Assisting Device of Glass Ribbon - In a glass-ribbon conveyance assisting device which is applied to a glass-ribbon conveyance device configured to convey a glass ribbon on a plurality of rotating glass-conveyance rolls, the glass-ribbon conveyance assisting device includes a rotary drive section, a plurality of rolls configured to be rotated by the rotary drive section, an annular belt configured to rotate while running with flexion under a state where the rolls have been inserted into the belt, and a wheel configured to press the glass ribbon which is conveyed on the belt. The glass ribbon is conveyed on the belt by a drive of the belt under a state where width-directional both end portions of the glass ribbon are sandwiched between the belt and the wheel. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20090293547 | Method of Reinforcing a Roller Cladding Material and Clad Lehr Roller - Methods of reinforcing a fibrous roller cladding material, reinforced roller cladding materials and clad lehr rollers wherein the cladding comprises a reinforced fibrous material are disclosed. The roller cladding material, which comprises a fibre board, is reinforced by a method comprising firstly contacting the cladding material with a fluid medium comprising a reinforcing agent whereby fluid is absorbed by the cladding material, and secondly, drying the cladding until the surface of the cladding is dry to the touch, characterised in that the reinforcing agent comprises a compound of phosphorus or a compound of boron. Roller cladding materials reinforced according to the methods disclosed have an improved resistance to cullet damage. The reinforced roller cladding material may be used as the cladding of a clad lehr roller, of the type used for example to convey flat glass in sheet or ribbon form. | 12-03-2009 |
| 065346000 |
GLASS CONDITIONING CHANNEL SECTION | 2 |
| 20090235694 | GLASS MELTING APPARATUS - A glass melting apparatus is provided with a clarifier tank adapted to clarify melted glass which is obtained by melting a raw glass material. Partition walls are provided in the clarifier tank so as to define a meandering flow passage through which the melted glass flows. A bottom of the clarifier tank is sloped so that the flow passage ascends from an upstream side thereof to a downstream side thereof. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100319403 | VACUUM DEGASSING APPARATUS AND VACUUM DEGASSING METHOD FOR MOLTEN GLASS - The present invention provides a vacuum degassing apparatus and a vacuum degassing method for molten glass, which can suppress generation of bubbles on an interface between molten glass and a wall face of a conduit for molten glass such as a vacuum degassing vessel, an uprising pipe or a downfalling pipe that constitute a vacuum degassing apparatus, or influence of lowering of vacuum degassing effect due to rise of the level of molten glass in the vacuum degassing vessel, and which can stably exhibit the effect of vacuum degassing. | 12-23-2010 |
| 065324000 |
MOLTEN GLASS DISPENSING MEANS (E.G., FEEDER OR LADLE) | 2 |
| 20100275656 | APPARATUS FOR PREHEATING BATCHES OF GLASS CULLET - An apparatus for preheating a batch ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100287992 | FOREHEARTH - A forehearth ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 065302000 |
ARTICLE FORMING MEANS UTILIZING MOLD MOTION (E.G., CENTRIFUGAL CASTING) | 1 |
| 20080209948 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles - A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor. | 09-04-2008 |
| 065144000 |
MEANS SHAPING PREFORM FROM GRANULAR MATERIAL WITH FUSION MEANS | 1 |
| 20100170298 | Vitreous silica crucible manufacturing apparatus - A vitreous silica crucible manufacturing apparatus includes a plurality of carbon electrodes configured to heat and melt raw material powder by arc discharge, and a value of a ratio R | 07-08-2010 |
| 065261000 |
BLOWING MEANS WITH BLOW MOLD | 1 |
| 20080314087 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles - A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor. | 12-25-2008 |
| 065174000 |
WITH MECHANICAL CUTTER, SCORER, OR SCRIBER FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM | 1 |
| 20100107698 | SHEARING BLADE FOR MOLTEN GLASS GOBS - Shearing blade for molten glass gobs comprising a knife ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 065268000 |
PREFORM RESHAPING MEANS WITH TREATING MEANS | 1 |
| 20100132408 | Coating for a device for forming glass products - The invention relates to
| 06-03-2010 |
| 065335000 |
GLASS FURNACE WITH FURNACE CHARGING MEANS | 1 |
| 20100242545 | CYCLICAL STOICHIOMETRIC VARIATION OF OXY-FUEL BURNERS IN GLASS FURNACES - An end-port regenerative furnace includes a housing; a combustion chamber within the housing; first and second regenerators each disposed to be in communication with the combustion chamber; and first and second burner assemblies adapted to operate fuel-rich and fuel-lean concurrent with a respective one of the first and second regenerators, the first and second regenerators each constructed and arranged to alternate between a combustion mode and an exhaust mode for the combustion products circulating in the combustion chamber. | 09-30-2010 |
| 065142000 |
PARTICULATE BEAD OR BALL MAKING APPARATUS (E.G., PIN HEADING) | 1 |
| 20110138859 | CERAMIC MICROSPHERES FOR CEMENTING APPLICATIONS - A method and apparatus for manufacturing ceramic microspheres from industrial slag. The microspheres have a particle size of about 38 microns to about 150 microns. The microspheres are used to create a cement slurry having a density of at least about 11 lbs/g. The resultant cement slurry may then be used to treat subterranean wells. | 06-16-2011 |
| 065300000 |
MEANS APPLYING PNEUMATIC PRESSURE INSIDE OF DISCRETE CHARGE (I.E., BLOW MEANS) | 1 |
| 20090133443 | Glassware forming machine blowhead arm assembly - A glassware forming machine blowhead arm assembly includes a one-piece blowhead arm body having at least one longitudinal air passage and a plurality of lateral air passages connected to the longitudinal passage. A blowhead chuck is removably received in a first end of each lateral passage and a cap is threaded into the second end of each lateral passage spaced from the associated blowhead chuck. A spring is captured in compression between each cap and an associated blowhead chuck biasing the blowhead chuck in a direction out of the lateral passage and away from the cap. In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure adapted for use in conjunction with so-called isolated finish cooling blowheads, there are first and second longitudinal air passages extending through the blowhead arm body separately from each other, and separate air inputs in the body respectively coupled to the first and second longitudinal passages. Each lateral air passage is separately connected to the longitudinal air passages, and the blowhead chucks have separate air passages for feeding blow air and finish cooling air to a blowhead mounted in the chuck. | 05-28-2009 |
| 065169000 |
WITH MEANS PROVIDING PARTING MATERIAL | 1 |
| 20100223956 | FLOAT BATH SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING FLOAT GLASS - Disclosed is a float bath system for manufacturing a float glass, comprising a block assembly having a plurality of blocks connected to each other and configured to store a molten metal therein; a steel casing surrounding the block assembly; an air blower capable of supplying air to the steel casing; and a coating layer formed on a contact surface of the steel casing with the block assembly to prevent the molten metal from reacting with the steel casing when the molten metal flows in a gap between the blocks of the block assembly. | 09-09-2010 |
| 065253000 |
ROLLING MEANS TO FORM SHEET OR STRIP | 1 |
| 20100218559 | HIGH TEMPERATURE ROLL - The present invention describes a roll for use in glass manufacture, especially non-dusting TFT glass. The roll may include a hollow fused silica cylinder. End caps are mechanically fixed to the roll. Pulling flats are fixed in place by inner and outer end plates. A compression fitting secures at least the outer end plate to the roll. The roll may be reinforced with an internal metal rod that is secured to the shaft by a plurality of supports. The supports accommodate differences in thermal expansion. | 09-02-2010 |
| 065227000 |
DIVERSE DISTINCT GLASSWORKING APPARATUS | 1 |
| 20090000337 | 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 mold open/close cylinder disposed within the cylinder housing. The cylinder has a mold open/close piston with an extending piston rod and a gear rack machined or otherwise formed in the piston rod. A first drive gear in the cylinder housing is coupled to the gear rack and a drive shaft extends from the first drive gear and the cylinder housing into the gearbox. A second drive gear is disposed in the gearbox and coupled to the drive shaft. Laterally spaced operating shafts extend upwardly from within the gearbox. Means including an idler gear couple the second drive gear to the operating shafts such that the operating shafts are rotated simultaneously in opposite directions by the cylinder, the gear rack, the first and second drive gears and the idler gear. In exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, the means include driven gears or connecting links coupling the second drive gear and the idler gear to the operating shafts. Linkages couple the operating shafts to the mold arms of the glassware forming machine. | 01-01-2009 |
