| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 065170100 |
PROCESSES
| 1256 |
| 065376000 |
PROCESSES OF MANUFACTURING FIBERS, FILAMENTS, OR PREFORMS
| 390 |
| 065483000 |
FIBER MAKING APPARATUS
| 60 |
| 065374100 |
APPARATUS MADE OF SPECIAL MATERIAL
| 34 |
| 065355000 |
MEANS HEATING OR COOLING APPARATUS
| 19 |
| 065348000 |
PRODUCT COOLING MEANS (E.G., TEMPERING)
| 16 |
| 065160000 |
CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO CONDITION SENSING MEANS
| 15 |
| 065193000 |
MEANS DRAWING SHEET FROM BATH
| 14 |
| 065158000 |
WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR, INSPECTION MEANS, REGISTER, OR RECORDER
| 13 |
| 065269000 |
GLASSWORKING OR PREFORM BY OR WITH REHEATING MEANS (E.G., FLAME SEVERING)
| 11 |
| 065182100 |
WITH FLUID SUPPORT FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM
| 9 |
| 065286000 |
PREFORM RESHAPING MEANS
| 8 |
| 065305000 |
PRESS MOLDING MACHINE
| 7 |
| 065181000 |
COMBINED
| 7 |
| 065171000 |
WITH REPAIR, ASSEMBLY, OR DISASSEMBLY MEANS FOR APPARATUS
| 7 |
| 065157000 |
MEANS PROVIDING SPECIAL ATMOSPHERE
| 7 |
| 065347000 |
MELTING POT OR FURNACE WITH STRUCTURALLY DEFINED DELIVERY OR FINING ZONE
| 6 |
| 065361000 |
MOLD WITH SUPPORTING OR CARRYING MEANS
| 6 |
| 065346000 |
GLASS CONDITIONING CHANNEL SECTION | 5 |
| 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 |
| 20120216577 | MOLTEN GLASS DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL QUALITY GLASS - A molten glass delivery system is modified to match it with the overflow downdraw process. A substantial number of defects not removed by the finer are diverted to the unusable inlet and distal edges of the sheet. In one embodiment, the stirring device is relocated from the outlet to the inlet of the finer. In another embodiment, the basic shape of the finer is preferably changed from a cylindrical shape to a Double Apex (or Gull Wing) shaped cross-section, whereby the apexes of the finer contain the glass that will form the unusable inlet end of the glass sheet. The finer vent or vents are preferably located at these apexes such that any homogeneity defects caused by the vents are diverted to the unusable inlet end of the glass sheet. The finer cross-section has a high aspect ratio for increased fining efficiency as compared to a cylindrical finer. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130233023 | VACUUM DEGASSING APPARATUS AND VACUUM DEGASSING METHOD FOR MOLTEN GLASS - A vacuum degassing apparatus for molten glass is comprised of an uprising pipe, a vacuum degassing vessel, a downfalling pipe, an upstream side pit that supplies molten glass to the uprising pipe, and a downstream side pit that receives molten glass from the downfalling pipe. The vacuum degassing apparatus for molten glass is further comprised of a separating mechanism that separates a part of molten glass moving from the downfalling pipe to the downstream side pit, and a returning pipe that returns separated molten glass to the upstream side pit. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20160130168 | SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTERS AND BURNERS THEREFOR - A submerged combustion melter and burner therefor. The burner may include a first tube having a scaled distal end and a second tube concentric to the first tube, the second tube having a partially sealed distal end with an opening for receiving the first tube, where an annular space is defined between the first and second tubes. The burner further includes a first gas port in the sealed distal end of the first tube, the first gas port supplying a first gas, a second gas port in a distal end of the second tube, the second gas port supplying a second gas to the annular space, and a nozzle on the proximate ends of the first and second tubes. The nozzle provides N first gas outlets and M second gas outlets where the N first gas outlets supply either the first or the second gas into a molten glass environment external the burner, and the M second gas outlets supply either the second or the first gas into the molten glass environment external the burner to thereby mix and combust the first and second gases together in the molten glass environment. | 05-12-2016 |
| 065207000 |
GOB CHARGING MEANS WITH SHAPE IMPARTING RECEPTACLE MEANS | 5 |
| 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 |
| 20160107915 | DISPENSER FOR GOBS OF MOLTEN GLASS FOR FOR HOLLOW-GLASS FORMING MACHINES - A dispenser of gobs of molten glass for a hollow-glass forming machine includes a supporting frame and a plurality of distributor scoops carried by the supporting frame and mounted oscillating about corresponding axes of rotation. Each distributor scoop is configured for conveying a gob of molten glass to corresponding parison moulds of a hollow-glass forming machine. The dispenser includes a plurality of motors configured for operating the plurality of distributor scoops about the corresponding axes of rotation. In addition, each motor of the plurality is operatively connected for operation to at least one scoop of the plurality of distributor scoops. | 04-21-2016 |
| 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 |
| 20130160494 | Multifunctional Group for a Glass Items Forming Machine - A rough mold of a machine for forming glass items is provided with a multifunctional group, which has a common support head; a handling device for moving the common head along a first handling axis; and a further handling device for rotating the common head about a second handling axis; the common head being fitted with a mold closing member for sealing the top opening of the rough mold, and at least one further operating member selectable from a funnel-shaped member for guiding at least one glass gob into the rough mold, a blowing member for blowing pressurized air into the rough mold, and one or more members for treating the inner surface of the rough mold. | 06-27-2013 |
| 065152000 |
FUSION BONDING MEANS | 5 |
| 20130239622 | MASK AND METHOD FOR SEALING A GLASS ENVELOPE - A mask for laser sealing a temperature and environmentally sensitive element, such as an OLED device, surrounded by a frit wall between first and second substrates. The mask is opaque and has a transparent elongate transmission region. The width of the transmission region may be substantially equal to the width of the frit wall. A strip of opaque mask material extends approximately along a longitudinal center line of the elongate transmission region. The mask is located between a laser and the first or second substrate. The laser emits a generally circular beam having a diameter that is larger than the width of the frit wall and is directed through the transmission region in the mask, such that opaque portions of the mask block portions the laser beam and the transparent transmission region allows a portion of the laser beam to pass through the mask and impinge upon the frit wall to melt the frit wall, thereby joining the first and second substrates and hermetically sealing the element therebetween. A process and system for sealing such an element between a first substrate and a second substrate separated by at least one frit wall employing such mask. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140144186 | Vacuum Glass Sealing Device - The present invention discloses a vacuum glass sealing device. The device comprises an air extraction table, an upper pressing plate and a heating device, wherein the air extraction table is provided with an accommodating groove for placing glass plates to be sealed, the upper pressing plate is pressed on the glass plates to be sealed in the accommodating groove and air-tightly connected with the air extraction table around the periphery of the accommodating groove; and the air extraction table and/or the upper pressing plate are provided with air extraction ports, and the heating device heats the glass plates to be sealed from the exterior. The air extraction table and the upper pressing plate form a closed space in the sealing device, and the upper pressing plate is directly pressed on the glass plates to be sealed, so the volume of the closed space is greatly reduced, and conditions are created for quick vacuumizing of the closed space and quick sealing of the vacuum glass. The closed space in the sealing device is only used for providing a vacuum environment, and the heating device for welding is separately arranged at the exterior, so equipment operation is convenient, equipment construction is simplified, and a condition is created for large-scale processing of the vacuum glass. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20120304700 | METHOD FOR JOINING MEMBERS TO BE JOINED AND JOINING APPARATUS USED THEREFOR - A joining apparatus is provided to apply a laser beam to a joint interface between two members to be joined. The joining apparatus includes a laser-applying unit for applying a continuous wave laser beam with a focal point thereof spaced a predetermined distance away from the laser light absorbent layer; and a retainer including a pressing portion for applying in a compressing direction a substantially uniform surface pressure to the entire contact surfaces of the two members to be joined at the time of applying the laser beam. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130291599 | DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY PROCESSING VACUUM GLASS MEMBER - The present invention discloses a device for continuously processing vacuum glass member. The device comprises a loading table, front-end auxiliary vacuum chambers, a main vacuum chamber, a back-end auxiliary vacuum chambers and a unloading table sequentially along the advancing direction of the glass; the device also comprises a glass plate conveying mechanism and an electric control system; the glass plate conveying mechanism is used for conveying glass plates in the processing device; the vacuum chambers are independent from one another and are provided with a vacuum obtaining system and a vacuum detection device respectively, the vacuum degrees of the front-end auxiliary vacuum chambers and the back-end auxiliary vacuum chambers are equal to or lower than the vacuum degree of the main vacuum chamber, and the two auxiliary vacuum chambers provide a transition vacuum space at the front and rear ends of the main vacuum chamber respectively; a plate combining device and a sealing device are arranged in the main vacuum chamber, the two devices can perform plate combining and sealing operations on the glass plates in the main vacuum chamber; and the electric control system is used for performing the system control for a vacuum sealing process and an equipment operation flow. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20150040613 | FRIT SEALING SYSTEM - Provided is a frit sealing system for attaching a first substrate and a second substrate by using a frit. The frit sealing system includes a laser irradiation member configured to irradiate a laser on the frit between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a pressurization member on the second substrate, the pressurization member being configured to apply pressure to the second substrate during the irradiation of the laser, the pressurization member including base, and an elastic portion connected to the base and contacting the second substrate. | 02-12-2015 |
| 065357000 |
MOLD WITH SEPARATING MEANS OR CLAMPING MEANS | 4 |
| 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 |
| 20130047675 | FINISHING MOLD FOR SHAPING A GLASS ITEM, FOR EXAMPLE SUCH AS A GLASS BOTTLE - The invention relates to a finishing mold comprising a cavity for receiving a paraison the glass item and delimited by a central body arranged between a lid and a bottom. The central body is formed by an even number of complementary sectors at least equal to four, radially and simultaneously movable between an active position for molding the item from said paraison in which the sectors are laterally applied against one another, and a passive position for stripping the item in which said sectors are laterally spaced apart from one another. | 02-28-2013 |
| 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 |
| 065370100 |
ROLLER MEANS FOR GLASSWORKING, TEMPERING, OR ANNEALING | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20120297836 | PULL-ROLLS FOR USE IN GLASS MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Pulling rolls for used in forming glass ribbons with reduced defects and cracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, the pulling roll may include a shaft member and a roll assembly. The roll assembly may be positioned on the shaft member for rotation with the shaft member. The roll assembly may include an axially compressed stack of ring elements formed from an inorganic material such as mica paper. The mica paper may include layers of overlapping mica platelets oriented substantially in parallel with one another. A contact surface of the roll assembly may have a Shore D hardness greater than or equal to about 10 and less than or equal to about 60. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130098115 | Molten Silica Roll with Heating System for Glass Tempering and Thermal Treatment of Materials - A fused silica roll with a heating system internally built inside the roll for use in horizontal glass tempering furnaces or for thermal treatment of glass or other materials; made of a fused silica roll of heating, built in the shape of a cylinder with longitudinal circular tunnel of housing to the electrical resistance of heating, connected to the electrical terminals of the rotary contacts of mercury. | 04-25-2013 |
| 065324000 |
MOLTEN GLASS DISPENSING MEANS (E.G., FEEDER OR LADLE) | 3 |
| 20130283862 | MOLTEN GLASS DISCHARGING DEVICE - A molten glass discharging device provided in the bottom of a melting furnace of a waste vitrification apparatus so that the device can control the melting or cooling of a molten material. The molten glass discharging device, which is provided in the bottom of the furnace and controls discharging of a molten material, includes: an induction heating unit ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20100275656 | APPARATUS FOR PREHEATING BATCHES OF GLASS CULLET - An apparatus for preheating a batch ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100287992 | FOREHEARTH - A forehearth ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 065174000 |
WITH MECHANICAL CUTTER, SCORER, OR SCRIBER FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM | 3 |
| 20140298863 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING A GLASS SHEET FROM A MOVING RIBBON OF GLASS - Disclosed are methods for compensating the varying weight of a glass ribbon the glass ribbon is drawn from a molten glass forming material, and an apparatus therefore. The weight compensating apparatus is configured to apply a force to the glass ribbon that is inversely proportional to the weight of the glass ribbon such that as the glass ribbon weight increases, the force applied to the glass ribbon by the weight compensating device decreases. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150315059 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING GLASS RIBBON OF VARYING WIDTHS - Methods and apparatus provide for sourcing a glass web, the glass web having a length and a width transverse to the length; continuously moving the glass web from the source to a destination in a transport direction along the length of the glass web; and cutting the glass web at a cutting zone into at least first and second glass ribbons as the glass web is moved from the source to the destination, the first glass ribbon having a first width and the second glass ribbon having a second width, where the first and second widths are not equal. | 11-05-2015 |
| 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 | 3 |
| 20100132408 | Coating for a device for forming glass products - The invention relates to
| 06-03-2010 |
| 20140305167 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING GLASS ARTICLES - A glass sheet is placed on a mold and heated to a first temperature. The glass sheet is then formed into a glass article having a three-dimensional shape using the mold. An isothermal heat transfer device comprising at least one heat pipe is provided in thermal contact with the mold. With the glass article on the mold and the isothermal heat transfer device in thermal contact with the mold, the glass article, mold, and isothermal heat transfer device are transported along a thermally-graded channel to cool the glass article to a second temperature. During the transporting, the isothermal heat transfer device transfers heat from a relatively hot region of the mold to a relatively cold region of the mold. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150121964 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLUMNAR CURVED TEMPERED GLASS - The present invention discloses a device for processing columnar curved tempered glass. The device mainly comprises a glass heating furnace, a glass bending mechanism and a glass tempering mechanism connected sequentially, wherein the arrangement of each supporting roller in the rollers supporting the high temperature flat glass is changed from planar arrangement in space into curved arrangement corresponding to the shape of the glass to be formed, so that the glass bending mechanism enables the glass to suffer bending deformation. Transferring rollers for outputting the formed curved glass in the axial direction of the supporting roller are arranged at the clearance of the rollers of the bending mechanism. In the present invention, bending shaping and tempering of the high temperature flat glass are completed by two stations to break the normal procedure that bending shaping tempering are carried out by one bending appliance intensively, thereby providing a novel technological approach for processing columnar curved tempered glass. | 05-07-2015 |
| 065178000 |
WITH AGITATOR FOR MOLTEN OR SOFT GLASS | 3 |
| 20150368139 | INTEGRAL CAPSULE FOR BLISTER SUPPRESSION IN MOLTEN GLASS - A precious metal structure which has an internal gas permeable membrane is described herein for a glass manufacturing vessel configured to have molten glass flow therein. The internal gas permeable membrane can be supplied with an atmosphere of gas (or gases) to control the flux of hydrogen into our out of the molten glass or otherwise improve the production of the molten glass. In this manner, the undesirable detrimental reactions that can occur at the interface of the molten glass and precious metal interface which can cause defects in the molten glass such as bubbles or solid inclusions can be stopped or at least substantially reduced. | 12-24-2015 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 065335000 |
GLASS FURNACE WITH FURNACE CHARGING MEANS | 3 |
| 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 |
| 20120167632 | FURNACE FOR MELTING BATCH MATERIALS - Furnace for melting batch materials comprising: a tank ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20150307382 | Glass Furnace with Bottom Material Feed - A glass furnace includes a furnace chamber for containing glass melt and a screw conveyor for receiving glass batch material and feeding the glass batch material to the furnace chamber. A dam wall is disposed with respect to the screw conveyor such that batch material from the screw conveyor must flow upward over the dam wall before entering the furnace chamber. The top of the dam wall may be below the level of the melt pool in the furnace chamber. | 10-29-2015 |
| 065227000 |
DIVERSE DISTINCT GLASSWORKING APPARATUS | 2 |
| 20170233279 | Neck Ring System and Glassware Forming Process | 08-17-2017 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 065142000 |
PARTICULATE BEAD OR BALL MAKING APPARATUS (E.G., PIN HEADING) | 2 |
| 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 |
| 20150135774 | Glass Microspheres Made From a Redox Active Glass, and Methods of Producing Glass Microspheres - A glass melter system for manufacturing glass used for the manufacture of hollow glass microspheres, comprising a melting zone capable of melting a batch into a first glass melt, a processing zone capable of processing the first glass melt, and a discharge zone capable of discharging the first glass melt from the melter system and forming a second glass, wherein the hollow glass microspheres comprising the second glass. | 05-21-2015 |
| 065144000 |
MEANS SHAPING PREFORM FROM GRANULAR MATERIAL WITH FUSION MEANS | 2 |
| 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 |
| 20120272687 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING VITREOUS SILICA CRUCIBLE - Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing a vitreous silica crucible, which is capable of stably manufacturing a high quality vitreous silica crucible by stabilizing heat generation through an arc discharge. The apparatus for manufacturing a vitreous silica crucible includes a mold that defines a shape of a vitreous silica crucible, carbon electrodes that generate an arc discharge for fusing a silica powder molded body formed in the mold, and a power supply device that supplies power to the carbon electrodes. The power supply device includes a saturable reactor that is provided on a supply path of the power to the carbon electrodes and has variable reactance, and a control device that controls the power supplied to the carbon electrodes by changing the reactance of the saturable reactor. | 11-01-2012 |
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WITH MEANS ABOVE MOLD TO TAKE-OUT OR TRANSFER PRODUCT | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 065253000 |
ROLLING MEANS TO FORM SHEET OR STRIP | 2 |
| 20140245795 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE ROLL - A roll for use in glass manufacture, such as in the production of non-dusting TFT glass, includes a hollow silica cylinder. A rod extends through the interior of the silica cylinder. A cooling volume is contained within the cylinder and extends around the rod. 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 rod may serve to reinforce the roll and may be secured to the shaft by a plurality of supports. The supports accommodate differences in thermal expansion. | 09-04-2014 |
| 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 |
| 065184000 |
MEANS CHARGING CONTINUOUS FILM OR STRIP TO SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FORMER | 2 |
| 20140174132 | ROLLER PAIRS FOR PROCESSING GLASS RIBBONS AND DRAW APPARATUSES INCORPORATING THE SAME - Roller pairs and draw apparatus for processing glass ribbons are disclosed. The roller pairs applying force to a glass ribbon moving through the draw apparatus. The roller pairs include a first roller assembly and a second roller assembly positioned along opposite sides of the glass ribbon. A shaft of the second roller assembly is coupled to an actuation system that includes a repositionable support member allowing translation of the shaft of the second roller assembly in a direction transverse to the draw direction of the glass ribbon, a pneumatic actuator controlling a position of the contact wheel of the second roller assembly in the direction transverse to the draw direction of the glass ribbon, and a pneumatic reservoir in fluid communication with the pneumatic actuator delivering fluid at an elevated pressure to the pneumatic actuator. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140352359 | COMPOSITE GLASS FORMING SYSTEM - A composite glass forming system applied in the process of producing sheet glass mainly comprises a slotted nozzle downdraw glass forming device and an overflow downdraw glass forming device. The slotted nozzle downdraw glass forming device possesses a nozzle and the overflow downdraw glass forming device is located below the said nozzle. When glass liquid is injected into the slotted nozzle downdraw glass forming device, the glass liquid will flow down through the nozzle to a flow guiding surface formed on the overflow downdraw glass forming device. Then, the overflow downdraw glass forming device makes glass liquid in shape of thin smooth surface sheet glass by using overflow downdraw method. | 12-04-2014 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 065170000 |
WITH APPARATUS LUBRICATING MEANS | 1 |
| 20130247621 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING LUBRICANT LAYER ON SURFACE OF GLASS AND ANNEALING FURNACE AND GLASS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An apparatus for forming a lubricant layer on the surface of a glass prevents scratches from occurring at the surface of a glass and decrease corrosion of glass manufacturing equipment and may be included in an annealing furnace or a glass manufacturing apparatus. The apparatus includes a SO | 09-26-2013 |
| 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 |
| 065168000 |
WITH POSITIVE CLEANING MEANS FOR APPARATUS | 1 |
| 20140144187 | GLASS FORMING APPARATUS - Forming defects and cracks caused by agglomerated glass components are prevented in a glass forming apparatus, such as a fusion draw glass forming apparatus. The glass forming apparatus has first peripheral walls; a forming member to form the glass into sheet form; second peripheral walls provided beneath the first peripheral walls with an interval therebetween; rollers provided within the second peripheral walls for drawing the glass in sheet form downward; partitioning plates for adjusting the temperature of the space; box shaped trays having open portions; and a tray holding mechanism that enables the trays to enter and exit the interval and that hold the trays such that the open portions of the trays extend along the distal ends of the partitioning plates at a position under the partitioning plates when the trays are within the interval. | 05-29-2014 |
