Glass manufacturing inventions 12/06

20060288736 - Float bath and float forming method: A float bath 10 has a bottom 12 filled with molten tin 11, and a roof 14 for covering the bottom 12. A space in the roof 14 is separated into an upper space 20 and a lower space 21 by a roof brick layer 16, and heaters 18 are... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060288737 - Method and apparatus for bending and tempering glass panels: A method and apparatus for bending and tempering glass panels includes a glass panel being heated to a tempering temperature and passed from a furnace's conveyor into a bending and tempering section for an arched roller mould, the glass bending upon its arrival thereon. The bent glass is subjected to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060288738 - Apparatus and method for measuring the weight of an optical fiber preform during a chemical deposition process for forming the preform: An apparatus for measuring the weight of a preform for optical fibres during a chemical deposition process for the formation of a preform is disclosed. The apparatus has at least one elastic constraint associated with at least one end portion of an elongated element made of a chemical deposition substrate... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060288739 - Plasma torch and preform fabrication system using the method: A system for fabricating an optical fiber preform including glazing the outside surface of the preform using inductive heating, the system including a plasma torch for localized heating of the preform during the glazing, and an injector for injecting into the plasma in the area of the outside face of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060288740 - Heat-resistant optical fiber, a method of manufacturing the same, a method of fixing an optical fiber, and a heat-resistant optical fiber using a protective tube: To the outer peripheral surface of an optical fiber made of quartz or glass and having a core and a cladding is applied a microporous silica solution, which is synthesized from a mixture of silicon alcoxide, active alcohol for facilitating hydrolytic action, alcohol, and water, by means of the sol-gel... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20060283209 - Devices for manufacturing glass preforms, methods for manufacturing glass preforms, and method for manufacturing optical elements: The devices for manufacturing glass performs comprise multiple gob casting molds, devices for displacing the gob casting molds and an atmosphere regulating mechanism. In one aspect, the atmosphere regulating mechanism independently regulates an atmosphere to which the glass is exposed on the gob casting molds in the casting area, molding... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060283210 - Mold split insert: A mold split insert for use in a molding stack assembly, and in particular a preform mold neck ring insert for use in an injection molding stack assembly for making bottle mold preforms. The split insert comprises a body with a molding surface configured thereon. The split insert also includes... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20060277947 - Device for producing a gas cushion: The gas cushion serves to support a preheated glass sheet and is produced by a chamber, which is connected to a source (21) of compressed gas. The upper wall (10) of the chamber is adapted to the shape of the glass sheet and has a plurality of apertures for the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC