| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 065990100 | By or with pouring molten glass onto forming surface | 20 |
| 20090013725 | Device for Manufacturing Sheet Glass and Method for Manufacturing Sheet Glass - A supplying tube | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090090135 | METHOD OF MAKING OPTICAL GLASS WINDOWS FREE OF DEFECTS - High optical quality glass windows, particularly of low melting and low viscosity glasses and substantially free of defects, particularly adapted for high energy laser applications, are made by stirring the molten glass during cooling without the use of a mechanical stirrer within the glass, by rotating the mold or crucible in which the glass is cooling, using a motion which is not entirely a circular and rotary motion. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090217705 | Temperature control of glass fusion by electromagnetic radiation - Disclosed are systems and methods for forming glass sheets. Methods and systems are provided that comprise a refractory body configured to receive glass-based material and means for transmitting energy to selectively heat at least a portion of the refractory body through the glass-based material. In one aspect, the energy transmitted is of a selected frequency that is not fully absorbed by the glass-based material and is at least partially absorbed by the refractory body. The energy can be transmitted by a laser beam array, a scanning laser beam, a microwave generator, a radio frequency generator, or other means. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20120111061 | PRODUCTION OF FLUOROPHOSPHATE OPTICAL GLASS, AND PRODUCTION OF OPTICAL ELEMENT - In a method for producing a fluorophosphate optical glass comprising melting a glass raw material to give a molten glass, and refining, homogenizing and then quickly quenching the molten glass to produce the fluorophosphate optical glass, even if the glass is flown from a refining tank that is set to a high temperature to an operation tank that is set to a low temperature, bubbles are not generated in the glass. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120159993 | FEEDSTOCK MELTING AND CASTING SYSTEM AND PROCESS - Embodiments of a system and method for melting feedstock and casting ingots are disclosed. The system comprises a feedstock source, a stationary melting furnace, and one or more solidification modules capable of receiving molten feedstock from the melting furnace. In some embodiments, the system further includes a feed system for transferring feedstock from the feedstock source to the melting furnace. Feedstock is fed into the melting furnace and heated to produce molten feedstock. Molten feedstock flows into a solidification crucible within the solidification module. The solidification crucible is cooled to provide directional solidification and production of an ingot. The melting furnace may include a thermal valve system to prevent molten feedstock from flowing into the solidification crucible until substantially all of the feedstock within the melting furnace is molten. In some embodiments, the feedstock consists essentially of silicon and a multi-crystalline silicon ingot is produced. | 06-28-2012 |
| 065990200 | Utilizing molten metal forming surface | 11 |
| 20110252832 | FLOAT BATH FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS, FLOAT GLASS FORMING METHOD UTILIZING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING BARRIERS TO THE FLOAT BATH - A float bath for manufacturing glass includes a slot formed in a bottom block of the float bath in which a molten metal is to be filled, a barrier member capable of being inserted into the slot, a receiving portion formed in at least one side block that connects with the bottom block so as to communicate with the slot, and a placing member placed in the receiving portion to be connected to one end of the barrier member. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110252833 | FILMED METAL MEMBER FOR FLOAT GLASS MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND FLOAT GLASS MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides a metal member that is used so that there is a portion that is exposed to the atmosphere in a float bath, and with which diffusion of Fe into the float bath is inhibited and thereby preventing the defect from being generated on the surface of a plate glass. The present invention relates to a metal member with a film for a float glass manufacturing equipment that has a portion exposed to the atmosphere in a float bath in which the film has a mean thickness of from 50 to 500 μm and contains Ni and/or Co, Cr and Al | 10-20-2011 |
| 20130319051 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A GLASS SHEET - A glass forming system ( | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140331717 | PLATE GLASS PRODUCTION DEVICE, AND PLATE GLASS PRODUCTION METHOD - Provided is an apparatus for producing a sheet glass, including a bath for storing molten metal, the apparatus configured to form a glass ribbon by allowing molten glass that is continuously supplied on said molten metal to flow on said molten metal, in which said bath is formed of carbon or boron nitride. | 11-13-2014 |
| 065990300 | Maintaining molten metal temperature | 3 |
| 20080223079 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A FLOAT GLASS - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for producing a float glass capable of controlling a temperature rise in the bottom casing to prevent the bottom casing from being corroded by reaction with the molten metal released therefrom. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20110283740 | 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. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20140174130 | Float Bath And Glass Manufacturing Apparatus Including The Same - Disclosed is a float bath which allows easy temperature control according to an internal position, and a glass manufacturing apparatus and glass manufacturing method including the float bath. The float bath includes a plurality of heaters provided at an upper portion of the float bath to supply heat into the float bath, and a shield provided between predetermined heaters among the plurality of heaters to block heat transfer therebetween. | 06-26-2014 |
| 065990400 | Treating or removing impurities in molten metal or glass | 2 |
| 20110203322 | Method for Manufacturing Float Glass and Apparatus for Manufacturing the Same - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a float glass by floating the glass on a molten tin that is contained in a molten tin bath, which includes the steps of a) discharging a portion of the molten tin in the molten tin bath to the outside of the molten tin bath; b) removing oxygen dissolved in the molten tin that is discharged from the molten tin bath by injecting an oxygen stripping gas that contains hydrogen into the molten tin; and c) returning the molten tin from which oxygen is removed to the molten tin bath, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120000248 | Method and apparatus for reducing tin oxide in float glass production - A method for removing oxygen from molten tin in the float bath chamber of a float glass manufacturing process is provided. The method includes providing a chamber having within it molten metal and a gaseous atmosphere above the molten metal, providing at least one reducing gas container proximate the interface between the molten metal and the gaseous atmosphere, providing a source of a reducing gas, and directing the reducing gas to the at least one container. In the at least one container, the reducing gas reacts with the oxygen in the molten metal. The method may include removing a vapor/particulate stream from the float bath chamber. The method may also include removing the vapor and/or the particulate from the stream. An apparatus for removing oxygen from the molten tin is also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
| 065990500 | Maintaining or adjusting sheet width or thickness | 2 |
| 20140182339 | GLASS FLOAT CHAMBER - A chamber for floating glass on a bath of molten metal including: an upstream wall, a downstream wall, and two lateral walls; rolls for driving the glass in a direction of travel from upstream to downstream; a lateral wall including a shoulder resulting in a reduction in width of the chamber in the direction of travel of the glass, the shoulder starting at a first point and terminating at a second point of the lateral wall, the first and second points being in contact with a surface of the bath of metal, the vertical plane passing through the first and second points forming with the vertical plane, parallel with the direction of travel of the glass and passing through the first point, an angle inside the chamber greater than 150°. Geometric features of the shoulder reduce lateral reciprocal motion of a ribbon emerging from the chamber. | 07-03-2014 |
| 065990600 | By nonmechanical means | 1 |
| 20160194238 | LOW IRON, HIGH REDOX RATIO, AND HIGH IRON, HIGH REDOX RATIO, SODA-LIME-SILICA GLASSES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | 07-07-2016 |
| 065100000 | Onto moving roll or platen | 4 |
| 20130174609 | Disk Roll, Method of Producing the Same, and Method for Producing Glass - A disk roll includes a shaft, and a plurality of disks that are fitted to the shaft, the plurality of disks fitted having been fired, having a density of more than 1.20 g/cm | 07-11-2013 |
| 065101000 | Through bite of rolls | 3 |
| 20100281921 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SHEETS OF GLASS PRESENTING AT LEAST ONE FACE OF VERY HIGH SURFACE QUALITY. - A method is disclosed for producing sheet glass having two faces, at least one of which has a high surface quality, the method comprising a treatment step wherein a stream of glass is contacted with a forming tool, and wherein a reversible adhesion force exists between the stream of glass and the forming tool after contacting. An apparatus is also disclosed for producing sheet glass according to the disclosed and various other methods of sheet glass manufacture, the apparatus comprising a forming tool having a means for controlling the temperature of at least a portion of the surface thereof. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20140116093 | DISC ROLL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND DISC MEMBER BASE MATERIAL - A disc roll includes a plurality of annular disc members each defining a hole and having a peripheral surface; and a rotary shaft fitted into the holes of the annular disc members by insertion, whereby the peripheral surfaces of the disc members serve as a conveying surface of the disc roll. The disc members include an inorganic fiber, mica and a clay having a content of particle components that have a particle size of 5 μm or larger of not higher than 30% by weight based on the weight of the clay. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20150027169 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A GLASS RIBBON - A roll forming apparatus includes at least one forming roll being spaced from a forming body to define a gap. The forming roll includes a working zone portion having a working zone surface with a length extending along a rotation axis of the forming roll and a thermal resistance boundary extending at an acute angle relative to the rotation axis. In further examples, methods include the step of feeding a stream of molten glass through the gap to form a glass ribbon including a formed thickness. The thermal resistance boundary facilitates substantial uniform radial expansion of the working zone surface relative to the rotation axis across the length of the working zone surface in response to heating of the working zone portion by the molten glass. | 01-29-2015 |
