| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 065160000 | CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO CONDITION SENSING MEANS | 15 |
| 20090078004 | Control for I. S. machine - An I. S. Machine has a plurality of sections each of which has a controller located with the blank side operator interface which receives a sync signal from a machine control and data from a machine data server. The controller operates the section in accordance with a number of cycles commanded by an operator via blank and blow side interfaces. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090120134 | Method and apparatus for measuring surface shape profile - An apparatus for measuring a shape profile of a surface of a sheet of material includes a light source for providing a light beam to be directed at the surface of the sheet of material, a linear translation stage coupled to the light source for translating the light source over the surface of the sheet of material such that the light beam, when directed at the surface, is incident on the surface at multiple positions and produces a reflected light beam at each of the multiple positions, a plurality of light receivers located at predetermined positions for selectively intercepting the reflected light beam produced at each of the multiple positions, a data acquisition device configured to receive information related to position difference between the light source and a selected one of the plurality of light receivers intercepting the reflected light beam produced at each of the multiple positions, and a data analysis device configured to correlate the position difference information to a shape profile of the surface of the sheet of material. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090260399 | Device for electrically grounding a float glass production apparatus - The float glass apparatus has a glass melt producing unit including a melting tank and a refining tank for the glass melt, a float tank including a metallic basin and metal bath contained in the basin, conducting devices for conducting the glass melt from the glass melt producing unit to the metal bath and auxiliary devices as needed. In order to minimize bubble defects and extend service life of apparatus parts made from platinum or a platinum alloy, the apparatus includes a device for minimizing direct current flowing between the glass melt producing unit and the float tank, which includes an auxiliary electrode connected with ground and located in the glass melt producing unit in electrical contact with the glass melt and a direct electrical connection between the metallic basin of the float tank and ground. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100180638 | SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING GLASS SHEETS FOR FORMING - A forming system ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 20120216576 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY FOR APPLYING ULTRASONIC ACOUSTIC ENERGY TO A GLASS MELT - An ultrasonic transducer assembly is provided comprising an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic booster, an ultrasonic probe, and a booster cooling unit. The ultrasonic booster is connected to the ultrasonic transducer to amplify acoustic energy generated by the ultrasonic transducer and transfer the amplified acoustic energy to the ultrasonic probe. A seated end of the ultrasonic probe is positioned in a probe seat of the ultrasonic booster. The booster cooling unit is positioned to regulate the temperature of the probe seat of the ultrasonic booster such that the assembly supports a temperature dependent press-fit engagement of the seated end of the ultrasonic probe and the probe seat of the ultrasonic booster. The temperature dependent press-fit engagement is such that the seated end of the ultrasonic probe can be reversibly moved in and out of the probe seat at an elevated temperature T | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130340481 | ACTIVE EDGE ROLL CONTROL IN A GLASS DRAWING PROCESS - An apparatus for drawing a glass ribbon including an edge roll assembly that contacts the glass ribbon with a force that is dynamically altered by an actuator electrically coupled to a sensor that measures the force applied against the ribbon. Dynamic, or real-time, variation of the edge roll force minimizes stress variability in the glass ribbon and improves ribbon shape control. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20150013392 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEAT TREATING A GLASS SUBSTRATE - An apparatus and method for heat treating a plurality of glass substrates. The glass substrates are supported on support platform and housed in a heat treating furnace. The substrates are supported in a substantially vertical orientation by restraining pins extending through walls of the furnace, and are separated from each other by frame-shaped spacing members. The spacing members reduce convection currents between the substrates and reduce or eliminate the post-heat treating distortion of each glass substrate to less than 100 μm over the entire surface of the substrate. | 01-15-2015 |
| 065161000 | Glass working fluid or treating fluid control | 1 |
| 20130104603 | Dead Plate Arrangement | 05-02-2013 |
| 065162000 | Temperature or heater control | 6 |
| 20120186301 | GLASS PRODUCT FORMING MACHINE - In a glass product forming machine having molds | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130269393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A GLASS SHEET WITH CONTROLLED HEATING - A method and apparatus for forming a glass sheet using a fusion down-draw process, wherein the heating powers of the heating elements are managed such that in case of a failure of one heating element, the heating power of the adjacent heating element is immediately increased. The method decreases the thermal stress the forming body is exposed to due to the failure of the heating element. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20160052817 | PARISON FORMING APPARATUS - A parison forming apparatus comprising: a molding die into which a gob is introduced; a plunger | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160086832 | Laser annealing systems and methods with ultra-short dwell times - Laser annealing systems and methods for annealing a semiconductor wafer with ultra-short dwell times are disclosed. The laser annealing systems can include one or two laser beams that at least partially overlap. One of the laser beams is a pre-heat laser beam and the other laser beam is the annealing laser beam. The annealing laser beam scans sufficiently fast so that the dwell time is in the range from about 1 μs to about 100 μs. These ultra-short dwell times are useful for annealing product wafers formed from thin device wafers because they prevent the device side of the device wafer from being damaged by heating during the annealing process. Embodiments of single-laser-beam annealing systems and methods are also disclosed. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160096764 | REPOSITIONABLE HEATER ASSEMBLIES FOR GLASS PRODUCTION LINES AND METHODS OF MANAGING TEMPERATURE OF GLASS IN PRODUCTION LINES - Repositionable heater assemblies and methods of controlling temperature of glass in production lines using the repositionable heater assemblies are disclosed. The repositionable heater assembly includes a support frame, a first sled and a second sled each coupled to the support frame with bearing members that allow the first sled and the second sled to translate in a longitudinal direction. Each of the first sled and the second sled include at least one heating element, where the heating elements are spaced apart from the glass ribbon a spacing distance. The first and second sleds are movable in the longitudinal direction to controlling the spacing distance between the heating elements of the first sled and the second sled and the glass ribbon to manage temperature of the glass ribbon. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160115069 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FREE-SHAPE CUTTING OF FLEXIBLE THIN GLASS - Methods and apparatus provide for supporting a source glass sheet and defining an at least partially non-straight cutting line that establishes a closed pattern that circumscribes a desired final shape; scoring the glass sheet at an initiation line using a mechanical scoring device; applying a laser beam to the glass sheet starting at the initiation line and continuously moving the laser beam relative to the glass sheet along the cutting line to elevate a temperature of the glass sheet at the cutting line to a substantially consistent temperature, where the laser beam is of a circular shape; and applying a cooling fluid simultaneously with the application of the laser beam, such that the cooling fluid at least reduces the temperature of the glass sheet in order to propagate a fracture in the glass sheet along the cutting line. | 04-28-2016 |
| 065164000 | Molten glass dispenser or gatherer control | 1 |
| 20140000317 | GLASS GOB WEIGHT CONTROL ASSEMBLY FOR A GLASSWARE MOLDING MACHINE | 01-02-2014 |
