| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 065111000 | Glass preform treating | 74 |
| 20080276647 | Support apparatus to maintain physical geometry of sheet glass and methods of using same - Disclosed are devices and methods for supporting glass sheets during a thermal treatment process, such as heat treating, to maintain the physical geometry of the glass sheets. The device can comprise means for separating adjacent glass sheets to prevent them from touching. The separating means can comprise a separation comb having projections and channels configured for receiving the glass sheets, separating rods configured to be positioned between the glass sheets, or a combination of separation combs and separating rods. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080289365 | Method for manufacturing glass-ceramics - Glass-ceramics includes Li | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090217707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING THE GLASS MOULD JOINTS INCLUDING POLISHING THE JOINTS, AND GLASS PRODUCT MACHINED THEREBY - The method for polishing glass products, comprises the following steps: | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090272149 | LASER SCORING WITH CURVED TRAJECTORY - Disclosed are systems and methods for scoring and separating a glass sheet along a curved trajectory using a laser and optics. The system includes a laser that generates a laser beam, a focusing lens, and a conical optical component such as a conical lens or a reflective conical milTor. The laser directs the laser beam through the focusing lens and conical lens to create a curved score line that is projected onto a glass sheet to create a curved score line, along which the glass sheet can be separated. Optionally, the laser directs the laser beam through the focusing lens towards a conical mirror, off of which the laser beam is reflected toward the glass sheet to create a curved score line. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100319402 | CONTROL OF THE BOW OF A GLASS RIBBON - Methods for controlling the bow (shape) of a vertical glass ribbon ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110107795 | METHOD OF COLORING SURFACE OF ZIRCONIUM-BASED METALLIC GLASS COMPONENT - A method of coloring a surface of a zirconium-based metallic glass component that includes the step of imparting interference colors by carrying out an anodizing process using an alkaline solution to form a film having a thickness of 300 nm or less on the surface of the zirconium-based metallic glass component. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110252834 | WAVE PLATE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A wave plate is disclosed which includes a glass plate having a thickness of at least 0.1 mm and at most 5 mm. The glass plate has a plurality of strip-shaped birefringent regions substantially in parallel with a surface of the glass plate. The axial directions of the strip-shaped birefringent regions are the same with one another, and substantially in parallel with the surface of the glass plate. The wave plate has a retardation value of from 80 to 450 nm as measured with incident light having a wavelength of 540 nm. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20140026622 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONVECTIVE HEAT TREATMENT OF THIN GLASS SHEETS - Methods and apparatus for convective heat treatment of thin glass sheets ( | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140109619 | Bi-Axial Cooling System And Method - An improved system and method is disclosed for providing cooling air to mating mold halves during the entire cycle and an additional degree of cooling during the portion of the cycle when hot glass material is enclosed within mating mold halves. Countercurrent cooling air flows are established in separate arrays of cooling passages located in each mold half, with one of the cooling air flows being capable of actively cooling the mold halves over the full cycle rather than only when the mold halves are in their closed position. The cooling air flowing in the separate arrays of cooling passages allows separate timing and control of the cooling air flows supplied to the arrays of cooling passages in the molds. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140373574 | GLASS PROCESSING DEVICE AND BOTTOM MACHINE THEREFOR FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS CONTAINERS - A bottom machine is provided for a glass processing device to manufacture glass containers from glass tubes. The bottom machine includes one or a plurality of holding units for holding the glass container or glass tube, with the holding units being mounted so as to rotate around an axis of rotation of the bottom machine in order to convey the glass container or glass tube to various processing positions, a pressure source for supplying a gas flow, a duct system communicating with the pressure source for directing the gas flow to the holding units and for feeding the gas flow into the glass tube or into the glass container, with the duct system being designed to be free of gaps. | 12-25-2014 |
| 065112000 | With severing or preforating | 38 |
| 20090139266 | Recycled glass items and method of making - A method of making decorative glass objects of any of a wide variety of appearances, structures and functions teaches that recycled glass bottles may be cut into disks, rings and other shapes using a diamond dust blade on a bandsaw, then firing the glass objects in a glass kiln to the point of slumping but not to melting, and finally by grinding the objects with a diamond head glass grinder. Glass objects made by the method of the invention betray their recycled origins with an eye-pleasing organic quality to finish and shape. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090320524 | Glass sheet cutting by laser-guided gyrotron beam - Disclosed are systems and methods for separating a sheet of glass by directing a microwave beam and a laser beam at a sheet of glass to propagate a crack across the sheet. A laser beam spot formed on the glass sheet by the laser at least partially overlaps a microwave beam spot produced on the sheet by the microwave beam and can be used to generate an increased power density in the overlap region, thereby forming a preferential direction for crack propagation. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20120131962 | CLEAVING APPARATUS FOR A BAND-LIKE GLASS FILM AND CLEAVING METHOD FOR A BAND-LIKE GLASS FILM - A cleaving apparatus holds at least one surface (effective surface) of a band-like glass film in a non-contact state to suppress a situation that wavy portions reach a region in which the band-like glass film is to be cleaved. The cleaving apparatus cleaves the band-like glass film, which is being conveyed in a longitudinal direction thereof, along a conveyance direction thereof using a thermal stress generated through localized heating and cooling of a heated region. The localized heating and the cooling is performed on a preset cleaving line extending along the conveyance direction of the band-like glass film. The cleaving apparatus includes an air knife for supplying air to a front surface of the band-like glass film to retain the film on a conveyor at a position on an upstream side of a cleaving region in the conveyance direction. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120131963 | PREVENTING GAS FROM OCCUPYING A SPRAY NOZZLE USED IN A PROCESS OF SCORING A HOT GLASS SHEET - A spray nozzle is used in a process of quenching a hot glass sheet during a laser scoring process or other high energy glass heating process. The nozzle is located in proximity to the glass sheet, creating gas in liquid used to quench the glass located in the nozzle (e.g., water). The gas (e.g., air bubbles) is removed from the quenching liquid. Then, the spray nozzle is used to spray the quenching liquid onto the sheet at a location trailing laser scoring of the sheet. The spray nozzle has a purge opening and tubing leading to a discharge location. The spray nozzle can have a sloped passageway that pre-stages gas bubbles near the purge opening. The spray nozzle can include a cooling coil passing around the nozzle passagewayto cool the quenching liquid passing through the nozzle, and increase the solubility of bubbles in the quenching liquid. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120234049 | Methods and Systems for Strengthening LCD Modules - Systems and methods for improving strength of thin displays, such as Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) displays, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display can use an asymmetrical arrangement of layers (e.g., glass layers) where one layer is thicker than another layer. Different scribing techniques can also be used in singulating the different layers. The asymmetrical arrangement and/or scribing techniques can facilitate displays that are not only thin but also adequately strong to limit susceptibility to damage. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130019637 | METHOD OF MAKING COATED GLASS ARTICLE, AND INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT USED IN SAME - A method of making an insulating glass (IG) window unit includes: having a coated article including a multi-layered low-E coating on a glass substrate; at least two flexible protective sheets adhered to a top surface of the low-E coating via at least an adhesive layer, and a protective coating over the low-E coating and/or over at least one of the flexible protective sheets in order to substantially fill one or more gaps formed between the low-E coating and the flexible protective sheet(s) and/or between the flexible protective sheets; and following cutting, edge seaming, and/or washing, removing at least part of the temporary protective coating by peeling the protective sheets off and removing at least part of the protective coating when peeling off the protective sheets. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130091897 | GLASS SHEET CUTTING METHOD - A glass sheet cutting device ( | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130167590 | Method of cleaving and separating a glass sheet and apparatus for cleaving and separating a glass sheet - Provided is a method of cleaving and separating a glass sheet, the method comprising: a cleaving step of cleaving a glass sheet (G) along preset cleaving lines (X, Y) by a laser cleaving method; and a separation step of separating adjacent pieces of the cleaved glass sheet (G) from each other, wherein the cleaving step is performed under a state in which the glass sheet (G) is placed on support members ( | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130174610 | METHOD OF CLEAVING AND SEPARATING A GLASS SHEET - Provided is a method of cleaving and separating a glass sheet (G), the method comprising: a cleaving step of cleaving the glass sheet (G) along preset cleaving lines (X, Y) by a laser cleaving method; and a separation step of separating adjacent pieces of the cleaved glass sheet (G) from each other, wherein the cleaving step is performed under a state in which the glass sheet (G) is placed on a sheet (S) having stretchability, and the separation step is performed by stretching the sheet (S). | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130291597 | METHOD OF CUTTING STRENGTHENED GLASS PLATE - A method of cutting a strengthened glass including a front surface layer and a back surface layer in each of which a compression stress remains, respectively, and an intermediate layer formed between the front surface layer and the back surface layer, in which a tensile stress remains, the method includes: cutting the strengthened glass plate by heating the intermediate layer at an irradiation area of a laser beam at a temperature less than or equal to an annealing point while transmitting 70.0% to 99.8% of the laser beam having a wavelength between 800 to 1100 nm injected into the front surface and moving the irradiation area of the laser beam at a speed greater than or equal to 1.0 mm/sec, so that a crack, which penetrates the strengthened glass plate in a thickness direction of the strengthened glass plate, follows the irradiation area. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130291598 | METHOD OF CUTTING STRENGTHENED GLASS PLATE - A method of cutting a strengthened glass including, a front surface layer and a back surface layer each having a remaining compression stress, respectively, and an intermediate layer formed between the front surface layer and the back surface layer, having an internal remaining tensile stress, the method includes heating the intermediate layer at an irradiation area of a laser beam at a temperature less than or equal to an annealing point to generate a tensile stress less than a value of the internal remaining tensile stress of the intermediate layer or a compression stress at the center of the irradiation area for suppressing the propagation of the crack. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130312460 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INTERNAL MODIFIED LAYER-FORMING SINGLE CRYSTAL MEMBER - It is an object of the present invention to provide a manufacturing method of a single crystal substrate and to provide an internal modified layer-forming single crystal member, each of which is capable of easily manufacturing a relatively large and thin single crystal substrate. The manufacturing method of a single crystal substrate includes: the step of arranging a condensing lens ( | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130340480 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PERFORATED WORKPIECES IN A STRESS-RELIEVING MANNER - A method for producing perforated work pieces from glass, glass ceramics, or semiconductors in a stress-relieving manner is provided. The method includes heating the work piece up to the glass transition temperature and perforating the work piece using a high-voltage electric field of suitable frequency or pulse shape. Then, the perforated work piece is allowed to cool down from the transition temperature range to room temperature at a rate at which the mechanical stresses generated by the perforation process relax. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140102145 | Method and Apparatus for Display Screen Shield Replacement - A method and apparatus for replacement of damages display shield (typically glass) covering a display screen on a device, typically a mobile phone. Mobile phones have an electronic display protected by a glass shield. Between the glass and the display is often a plastic polarizing or other intermediary sheet. Removal of a damage glass can be accomplished by cutting thru the polarizer with a moving wire or blade. This separates the glass from the sensitive display and allows replacement of the glass without damaging the more expensive display. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140102146 | METHOD FOR CUTTING GLASS PLATE - A method for cutting a glass plate includes a first step of radiating a laser beam onto a front surface of the glass plate and forming a crack in the glass plate. The laser beam has a wavelength of 5000-11000 nm and becomes a linear beam at the front surface of the glass plate. The linear beam is formed into a shape conforming to a predetermined cut line, has a length greater than or equal to 10 mm along the predetermined cut line and a width less than or equal to 3 mm, and has an intensity distribution substantially uniform along the predetermined cut line. In the first step, a position of the linear beam in the front surface of the glass plate is fixed for a prescribed time, and at least one end part of the linear beam is located at an outer peripheral part of the glass plate. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140174131 | CUTTING METHOD FOR REINFORCED GLASS PLATE AND REINFORCED GLASS PLATE CUTTING DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for cutting a strengthened glass sheet | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140290310 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING STRESS PROFILES OF GLASS - Methods for processing glass using select wavelength radiation in a convective environment, broadly referred to as “Local Temporary Annealing”, “LASER Edge Strengthening” and “LASER Enhanced Thermal Strengthening.” Local Temporary Annealing allows strengthened glass to be brought to a neutral stress state so daughter units can be cut from strengthened glass and other processes usually only performed on annealed glass. LASER Edge Strengthening allows surface compression to be thermally imparted to the edges of a whole sheet or daughter units cut from annealed glass, or modification of residual edge stress profiles in strengthened glass to produce stable, strengthened edges. LASER Enhanced Thermal Strengthening allows surface compression to be imparted to a sheet of annealed glass whilst maintaining reduced surface temperatures so the glass has superior geometric stability and surface compression can be imparted at levels not conventionally possible. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140352358 | LASER-SCRIBING OF CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS - A method is disclosed for scribing a contained crack or vent in a chemically strengthened glass sheet. The glass has shallow surface regions under compressive stress, bounding a central region under tensile stress. The vent is formed by rapidly bulk-heating the glass, using radiation from a carbon monoxide laser, to a depth just below a surface compressive region and extending marginally into the tensile stress region then rapidly cooling the heated region with a water mist spray. The glass sheet can be subsequently divided along the vent by application of mechanical or thermal stress. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150013391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EDGE OF GLASS PLATE - The present invention relates to a method for processing an edge of a glass plate, and more specifically, to a method for processing an edge of a large-sized glass plate used for liquid crystal TVs and the like by means of heat treatment, and an apparatus therefor. The method for processing an edge of a glass plate according to the present invention is characterized by cutting off an edge of a cooled glass plate off while contacting and moving a heated member along the edge of the cooled glass plate. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150059411 | METHOD OF SEPARATING A GLASS SHEET FROM A CARRIER - A method of separating a thin glass substrate from a carrier plate to which edge portions of the glass substrate are bonded, including irradiating a surface of the glass substrate with a pulsed laser beam, the laser beam moving along a plurality of parallel scan paths within a raster envelope, producing relative motion between the raster envelope and the glass substrate so that the raster envelope is moved along an irradiation path on the unbonded central portion. The irradiating produces ablation of the glass substrate along the irradiation path that forms a channel having a width W | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150075222 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CREATING BEVELS ON THE EDGES OF FLAT GLASS - When dividing glass using laser radiation into blanks ( | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150089978 | METHOD FOR CUTTING CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS - A method for cutting chemically strengthened glass is provided. The chemically strengthened glass includes a first stress layer, a second stress layer, and a tension layer sandwich between the first stress layer and the second stress layer. The method includes: using a green pulsed laser to cut the first stress layer, wherein the green pulsed laser includes a first green pulsed laser having femtosecond level and a second green pulsed laser having nanosecond level; using a ultraviolet pulsed laser to cut the tension layer, wherein the ultraviolet pulsed laser includes a first ultraviolet pulsed laser having femtosecond level and a second ultraviolet pulsed laser having nanosecond level; and using the green pulse layer to cut the second stress layer. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150143849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF LASER CUTTING A SHEET MATERIAL - A method of cutting a sheet material includes mounting the sheet material on a support and forming a porous barrier between the sheet material and the support by interposing at least one sheet of porous material between the sheet material and the support. The method includes focusing a laser beam at a target point relative to the sheet material on the support. A relative motion is effected between the focused laser beam and the sheet material such that the focused laser beam moves along a predetermined path on the sheet material to cut the sheet material along the predetermined path while the porous barrier shields the support from damage by the focused baser beam. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150307386 | LASER FUSION-CUTTING METHOD FOR PLATE GLASS - Provided is a laser fusing method for a glass sheet, including: cutting the glass sheet (G) by irradiating the glass sheet (G) with a laser (L) from a front surface (S) side thereof along a preset cutting line (X) extending in a surface direction of the glass sheet (G); and jetting a shaping gas (A | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150329420 | METHOD FOR FORMING VIA HOLE IN GLASS SUBSTRATE BY LASER IRRADIATION - A method for forming a through-hole in a glass substrate includes the steps of (a) radiating a laser beam to a glass substrate, so that a through-hole penetrating the glass substrate from a first surface to a second surface is formed in a radiation area of the glass substrate, and a constricted part is formed in the through-hole, and (b) causing a discharge via the through-hole by applying a direct-current voltage between the first and second surfaces of the glass substrate, so that a diameter of a cross section of the constricted part that is substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the through-hole is increased. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150343559 | CHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD - A chip having a desired shape is formed from a platelike workpiece. The chip manufacturing method includes a shield tunnel forming step of applying a pulsed laser beam to the workpiece from a focusing unit included in a pulsed laser beam applying unit along the contour of the chip to be formed, with the focal point of the pulsed laser beam set at a predetermined depth from the upper surface of the workpiece, thereby forming a plurality of shield tunnels inside the workpiece along the contour of the chip to be formed. Each shield tunnel has a fine hole and an amorphous region formed around the fine hole for shielding the fine hole. In a chip forming step, ultrasonic vibration is applied to the workpiece to break the contour of the chip where the shield tunnels have been formed, thereby forming the chip from the workpiece. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150367442 | Method and Apparatus for Laser Cutting Transparent and Semitransparent Substrates - The present application is directed to a method and apparatus for processing a transparent or semitransparent material with a laser beam resulting in deterministic separation of a single sheet of the material into two or more pieces. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150367444 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS LASER CUTTING OF FLEXIBLE GLASS - A method for cutting a flexible glass ribbon includes directing the flexible glass ribbon to a flexible glass cutting apparatus including a laser. The flexible glass ribbon includes a first broad surface and a second broad surface that extend between a first edge and a second edge of the flexible glass ribbon. A laser beam is directed from the laser onto a region of the flexible glass ribbon. A crack is formed through the flexible glass ribbon using the laser beam. The crack is propagated along the flexible glass ribbon using the laser beam and a local mechanical deformation in the flexible glass ribbon. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160001398 | LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SAPPHIRE - Laser processing of sapphire is performed using a continuous wave laser operating in a quasi-continuous wave (QCW) mode to emit consecutive laser light pulses in a wavelength range of about 1060 nm to 1070 nm (hereinafter “QCW laser”). Laser processing of sapphire using a QCW laser may be performed with a lower duty cycle (e.g., between about 1% and 10%) and in an inert gas atmosphere such as argon or helium. Laser processing of sapphire using a QCW laser may further include the use of an assist laser having a shorter wavelength and/or pulse duration to modify a property of the sapphire substrate to form absorption centers, which facilitate coupling of the laser light pulses of the QCW laser into the sapphire. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160002088 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD - A laser processing apparatus that condenses a laser beam into an annular shape to irradiate the condensing position of the laser beam within a thickness range of a substrate, and shifts the condensing position in such a manner that the center of the condensing position that is annular moves in a circular manner, at a stage of shifting the condensing position in a thickness direction of the substrate and a planar direction of the substrate. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160008927 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR LASER PROCESSING MATERIALS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160009586 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GLASS CUTTING BY INDUCING PULSED LASERPERFORATIONS INTO GLASS ARTICLES | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160016257 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING LASER CURVED FILAMENTATION WITHIN TRANSPARENT MATERIALS - Systems and methods are described for forming continuous curved laser filaments in transparent materials. The filaments are preferably curved and C-shaped. Filaments may employ other curved profiles (shapes). A burst of ultrafast laser pulses is focused such that a beam waist is formed external to the material being processed without forming an external plasma channel, while a sufficient energy density is formed within an extended region within the material to support the formation of a continuous filament, without causing optical breakdown within the material. Filaments formed according to this method may exhibit lengths in the range of 100 μm-10 mm. An aberrated optical focusing element is employed to produce an external beam waist while producing distributed focusing of the incident beam within the material. Optical monitoring of the filaments may be employed to provide feedback to facilitate active control of the process. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160159679 | GLASS CUTTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING NON-DIFFRACTING LASER BEAMS - Embodiments are directed to systems for laser cutting at least one glass article comprising a pulsed laser assembly and a glass support assembly configured to support the glass article during laser cutting within the pulsed laser assembly, wherein the pulsed laser assembly comprise at least one non-diffracting beam (NDB) forming optical element configured to convert an input beam into a quasi-NDB beam; and at least one beam transforming element configured to convert the quasi-NDB beam into multiple quasi-NDB sub-beams spaced apart a distance of about 1 μm to about 500 μm; wherein the pulsed laser assembly is oriented to deliver one or more pulses of multiple quasi-NDB sub-beams onto a surface of the glass article, wherein each pulse of multiple quasi-NDB sub-beams is operable to cut a plurality of perforations in the glass article. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160168006 | THROUGH-HOLE FORMING METHOD, THROUGH-HOLE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GLASS SUBSTRATE PROVIDED WITH THROUGH-HOLE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20180022631 | METHOD FOR CUTTING GLASS USING A LASER, AND GLASS PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD | 01-25-2018 |
| 065113000 | By or with flame | 2 |
| 20090133442 | Glass Cutting with Gas Burner and Cooling Spray - An apparatus and a method for cutting float glass is disclosed. A burner and water spray are arranged to cause thermal stress cracking along a cutting line extending along a continuous glass ribbon, parallel with the edge of the ribbon. The thermal stress cracking is initiated without the use of mechanical force. Preferably, the burner is used to initiate the thermal stress crack, by increasing the power supplied to the glass. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20160152506 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING THIN GLASS | 06-02-2016 |
| 065114000 | Tempering | 19 |
| 20080236200 | QUENCH STATION AND METHOD FOR FORMED GLASS SHEET QUENCHING - A glass sheet quench station ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090100875 | Sheet glass oven - The invention relates to a sheet glass oven, in particular for tempering glass panes including a lower oven part provided with stove rollers for transporting the temperable glass panes, where the axes of rotation of the oven rollers are arranged substantially in a perpendicular position to the direction of a glass pane extension. The oven also includes a top oven part having a central section and a lid. The oven is also provided with lower heating groups and top heating groups, where the heating groups extend under the oven rollers and the top heating groups extend thereabove and are formed by electric heat resistances. The sheet glass oven includes several air circulation units, which are mounted in the top oven part above the top heating groups and include an air circulating hood and an integrated fan wheel, respectively, where the air circulating hood is provided with exhaust openings, which communicate with the oven lower space in the top section of the top oven part, and several air nozzles are provided which are located on the bottom side of the air circulating hood and are supplied with compressed air by the fan wheel and lead an exit air stream in the direction of a heatable glass pane. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100269544 | GLASS PRODUCTION LINE HAVING DYNAMIC PRODUCTION CONTROL AND A TEMPERING FURNACE WITH A DEDICATED DELIVERY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A GLASS PRODUCTION LINE TEMPERING FURNACE - A glass production line comprising a cutting table, a tempering furnace having a loading station that includes a changeable set of uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations adjacent the loading station with each storage loading location receiving a work-piece therein for subsequent furnace processing, wherein a subset of the uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations is moved away from the loading station when it is emptied of furnace work-pieces and a new sub-set of uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations is moveable adjacent the loading station to provide the changeable set of uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations adjacent the loading station, and a dynamic optimizer coupled to the furnace for dynamically scheduling furnace layouts for glass work-pieces to be tempered, wherein the dynamic furnace optimizer is adapted to schedule work-pieces from uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations not currently adjacent the unloading station based upon a minimum yield gain. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100287991 | PREVENTING GAS FROM OCCUPYING A SPRAY NOZZLE USED IN A PROCESS OF SCORING A HOT GLASS SHEET - A spray nozzle is used in a process of quenching a hot glass sheet during a laser scoring process or other high energy glass heating process. The scoring is conducted by a high energy means such as a laser. The nozzle is located in proximity to the glass sheet, creating gas in liquid used to quench the glass located in the nozzle (e.g., water). The gas (e.g., air bubbles) is removed from the quenching liquid. Then, the spray nozzle is used to spray the quenching liquid onto the sheet at a location trailing laser scoring of the sheet, such as using a traveling anvil machine at the bottom of the draw. The spray nozzle (purge nozzle) has a purge opening and tubing leading to a discharge location. The purge nozzle can have a sloped passageway that pre-stages gas bubbles near the purge opening in the nozzle. The spray nozzle can include a cooling coil passing around the nozzle passageway that enables a coolant to travel along the coil. This cools the quenching liquid passing through the nozzle, and increases the solubility of bubbles in the quenching liquid in the nozzle. A gas filter can receive gas-rich quenching liquid from the pressurized quenching liquid source, remove gas from the liquid, and send gas-depleted quenching liquid to the spray nozzle. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110016921 | AIR-COOLING/TEMPERING APPARATUS AND AIR-COOLING/TEMPERING METHOD FOR A GLASS SHEET - The present invention provides an air-cooling/tempering device and an air-cooling/tempering method for a glass sheet, which are capable of uniformly air-cooling and tempering a glass sheet as a whole without being affected by the pitch between adjacent rollers and a roller diameter. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110289971 | Post-Manufacture Glass Container Thermal Strengthening Method - A method of manufacturing of strengthened glass containers, and more particularly a method of 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 subjected to a unique rapid thermal strengthening cooling process 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. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20130019638 | HEAT TREATABLE COATED ARTICLE WITH DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON (DLC) AND/OR ZIRCONIUM IN COATING - In certain example embodiments, a coated article includes respective layers including hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) and zirconium nitride before heat treatment (HT). During HT, the hydrogenated DLC acts as a fuel which upon combustion with oxygen produces carbon dioxide and/or water. The high temperature developed during this combustion heats the zirconium nitride to a temperature(s) well above the heat treating temperature, thereby causing the zirconium nitride to be transformed into a new post-HT layer including zirconium oxide that is very scratch resistant and durable. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130019639 | METHOD FOR TEMPERING GLASS SHEET, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The method for tempering a glass sheet of the present invention comprises a heating step of heating the glass sheet to a temperature close to the softening point of the glass sheet, a quenching step of blowing a cooling medium to both surfaces in the thickness direction of the heated glass to cool it, and a pre-quenching step between the heating step and the quenching step and further has an internal heating substep of selectively heating the vicinity of the center portion in the thickness direction of the glass sheet at least in the quenching step, to create such a state that when the temperature at the center portion in the thickness direction of the glass sheet is close to the tempering point, the temperature at the surfaces in the thickness direction of the glass sheet is not higher than the annealing point. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130255319 | NOZZLE FOR TEMPERING DEVICE - A device for cooling sheets of glass by jets of air emitted by at least one nozzle in a form of a pipe, including a box supplying the nozzle with air, airflow ejected via an ejection orifice of the nozzle passing successively through a conical part, of which an internal section is reduced in a flow direction, and then through a cylindrical part including the ejection orifice, of which an internal section corresponds to a smallest internal section of the conical part and to an internal section of the ejection orifice. The cylindrical part of the nozzle has a length greater than 6 times the diameter of the ejection orifice. The device achieves a high level of heat exchange when the sheets of glass are cooled, which makes it possible to increase reinforcing effect on the glass and/or to reduce power of fans used to convey air through the nozzles. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140345330 | METHOD FOR HEATING GLASS SHEETS, AND GLASS TEMPERING FURNACE - The invention relates to a method for heating glass sheets, and a glass tempering furnace. The glass sheets are heated by feeding them through a tempering furnace whereby the glass sheets are heated from above and below in the tempering furnace. The glass sheets are heated with blowing channels arranged substantially transverse in relation to the direction of travel of the glass sheets and with heating resistor rows arranged substantially transverse in relation to the direction of travel of the glass sheets. A heating resistor row has at least three separately controllable parts, and the temperature profile of the glass sheet is adjusted in the transverse direction by separately adjusting the different parts of the resistor row. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150007613 | METHOD FOR HEATING GLASS SHEET, AND GLASS TEMPERING FURNACE - A glass tempering furnace and a method for heating a glass sheet. The glass sheet is heated in the glass tempering furnace by blowing heating air on the top surface of the glass sheet, and the blowing distance of the heating air from the top surface of the glass sheet is adjusted. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150353411 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING AN AIR CIRCULATION AND A WAY FOR HEATING AIR IN A GLASS TEMPERING OVEN - Method for tempering glass in an oven ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160159678 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TEMPERING GLASS USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - A method of thermally tempering a glass sheet. The method includes preheating the glass sheet to a temperature higher than a strain point of the glass sheet and lower than a softening point of the glass sheet, exposing the glass sheet to an electromagnetic radiation in order to heat the mid-plane of the glass sheet to a temperature significantly higher than the transition point while simultaneously keeping a surface of the glass sheet at a temperature that is below the softening point, and quenching the glass sheet so that the temperature of the mid-plane and the surface of the glass sheet fall below the strain point, respectively. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160194234 | GLASS TEMPERING METHOD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20220135475 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE STRENGTH OF A GLASS SUBSTRATE - Methods for increasing the strength of a planar or strip-shaped glass substrate are provided. Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range from 180 nm to 1100 nm is applied to the glass substrate by means of at least one pulse, wherein the at least one pulse has a radiation bandwidth of at least 100 nm and the glass substrate has a temperature of at most 200° C. prior to the at least one pulse acting thereon, and wherein the pulse energy density of the at least one pulse of electromagnetic radiation is set in the range from 0.1 Jcm-2 to 100 Jcm-2. | 05-05-2022 |
| 065115000 | Differential or localized | 4 |
| 20090173106 | GLASS TEMPERING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A glass tempering apparatus is capable of selectively delivering increased volumes of tempering medium to designated areas of a moving glass sheet to create desired stresses in such designated areas by the specific arrangement of nozzles in the glass tempering apparatus. A method of tempering glass utilizing the subject apparatus is also provided. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110289972 | Post-Manufacture Glass Container Thermal Strengthening on a Conveyor - A method of manufacturing of strengthened glass containers, and more particularly a method of thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line while they are on a conveyor 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 while being transported on a conveyor are subjected to a unique rapid thermal strengthening cooling process 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. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120073327 | IMPROVED GLASS TEMPERING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to glass tempering modules of a glass tempering apparatus capable of selectively directing a tempering medium at increased velocity in designated areas of a shaped glass sheet, by the selective arrangement and utilization of quench nozzles in the glass tempering modules, at varying distances from the surface of the shaped glass sheet. A method of tempering a glass sheet utilizing the foregoing apparatus is also provided. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20160145143 | METHOD FOR TEMPERING GLASS SHEETS - A method for tempering substantially flat glass sheets. A glass sheet is heated to a tempering temperature and quenching is conducted by blasting cooling air to both surfaces of the glass sheet. The quenching of a top surface and a bottom surface of the glass sheet's both side lanes is commenced earlier or is performed at the early stage of quenching more effectively than the quenching of a top surface and a bottom surface of the glass sheet's middle lane. As a result, the compressive stress required for a desired tempering degree is established on both surfaces of the side lanes earlier than on both surfaces of the middle lane. In order to achieve this, the cooling air enclosures above and below a glass sheet are provided with a subarea of weakened cooling effect. | 05-26-2016 |
| 065117000 | Annealing | 6 |
| 20090056381 | FUSED SILICA ARTICLE LOADED WITH DEUTERIUM AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of making a fused silica article having a combined concentration of protium and deuterium in a range from about 1×10 | 03-05-2009 |
| 20110048075 | TUNING Tzc BY THE ANNEALING OF ULTRA LOW EXPANSION GLASS - The disclosure describes a method by which the Tzc of a silica-titania glass article, for example, a EUVL mirror substrate, can be tuned to within a specification range by means of a selected final anneal that shifts Tzc of the article or substrate to the desired Tzc value. In addition, since different mirrors in a set can be specified at different values of Tzc, this process can be on used glass samples or pieces from a single glass boule to make parts with different Tzc values, thus reducing the number of separate boules required to fill an order. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110209503 | FUSED SILICA ARTICLE LOADED WITH DEUTERIUM AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of making a fused silica article having a combined concentration of protium and deuterium in a range from about 1×10 | 09-01-2011 |
| 20140053608 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD FOR SYNTHETIC QUARTZ GLASS - [Problem] The provision of a synthetic quartz glass heat treatment method that can, by a single heat treatment, and without particular limitations on the OH group concentration distribution of the starting material, regulate the birefringence fast axis direction in the synthetic quartz glass after it has been heat-treated. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20160152504 | LOW SCATTERING SILICA GLASS AND METHOD FOR HEAT-TREATING SILICA GLASS | 06-02-2016 |
| 065118000 | During conveying | 1 |
| 20140033769 | CONTINUOUS STRENGTHENING DEVICE AND A STRENGTHENING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a continuous strengthening device comprising a bracket, at least a strengthening furnace located below the bracket and at least a pre-heating/annealing furnace movably located on the bracket. The strengthening furnace comprises a first furnace body having a first opening located on the top and a first movable furnace cover movably located on the top of the first furnace body for sealing the first opening. The pre-heating/annealing furnace comprises a second furnace body having a second opening located on the bottom and a second movable furnace cover movably located on the bottom of the second furnace body for sealing the second opening. In operation, whilst the pre-heating/annealing furnace moved onto the strengthening furnace, the first movable furnace cover and the second movable furnace cover both open, so that furnace bodies of the pre-heating/annealing furnace and the strengthening furnace are connected to form an airtight space. | 02-06-2014 |
| 065120000 | By flame | 1 |
| 20130283860 | VIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a vial with low alkali elution by removing a deteriorated region caused by processing on an internal surface of a vial is disclosed. The method is for forming vials from borosilicate glass tubes with a bottom wherein an internal surface of the tube is fire-blasted with a flame. | 10-31-2013 |
