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GLASS MANUFACTURING
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| 376 | ![[Patents]](../gifs/ps.gif) | PROCESSES OF MANUFACTURING FIBERS, FILAMENTS, OR PREFORMS |
| 377 | | . With measuring, controlling, sensing, programming, timing, indicating, or testing |
| 378 | | . . Optical property |
| 379 | | . . Fluid pressure |
| 380 | | . . Molten material level |
| 381 | | . . Winder or puller movement |
| 382 | | . . Diameter or coating thickness |
| 384 | | . . Temperature |
| 385 | | . Process of manufacturing optical fibers, waveguides, or preforms thereof |
| 386 | | . . Planar waveguides |
| 387 | | . . Forming lens integral with optical fiber |
| 388 | | . . Nonoxygen halide glass (e.g., metal halide, etc.) |
| 389 | | . . Nonoxygen chalcogenide glass containing |
| 390 | | . . Scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), or rare earth doped core or preform (i.e., atomic numbers 21, 39, 57-72) |
| 391 | | . . Plasma utilized |
| 392 | | . . Laser utilized |
| 393 | | . . Hollow optical fibers or waveguides |
| 394 | | . . Ion implantation |
| 395 | | . . Sol-gel or liquid phase route utilized |
| 396 | | . . . Sonic or ultrasonic energy utilized (e.g., homogenizing, dispersing, etc.) |
| 397 | | . . Fluorine doping |
| 398 | | . . . Germanium or boron containing |
| 399 | | . . Incorporating dopant into porous body |
| 400 | | . . Ion exchange utilized |
| 401 | | . . Extruding |
| 402 | | . . Producing bent, crimped, twisted, textured, or curled optical fibers or waveguides |
| 403 | | . . Producing noncircular optical fibers or waveguides (e.g., particular cross section, etc.) |
| 404 | | . . With step of casting or forming nonfiber workpiece (e.g., molding liquid preform, shaping molten glass against a forming surface, etc.) |
| 405 | | . . Utilizing multiple crucibles or multiple feed streams of molten glass |
| 406 | | . . Joining or bonding optical fibers, waveguides, or preforms (e.g., coupling, etc.) |
| 407 | | . . . End to end (i.e., butt end joining) |
| 408 | | . . . Side to side |
| 409 | | . . . . Having plural adjacent fibers or rods sheathed (i.e., bundle) in tube or enclosure |
| 410 | | . . . . By fusing preformed fibers without attenuating stock material |
| 411 | | . . . . With stretching or drawing |
| 412 | | . . . Rod placed inside of tube |
| 413 | | . . With step of vapor deposition |
| 414 | | . . . Forming optical fiber or fiber preform by soot buildup (i.e., vapor axial deposition, VAD) |
| 415 | | . . . . Forming glass layers with graded or radially varying refractive index |
| 416 | | . . . . Consolidation in situ (e.g., sintering, etc.) |
| 417 | | . . . Inside of tube or hollow form by soot buildup |
| 418 | | . . . . Elongated material feed means within tube (e.g., reactant feed means place inside of tube, etc.) |
| 419 | | . . . . With step of collapsing tube |
| 420 | | . . . . Maintaining isotropic conditions inside of tube |
| 421 | | . . . Outside of tube or rod by soot buildup |
| 422 | | . . . . With dehydration (e.g., OH removal, etc.) |
| 423 | | . . . Inorganic carbon, metal oxide, or inorganic nitrogen containing material deposited (e.g., elemental carbon, carbides, nitrides, etc.) |
| 424 | | . . Inert, nonoxidizing, or reducing environment |
| 425 | | . . Electromagnetic, magnetic, wave, or particulate energy utilized |
| 426 | | . . Drying, dehydration, OH removal or prevention |
| 427 | | . . Consolidating preform (e.g., sintering, etc.) |
| 428 | | . . . Collapsing tube |
| 429 | | . . With etching or leaching |
| 430 | | . . With significant coating step |
| 431 | | . . . Free metal or metal alloy containing coating |
| 432 | | . . . Synthetic or natural resin containing coating |
| 433 | | . . With cutting or severing |
| 434 | | . . With quench cooling (e.g., forced air or cryogenic immersion, etc.) |
| 435 | | . . With fiber stretching, drawing, or pulling (e.g., from rod, etc.) |
| 436 | | . Plasma utilized |
| 437 | | . Producing noncircular fibers (e.g., particular cross section, flat, elliptical, etc.) |
| 438 | | . Producing crimped, twisted, or curled fibers (e.g., textured, etc.) |
| 439 | | . Producing hollow fibers or tubular preforms |
| 440 | | . Sol-gel route or ion exchange utilized |
| 441 | | . Electromagnetic, magnetic, wave, or particulate energy utilized |
| 442 | | . Composite fiber matrix (e.g., carbon or metal fiber with glass matrix or vice versa, etc.) |
| 443 | | . With coating (e.g., lubricant, sizing, etc.) |
| 444 | | . . Glass (i.e., nonoptical fiber, metal oxide) |
| 445 | | . . Free metal or alloy containing |
| 446 | | . . . Vapor deposition of free metal or free metal containing material |
| 447 | | . . Synthetic resin, natural resin, or asphalt coating |
| 448 | | . . . Organic silicon containing (e.g., coupling agent, etc.) |
| 449 | | . . . Asphalt |
| 450 | | . . . Thermosetting or themoplastic resin |
| 451 | | . . . . Nitrogen or phenol containing |
| 452 | | . . With severing |
| 453 | | . . With advancing, gathering, or winding continuous fiber or filament |
| 454 | | . Formation of fiber or preform utilizing fluid blast (e.g., from molten glass, etc.) |
| 455 | | . . During slinging or rotary-centrifugal fiber distribution |
| 456 | | . . . Depositing molten glass on periphery of rotating fiberizing means (e.g., disc, rotor, wheel, etc.) |
| 457 | | . . . Specified composition of slinger or rotary-centrifugal fiber distributor |
| 458 | | . . . Fluid blast guide, baffle, or deflector |
| 459 | | . . . Centrifuge with fiberizing holes |
| 460 | | . . . . Adjacent combustion chamber, burner, or blower utilized |
| 461 | | . . . . . Having at least two concentric burners or blowers |
| 462 | | . . Solid fibers comminuted by fluid blast |
| 463 | | . . Specified nozzle opening or configuration (e.g., opening size, cross section, etc.) |
| 464 | | . . Fluid discharge skirt or shield utilized |
| 465 | | . . Attenuation by fluid blast contacting glass |
| 466 | | . . . Plural fluid blasts or jets contacting single glass stream |
| 467 | | . . . . Fluid blast penetrated transversely by jet (e.g., toration, etc.) |
| 468 | | . . Flame or combustible fluid blast utilized |
| 469 | | . By slinging or rotary-centrifugal fiber distribution (i.e., without fluid blast) |
| 470 | | . . Centrifuge with fiberizing holes |
| 471 | | . With bushing flood prevention, removal, or breakout prevention |
| 472 | | . With chemical etching or leaching |
| 473 | | . With removal of coating (e.g., desizing, oxidizing coating, etc.) |
| 474 | | . With purifying or homogenizing molten glass (e.g., removing bubbles, etc.) |
| 475 | | . With fiber drawing or pulling (e.g., attenuating, etc.) |
| 476 | | . . By modifying fluid pressure (e.g., vacuum, reduced or superatmospheric pressure, etc.) |
| 477 | | . . Drawing fiber from rod |
| 478 | | . . Fluid assisted attenuation or directing of fiber or filament |
| 479 | | . . Reeling or winding |
| 480 | | . . Cutting or severing |
| 481 | | . . Cooling of molten glass at forming area (e.g., cooling fins, etc.) |
| 482 | | . With charging or pretreatment of batch material (e.g., gas heating, crushing, etc.) |
| 483 | | FIBER MAKING APPARATUS |
| 484 | | . With measuring, controlling, sensing, timing, inspecting, indicating, or testing means |
| 485 | | . . By optical means or of optical property |
| 486 | | . . Winder or puller movement (e.g., drawing sensor, etc.) |
| 487 | | . . Having fiber breakout detection, compensation, or prevention means |
| 488 | | . . Temperature |
| 489 | | . . Fluid pressure |
| 490 | | . . Molten glass level (e.g., sensor, check valve, etc.) |
| 491 | | . . Diameter or coating thickness |
| 492 | | . With designated composition of dies, bushings, or nozzles |
| 493 | | . . Platinum group metal containing (i.e., ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt)) |
| 494 | | . With means to form hollow fiber or preform |
| 495 | | . With specified bushing, tip, or feeder structure |
| 496 | | . . Tipless |
| 497 | | . . Noncircular tip opening (e.g., elliptical, polygonal, etc.) |
| 498 | | . . With cooling means for bushing (e.g., orifice plate cooling, etc.) |
| 499 | | . . With heating means for bushing |
| 500 | | . With means to align preform with drawing apparatus or form multifilament fibers (e.g., gathering shoe, etc.) |
| 501 | | . With fiber splicing or coupling means (e.g., fusion splicing, end to end, side to side, etc.) |
| 502 | | . With multiple crucible or multichamber system |
| 503 | | . With cleaning means |
| 504 | | . With crimping or curling means |
| 505 | | . With means to distribute fibers across collecting surface (e.g., blower, mechanical distribution means, reciprocating, oscillating, etc.) |
| 506 | | . With assorting means |
| 507 | | . With means for heating newly formed filament, fiber, or preform |
| 508 | | . . Having means to shape or modify |
| 509 | | . . Electric or electromagnetic heating utilized (e.g., induction heat, etc.) |
| 510 | | . With means for cooling newly formed fiber, filament, or preform (e.g., nascent fiber, etc.) |
| 511 | | . . With cooling surfaces or fins |
| 512 | | . . . Fluid cooling agent circulated |
| 513 | | . . Gas column (e.g., generally upward gas stream, etc.) |
| 514 | | . . Liquid stream or spray |
| 515 | | . Specified composition of slinger or rotary-centrifugal fiber forming means |
| 516 | | . Rotary-centrifugal fiber forming means (e.g., slinger, rotary disc, no fiberizing holes, etc.) |
| 517 | | . . Having fluid blast means for contacting glass |
| 518 | | . . . With fluid blast guide, baffle, or deflector |
| 519 | | . . Having means to pass cooling fluid through apparatus |
| 520 | | . . Depositing glass on periphery of rotating fiber forming means (e.g., disc, rotor, wheel, etc.) |
| 521 | | . Centrifuge with fiberizing holes (e.g., rotor, etc.) |
| 522 | | . . Having adjacent combustion chamber, burner, or blower utilized |
| 523 | | . . . With at least two concentric blowers or burners |
| 524 | | . With fluid blast means |
| 525 | | . . Having specified nozzle opening size or nozzle cross section |
| 526 | | . . Having fluid discharge skirt or deflector |
| 527 | | . . . Toration means utilized |
| 528 | | . . Combustion or flame attenuation |
| 529 | | . Having coating or treating means |
| 530 | | . . Having gas feeding or withdrawal means |
| 531 | | . . . Having soot forming flame hydrolysis burner (e.g., flame oxidation, etc.) |
| 532 | | . . . With means for recovery, recirculation, or elimination of excess gas feed or coating material |
| 533 | | . With drawing means |
| 534 | | . . Movable furnace or bushing (e.g., rotatable, reciprocating, etc.) |
| 535 | | . . Pulling wheels or rolls |
| 536 | | . . . With severing |
| 537 | | . . From rod stock |
| 538 | | . . With fluid assisting means |
| 539 | | . With winding means |
| 540 | | . With furnace charging means |
| 17.1 | | PROCESSES |
| 17.2 | | . Sol-gel or liquid phase route utilized |
| 17.3 | | . With shaping of particulate material and subsequent fusing of particles |
| 17.4 | | . . Including flame or gas contact |
| 17.5 | | . . Employing nonoxide additive |
| 17.6 | | . . With treatment subsequent to fusing |
| 19 | | . Slag, utilization |
| 20 | | . . Foaming of slag |
| 21.1 | | . Self-supporting particle making (e.g., bead, ball, granule, etc.) |
| 21.2 | | . . By molten glass comminuting |
| 21.3 | | . . Spheroidizing or rounding of solid glass particles |
| 21.4 | | . . Hollow or porous particle |
| 21.5 | | . . With mechanical shaping or subdividing |
| 22 | | . With pore forming in situ |
| 23 | | . With destruction or delamination of transitory attached or associated separate material |
| 24 | | . Utilizing parting or lubricating layer |
| 25.1 | | . . Providing a gaseous layer between glass and apparatus |
| 25.2 | | . . . Sheet |
| 25.3 | | . . . . Formed from molten glass |
| 25.4 | | . . . . Reshaping |
| 26 | | . . Coating of apparatus |
| 27 | | . Repairing or cleaning of apparatus; or batch dust prevention or control |
| 28 | | . With glass reclaiming, repairing or crack run interruption |
| 29.1 | | . With program, time, or cyclic control |
| 29.11 | | . . Electric computer or data processing system utilized |
| 29.12 | | . With measuring, sensing, inspecting, indicating, or testing |
| 29.13 | | . . Combustion chamber atmosphere |
| 29.14 | | . . Diameter, width, or thickness of formed article |
| 29.15 | | . . Fluid pressure |
| 29.16 | | . . Batch or feed material |
| 29.17 | | . . Level or flow of molten material |
| 29.18 | | . . Magnetic, electromagnetic, or wave energy utilized (e.g., light, infrared, ultrasonic, etc.) |
| 29.19 | | . . Temperature |
| 29.21 | | . . . Of molten glass |
| 30.1 | | . With chemically reactive treatment of glass preform |
| 30.11 | | . . To enhance the ability to darken or change color in response to radiation exposure (e.g., photochromic) |
| 30.12 | | . . To hydrate the glass |
| 30.13 | | . . With metal ion penetrating into glass (i.e., ion exchange) |
| 30.14 | | . . . To temper or strengthen the glass |
| 31 | | . . By etching or leaching |
| 32.1 | | . Operating under inert or reducing conditions |
| 32.2 | | . . With bonding or sealing |
| 32.3 | | . . With crystallization or photochromism or phase separation |
| 32.4 | | . . With coating |
| 32.5 | | . . With forming glass from molten state, with treatment of molten glass, or with drawing of glass in softened state |
| 33.1 | | . Devitrifying glass or vitrifying crystalline glass (e.g., starting with or forming crystalline glass, etc.) |
| 33.2 | | . . Electromagnetic radiation or resulting heat utilized (e.g., gamma rays, X-rays, atomic particles UV, visible, IR, actinic, laser, microwave or radio wave, etc.) |
| 33.3 | | . . Halogen containing phase (e.g., crystalline or noncrystalline, etc.) |
| 33.4 | | . . With coating |
| 33.5 | | . . With fusion bonding glass to a formed part (e.g., devitrified seals, glass to metal, etc.) |
| 33.6 | | . . . Glass applied in powdered form (i.e., frit) |
| 33.7 | | . . Alumino-silicate containing phase |
| 33.8 | | . . . Containing at least 3 percent lithium or lithium oxide (e.g., spodumene, eucryptite, petalite, etc.) |
| 33.9 | | . . Forming product or preform from molten glass |
| 34 | | . With sealing off of gas evacuating opening |
| 35 | | . With vibrating, oscillating or agitating a preform |
| 36 | | . Fusion bonding of glass to a formed part |
| 37 | | . . Lens making |
| 38 | | . . . With bonding of at least three formed parts |
| 39 | | . . . With molding or reshaping of glass to assume shape of configured lens part during bonding |
| 40 | | . . Dielectric or joule effect heating of work |
| 41 | | . . With annealing or tempering of glass |
| 42 | | . . Bonding of subassembly with subsequent assembly and bonding (formed parts only) |
| 43 | | . . By or with coating at joint interface of a formed part prior to bonding |
| 44 | | . . With embossing or corrugating |
| 45 | | . . With glass part forming from shapeless molten glass |
| 46 | | . . . With blowing to shape glass |
| 47 | | . . . In mold cavity |
| 48 | | . . . . And bonding to part in same mold cavity |
| 49 | | . . . . . Bonding to metal formed part |
| 50 | | . . . Forming and bonding glass sheet to metal part |
| 51 | | . . . . Contacting metal with molten glass prior to forming sheet |
| 52 | | . . . . . Forming of plural glass sheets |
| 53 | | . . . Forming plural sheets or sheet-like streams from same source |
| 54 | | . . With reshaping glass preform prior to assembly or subsequent to bonding |
| 55 | | . . . Prior to assembly |
| 56 | | . . With severing, perforating, or breaking of glass |
| 57 | | . . Relative rotation of work and heating means |
| 58 | | . . Of parts having opposed facing areas out of contact (e.g., building blocks) |
| 59.1 | | . . Of glass to metal part |
| 59.2 | | . . . Maintaining cavity in glass |
| 59.21 | | . . . . Glass applied in powdered (i.e., frit) form |
| 59.22 | | . . . . Named fusible bonding material employed |
| 59.23 | | . . . . With firing in vacuum, in inert atmosphere, or in pumped in gas |
| 59.24 | | . . . . Metal part outside of glass part |
| 59.25 | | . . . . Metal part inserted through hole or into groove in glass part |
| 59.26 | | . . . . Metal part forced through or into softened glass part (e.g., pinch sealing, etc.) |
| 59.27 | | . . . . Metal part coaxial with and inside of glass part |
| 59.28 | | . . . . Relative movement or manipulation of parts during or immediately preceding fusion |
| 59.3 | | . . . More than two parts in overlaying series (noncavity) |
| 59.31 | | . . . . Metal part inserted through hole or into groove in glass part |
| 59.32 | | . . . . Metal part forced through or into softened glass part (e.g., pinch sealing, etc.) |
| 59.33 | | . . . . Relative movement or manipulation of parts during or immediately preceding fusion |
| 59.34 | | . . . . Metal part outside of glass part |
| 59.35 | | . . . . Metal part coaxial with and inside of glass part |
| 59.4 | | . . . Metal part outside of glass part |
| 59.5 | | . . . Glass applied in powdered (i.e., frit) form |
| 59.6 | | . . . Metal part coaxial with and inside of glass part |
| 59.7 | | . . . Metal part forced through or into softened glass part (e.g., pinch sealing, etc.) |
| 60.1 | | . With coating |
| 60.2 | | . . Plural diverse layers |
| 60.3 | | . . Organic coating |
| 60.4 | | . . Free metal coating |
| 60.5 | | . . Oxide coating |
| 60.51 | | . . . From inorganic metal salt |
| 60.52 | | . . . From organic metal compound |
| 60.53 | | . . . From inorganic oxides or hydroxides |
| 60.6 | | . . Free carbon containing coating |
| 60.7 | | . . Inorganic metal salt containing coating |
| 60.8 | | . . Silicon containing coating |
| 61 | | . With wearing away of surface material (e.g., abrading or grinding) |
| 62 | | . Combined |
| 63 | | . Sequentially forming, reheating, and working |
| 64 | | . . Reshaping |
| 65 | | . Forming and fire polishing or product |
| 66 | | . Forming product or preform from molten glass |
| 67 | | . . Converting sheet to hollow product or hollow product to sheet |
| 68 | | . . Initial forming of hollow product or preform in mold cavity |
| 69 | | . . . With annealing or tempering |
| 70 | | . . . With severing of formed product |
| 71 | | . . . Spreading of molten glass by rotation |
| 72 | | . . . With charging of mold cavity |
| 73 | | . . . . By suction from upper surface of "pool" |
| 74 | | . . . . . With sequential blowing in charged cavity |
| 75 | | . . . . Through orifice in bottom wall of dispenser |
| 76 | | . . . . With additional diverse shaping step |
| 77 | | . . . With additional forming step |
| 78 | | . . . . Diverse |
| 79 | | . . . . . Press and blow |
| 80 | | . . . . . . In separate lines |
| 81 | | . . . By differential gas pressure |
| 82 | | . . Reshaping of hot parison in mold cavity to form hollow article |
| 83 | | . . With positive cooling of product or molten glass at forming area |
| 84 | | . . . By direct gaseous contact |
| 85 | | . . . Of glass product |
| 86 | | . . Drawing and simultaneously forming hollow stock from molten glass |
| 87 | | . . . With additional shaping, or severing, or perforating |
| 88 | | . . . Vertically drawing upwardly while applying fluid internally of stock |
| 89 | | . . Forming hollow stock by surface filming |
| 90 | | . . Sheet |
| 91 | | . . . With application of lateral tension to edge portion of moving sheet |
| 92 | | . . . With smoothing subsequent to sheet formation |
| 93 | | . . . With reshaping or surface deformation |
| 94 | | . . . . Subsequent to formation |
| 95 | | . . . With annealing or tempering |
| 96 | | . . . . Conveying at different rate than speed of formation |
| 97 | | . . . With severing or perforating |
| 98 | | . . . Simultaneously forming plural separate sheets |
| 99.1 | | . . . By or with pouring molten glass onto forming surface |
| 99.2 | | . . . . Utilizing molten metal forming surface |
| 99.3 | | . . . . . Maintaining molten metal temperature |
| 99.4 | | . . . . . Treating or removing impurities in molten metal or glass |
| 99.5 | | . . . . . Maintaining or adjusting sheet width or thickness |
| 99.6 | | . . . . . . By nonmechanical means |
| 100 | | . . . . Onto moving roll or platen |
| 101 | | . . . . . Through bite of rolls |
| 102 | | . Reshaping or surface deformation of glass preform |
| 103 | | . . Utilizing heat shield or heat-sink |
| 104 | | . . With annealing, tempering, or fire-polishing |
| 105 | | . . With severing or perforating |
| 106 | | . . Reshaping of planar sheet |
| 107 | | . . . By sagging by gravity on mold surface |
| 108 | | . . Reshaping of tubular preform, retaining cavity |
| 109 | | . . . During rotation |
| 110 | | . . . Utilizing vacuum or gas pressure |
| 111 | | . Glass preform treating |
| 112 | | . . With severing or preforating |
| 113 | | . . . By or with flame |
| 114 | | . . Tempering |
| 115 | | . . . Differential or localized |
| 116 | | . . . Quenching in liquid bath |
| 117 | | . . Annealing |
| 118 | | . . . During conveying |
| 119 | | . . . . Annealing by direct contact with gaseous heat exchange medium |
| 120 | | . . By flame |
| 121 | | . Blending of separate molten glass streams |
| 122 | | . Charging of molten glass into mold cavity |
| 123 | | . . By gravity and severing subsequent to charging mold cavity |
| 124 | | . . By suction |
| 125 | | . Gathering from upper surface of glass pool |
| 126 | | . Discharging molten glass downwardly through orifice |
| 127 | | . . With gob shaping or treating subsequent to discharge through orifice |
| 128 | | . . With temperature modification at orifice |
| 129 | | . . Regulating or arresting of flow into or out of orifice |
| 130 | | . . . With or by differential gas pressure |
| 131 | | . . . . With segregation prior to discharge |
| 132 | | . . . With segregation prior to discharge |
| 133 | | . Severing of molten glass stream |
| 134.1 | | . Fining or homogenizing molten glass |
| 134.2 | | . . Subatmospheric pressure or vacuum utilized |
| 134.3 | | . . Melt accelerator or color modifier utilized (e.g., fining agent, etc.) |
| 134.4 | | . . Oxygen enriched or nitrogen reduced gas utilized (i.e., modified air) |
| 134.5 | | . . By injecting gas below surface of molten glass |
| 134.6 | | . . Exhaust or top gas treated or recycled |
| 134.7 | | . . Rotating furnace or chamber utilized (e.g., crucible, etc.) |
| 134.8 | | . . By melting toxic or waste material |
| 134.9 | | . . By eliminating gaseous inclusions (e.g., bubbles, etc.) |
| 135.1 | | . . Glass conditioning channel section utilized |
| 135.2 | | . . By agitating |
| 135.3 | | . . . Mechanical stirrers utilized |
| 135.4 | | . . . . Spiral |
| 135.6 | | . . Electric furnace utilized (e.g., induction or radiant heat from electric source, etc.) |
| 135.7 | | . . . With submerged electrodes |
| 135.8 | | . . . . Melting in separate zone of glass furnace |
| 135.9 | | . . By charging batch material |
| 136.1 | | . . . Preheating batch material |
| 136.2 | | . . . Directing batch feed to float on molten glass surface |
| 136.3 | | . . . Burner directed towards batch or melt |
| 136.4 | | . . By cooling molten glass |
| 137 | | . Cooling of molten glass |
| 138 | | ELECTRONIC ENVELOPE HEADER, TERMINAL, OR STEM MAKING MEANS |
| 139 | | . With means inserting wire into glass |
| 140 | | . By press mold |
| 141 | | MELT DISINTEGRATOR AND SOLIDIFIER INCLUDING FLUID-MELT CONTACT MEANS |
| 142 | | PARTICULATE BEAD OR BALL MAKING APPARATUS (E.G., PIN HEADING) |
| 143 | | . By rolling means |
| 144 | | MEANS SHAPING PREFORM FROM GRANULAR MATERIAL WITH FUSION MEANS |
| 145 | | PLURAL SOURCES FEEDING DIVERSE GLASS MELTS TO COMMON FORMING MEANS |
| 146 | | WITH MEANS TO FEED DIVERSE MATERIAL TO GLASS WORKING MEANS |
| 147 | | . Wire laminating means |
| 148 | | . . Sheet rolling means |
| 149 | | . . . Sandwiching wire between opposed glass feeds |
| 150 | | . . . Roll coacting with platen |
| 151 | | . . . . Embedding means on roll |
| 152 | | FUSION BONDING MEANS |
| 153 | | . Concentric body making (e.g., vacuum bottle making, etc.) |
| 154 | | . Glass to metal |
| 155 | | . Electronic device making |
| 156 | | . With article molding means |
| 157 | | MEANS PROVIDING SPECIAL ATMOSPHERE |
| 158 | | WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR, INSPECTION MEANS, REGISTER, OR RECORDER |
| 159 | | WITH APPARATUS SAFETY MEANS |
| 160 | | CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO CONDITION SENSING MEANS |
| 161 | | . Glass working fluid or treating fluid control |
| 162 | | . Temperature or heater control |
| 163 | | . Speed control |
| 164 | | . Molten glass dispenser or gatherer control |
| 165 | | WITH REJECT CATCHER, DEFLECTOR, OR HOLDER |
| 166 | | PERFORATOR FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM |
| 167 | | CONVERTIBLE TO DIFFERENT OPERATION |
| 168 | | WITH POSITIVE CLEANING MEANS FOR APPARATUS |
| 169 | | WITH MEANS PROVIDING PARTING MATERIAL |
| 170 | | WITH APPARATUS LUBRICATING MEANS |
| 171 | | WITH REPAIR, ASSEMBLY, OR DISASSEMBLY MEANS FOR APPARATUS |
| 172 | | . To replace worn or damaged parts |
| 173 | | . To provide alternately used parts |
| 174 | | WITH MECHANICAL CUTTER, SCORER, OR SCRIBER FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM |
| 175 | | . With annealing means |
| 176 | | . Running length |
| 177 | | . Associated with article mold |
| 178 | | WITH AGITATOR FOR MOLTEN OR SOFT GLASS |
| 179 | | . Delivery area associated |
| 180 | | . . Orifice associated |
| 181 | | COMBINED |
| 182.1 | | WITH FLUID SUPPORT FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM |
| 182.2 | | . Gaseous support |
| 182.3 | | . Means for treating or maintaining molten metal |
| 182.4 | | . Including preform width maintaining or stretching mean |
| 182.5 | | . Structure or composition of lining material or arrangement with shell |
| 183 | | EXTRUSION DIE FORMER WITH UPSTREAM DISCHARGE ASSISTANT |
| 184 | | MEANS CHARGING CONTINUOUS FILM OR STRIP TO SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FORMER |
| 185 | | . Into sheet rolling means |
| 186 | | . . With auxiliary heating or cooling means upstream of rolling means |
| 187 | | MEANS DRAWING TUBE OR ROD STOCK FROM BATH |
| 188 | | . Drawing vertically upward |
| 189 | | . . With product take-down means |
| 190 | | . . Means correlating air supply and bait movement |
| 191 | | . . With internal core or centering means |
| 192 | | . . Air injection means extending through bath |
| 193 | | MEANS DRAWING SHEET FROM BATH |
| 194 | | . With annealing or tempering means |
| 195 | | . Means dividing and recombining melt in draw chamber |
| 196 | | . Vertically upwardly with means bending sheet to horizontal |
| 197 | | . . With moving endless drawing or flattening table |
| 198 | | . . With coacting roll contacting surface of supply bath |
| 199 | | . With width maintaining and/or lateral stretching means |
| 200 | | . . Stretching means |
| 201 | | . . Adjustable width maintaining means |
| 202 | | . With pivoted lip tile |
| 203 | | . With auxiliary heating means for draw pot or drawing chamber |
| 204 | | . With cooling means in drawing chamber |
| 205 | | . With radiant heat reflector in draw pot or drawing chamber |
| 206 | | . With skimmer |
| 207 | | GOB CHARGING MEANS WITH SHAPE IMPARTING RECEPTACLE MEANS |
| 208 | | . With glass treating means |
| 209 | | . By fluid pressure discharge assistant means |
| 210 | | . By suction gatherer mounted above supply |
| 211 | | . . With means correlating movable pool-closure |
| 212 | | . . Gatherer moving transversely from orbit of traveling mold (i.e., ram type) |
| 213 | | . . Mold is gatherer |
| 214 | | . . . Parison mold |
| 215 | | . . . . With plunger movable relative to mold |
| 216 | | . . . . . With separate, distinct blow mold |
| 217 | | . . . . . . Diverse molds traveling concentric orbits |
| 218 | | . . . . . . . Finish mold pivotally mounted below parison's orbit |
| 219 | | . . . . With blow means |
| 220 | | . . . . . Sequentially used, distinct molds |
| 221 | | . By delivery from tank feeder |
| 222 | | . . To parallel mold tables |
| 223 | | . . With press means |
| 224 | | . . . With diverse molding |
| 225 | | . . With gob guide means |
| 226 | | . With press means |
| 227 | | DIVERSE DISTINCT GLASSWORKING APPARATUS |
| 228 | | . Marvering means with blow means |
| 229 | | . Press means with blow means |
| 230 | | . . With reheating means therebetween |
| 231 | | . . Blank mold encaseable in finish mold |
| 232 | | . . With mold inverting means |
| 233 | | . . . With pneumatic charge compacting means |
| 234 | | . . . . Settle-blow means |
| 235 | | . . . Neck mold inverting |
| 236 | | . . . . With parison mold inverting |
| 237 | | . . Diverse molds traveling concentric orbits |
| 238 | | . . . With diverse motion of mold |
| 239 | | . . . With movable work transfer means between orbits |
| 240 | | . . Plural traveling mold carriers |
| 241 | | . . . With movable intermediate work transfer means |
| 242 | | . . Reciprocating mold bottom |
| 243 | | PLURAL DISTINCT GLASSWORKING APPARATUS |
| 244 | | . Spaced preform reheating means with reshaping means |
| 245 | | . Sheet rolling means |
| 246 | | . Plural presses |
| 247 | | . . Plungers sequentially coacting with same mold |
| 248 | | . . With relative rotation between plunger and mold during withdrawal |
| 249 | | . . . Plungers oppositely disposed |
| 250 | | . . Plungers oppositely disposed |
| 251 | | . . Plungers orbiting above orbiting molds |
| 252 | | . Fire-polishing means |
| 253 | | ROLLING MEANS TO FORM SHEET OR STRIP |
| 254 | | . With treating means |
| 255 | | . With corrugating or surface imprinting means |
| 256 | | . Roll coacting with planar platen |
| 257 | | . . Reciprocating platen |
| 258 | | SHEET CASTING AND RECEIVING MEANS |
| 259 | | . With pot handling means |
| 260 | | WITH MEANS ABOVE MOLD TO TAKE-OUT OR TRANSFER PRODUCT |
| 261 | | BLOWING MEANS WITH BLOW MOLD |
| 262 | | . With treating means |
| 263 | | . Combined with vacuum means |
| 264 | | . Traveling mold |
| 265 | | . . With means heating and/or cooling apparatus |
| 266 | | . Mold rotary about own axis |
| 267 | | . With means heating and/or cooling apparatus |
| 268 | | PREFORM RESHAPING MEANS WITH TREATING MEANS |
| 269 | | GLASSWORKING OR PREFORM BY OR WITH REHEATING MEANS (E.G., FLAME SEVERING) |
| 270 | | . Envelope tipping off type |
| 271 | | . Heating means movable relative to work during shaping operation |
| 272 | | . Work, workholder, or tool correlated burner control |
| 273 | | . Planar sheet preform |
| 274 | | . With spaced preheating means |
| 275 | | . Mechanical means to reshape preform |
| 276 | | . . Tubular type preform |
| 277 | | . . . By resizing mandrel |
| 278 | | . . . Means supporting and orbiting preform |
| 279 | | . . . . Preform supported horizontally |
| 280 | | . . . . Preform supported vertically |
| 281 | | . . . By bending means |
| 282 | | . . . By internal forming means |
| 283 | | . . . By stretching means |
| 284 | | . Fire-polishing means |
| 285 | | . To reshape preform by flame pressure or gravity |
| 286 | | PREFORM RESHAPING MEANS |
| 287 | | . Sheet bending mold |
| 288 | | . . With heat shield or heat sink |
| 289 | | . . Including auxiliary movable sheet support or movable sheet guide means |
| 290 | | . . . Movable mold section |
| 291 | | . . Having movable section |
| 292 | | . Cylindrical preform |
| 293 | | . . By threading means |
| 294 | | . . By expansible mandrel |
| 295 | | . . By crimping means |
| 296 | | . . By internal and external forming means |
| 297 | | . . . Both rotary driven |
| 298 | | . . . Rotary internal, stationary external |
| 299 | | . . By flaring means |
| 300 | | MEANS APPLYING PNEUMATIC PRESSURE INSIDE OF DISCRETE CHARGE (I.E., BLOW MEANS) |
| 301 | | . With selective control means |
| 302 | | ARTICLE FORMING MEANS UTILIZING MOLD MOTION (E.G., CENTRIFUGAL CASTING) |
| 303 | | GOB SHAPING OR TREATING MEANS DOWNSTREAM OF GOB SEVERING MEANS |
| 304 | | WITH GOB HANDLING MEANS |
| 305 | | PRESS MOLDING MACHINE |
| 306 | | . With product treating means |
| 307 | | . Mold ring or baffle laterally and movably supported |
| 308 | | . Plunger coacting with successively presented molds |
| 309 | | . . Relative rotation between plunger and orbiting mold |
| 310 | | . . . Independent dies actuated by common plunger |
| 311 | | . . Means providing orbiting mold with diverse motion |
| 312 | | . . Mold orbiting about horizontal axis |
| 313 | | . . Vertically segmented orbiting mold |
| 314 | | . Plural motors coaxial with plunger |
| 315 | | . With core drawing means |
| 316 | | . With means to rotate plunger during withdrawal |
| 317 | | . Means reciprocating or oscillating female mold member |
| 318 | | . With means varying plunger pressure during pressing |
| 319 | | . With means for heating or cooling apparatus |
| 320 | | . Selectively operated plural plungers |
| 321 | | . Plunger penetrating superimposed mold table |
| 322 | | . With means to adjust plunger stroke |
| 323 | | PRODUCT OR PARISON CENTERING MEANS, OR MOLD AND/OR CORE ALIGNING MEANS |
| 324 | | MOLTEN GLASS DISPENSING MEANS (E.G., FEEDER OR LADLE) |
| 325 | | . Discharge orifice below melt level |
| 326 | | . . With auxiliary heating or cooling means |
| 327 | | . . . At orifice |
| 328 | | . . Plural plunger-type discharge assistants or discharge orifices |
| 329 | | . . By differential gas pressure |
| 330 | | . . By reciprocating plunger-type discharge assistant |
| 331 | | . . . With diverse motion |
| 332 | | . . . With severing means |
| 333 | | . Discharge lip with discharge assistant |
| 334 | | WITH MOLTEN GLASS CHARGE CUTTING OR SCRAPING MEANS |
| 335 | | GLASS FURNACE WITH FURNACE CHARGING MEANS |
| 336 | | GATHERING OR DRAWING POOL TYPE FURNACE |
| 337 | | . Supplemental heating or heat exchange means associated with pool |
| 338 | | . . With deputer, draw ring, or draw shield |
| 339 | | . Separate and distinct means defining pool (e.g., floor-supported dam) |
| 340 | | . . Movably mounted |
| 341 | | . . Cascadingly connected |
| 342 | | . . By bridge |
| 343 | | . . . Floating bridge |
| 344 | | . . With deputer, draw ring, or draw shield |
| 345 | | . . By suspended baffle |
| 346 | | GLASS CONDITIONING CHANNEL SECTION |
| 347 | | MELTING POT OR FURNACE WITH STRUCTURALLY DEFINED DELIVERY OR FINING ZONE |
| 348 | | PRODUCT COOLING MEANS (E.G., TEMPERING) |
| 349 | | . With preceding reheater |
| 350 | | . . Plural spaced reheaters |
| 351 | | . . Plural spaced cooling means |
| 352 | | DRAWING BAIT |
| 353 | | . With air supply means |
| 354 | | . . With heating or cooling means |
| 355 | | MEANS HEATING OR COOLING APPARATUS |
| 356 | | . Internally positioned |
| 357 | | MOLD WITH SEPARATING MEANS OR CLAMPING MEANS |
| 358 | | . Core drawing means |
| 359 | | . With mold support or carrier |
| 360 | | . . Pivoted mold sections |
| 361 | | MOLD WITH SUPPORTING OR CARRYING MEANS |
| 362 | | PLUNGER |
| 370.1 | | ROLLER MEANS FOR GLASSWORKING, TEMPERING, OR ANNEALING |
| 374.1 | | APPARATUS MADE OF SPECIAL MATERIAL |
| 374.11 | | . Metal-nonmetal composite |
| 374.12 | | . Metallic |
| 374.13 | | . Ceramic material |
| 374.14 | | . Asbestos containing |
| 374.15 | | . Elemental carbon containing (e.g., graphite, charcoal, etc.) |
| 375 | | MISCELLANEOUS |
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| | | CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS |
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| 900 | | DRYING, DEHYDRATION, MINIMIZING OH GROUPS |
| 901 | | LIQUID PHASE REACTION PROCESS |
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| | | DIGESTS |
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| DIG 1 | | Lens envelope |
| DIG 3 | | Cracked glass |
| DIG 4 | | Electric heat |
| DIG 5 | | Foil glass |
| DIG 6 | | Glass electrode |
| DIG 8 | | Quartz |
| DIG 9 | | Tube |
| DIG 10 | | Stemware |
| DIG 11 | | Encapsulating |
| DIG 12 | | Reed switch |
| DIG 13 | | Computer control |
| DIG 15 | | Nonoxygen containing chalogenides |
| DIG 16 | | . Optical filament or fiber treatment with fluorine or incorporating fluorine in final product |
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