Class   65	GLASS MANUFACTURING
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PROCESSES OF MANUFACTURING FIBERS, FILAMENTS, OR PREFORMS

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. (1 indent ) With measuring, controlling, sensing, programming, timing, indicating, or testing

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.. (2 indent ) Optical property

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid pressure

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.. (2 indent ) Molten material level

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.. (2 indent ) Winder or puller movement

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.. (2 indent ) Diameter or coating thickness

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.. (2 indent ) Temperature

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. (1 indent ) Process of manufacturing optical fibers, waveguides, or preforms thereof

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.. (2 indent ) Planar waveguides

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.. (2 indent ) Forming lens integral with optical fiber

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.. (2 indent ) Nonoxygen halide glass (e.g., metal halide, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Nonoxygen chalcogenide glass containing

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.. (2 indent ) Scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), or rare earth doped core or preform (i.e., atomic numbers 21, 39, 57-72)

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.. (2 indent ) Plasma utilized

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.. (2 indent ) Laser utilized

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.. (2 indent ) Hollow optical fibers or waveguides

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.. (2 indent ) Ion implantation

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.. (2 indent ) Sol-gel or liquid phase route utilized

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... (3 indent ) Sonic or ultrasonic energy utilized (e.g., homogenizing, dispersing, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Fluorine doping

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... (3 indent ) Germanium or boron containing

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.. (2 indent ) Incorporating dopant into porous body

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.. (2 indent ) Ion exchange utilized

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.. (2 indent ) Extruding

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.. (2 indent ) Producing bent, crimped, twisted, textured, or curled optical fibers or waveguides

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.. (2 indent ) Producing noncircular optical fibers or waveguides (e.g., particular cross section, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) With step of casting or forming nonfiber workpiece (e.g., molding liquid preform, shaping molten glass against a forming surface, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Utilizing multiple crucibles or multiple feed streams of molten glass

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.. (2 indent ) Joining or bonding optical fibers, waveguides, or preforms (e.g., coupling, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) End to end (i.e., butt end joining)

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... (3 indent ) Side to side

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.... (4 indent ) Having plural adjacent fibers or rods sheathed (i.e., bundle) in tube or enclosure

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.... (4 indent ) By fusing preformed fibers without attenuating stock material

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.... (4 indent ) With stretching or drawing

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... (3 indent ) Rod placed inside of tube

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.. (2 indent ) With step of vapor deposition

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... (3 indent ) Forming optical fiber or fiber preform by soot buildup (i.e., vapor axial deposition, VAD)

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.... (4 indent ) Forming glass layers with graded or radially varying refractive index

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.... (4 indent ) Consolidation in situ (e.g., sintering, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Inside of tube or hollow form by soot buildup

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.... (4 indent ) Elongated material feed means within tube (e.g., reactant feed means place inside of tube, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) With step of collapsing tube

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.... (4 indent ) Maintaining isotropic conditions inside of tube

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... (3 indent ) Outside of tube or rod by soot buildup

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.... (4 indent ) With dehydration (e.g., OH removal, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Inorganic carbon, metal oxide, or inorganic nitrogen containing material deposited (e.g., elemental carbon, carbides, nitrides, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Inert, nonoxidizing, or reducing environment

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.. (2 indent ) Electromagnetic, magnetic, wave, or particulate energy utilized

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.. (2 indent ) Drying, dehydration, OH removal or prevention

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.. (2 indent ) Consolidating preform (e.g., sintering, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Collapsing tube

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.. (2 indent ) With etching or leaching

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.. (2 indent ) With significant coating step

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... (3 indent ) Free metal or metal alloy containing coating

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... (3 indent ) Synthetic or natural resin containing coating

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.. (2 indent ) With cutting or severing

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.. (2 indent ) With quench cooling (e.g., forced air or cryogenic immersion, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) With fiber stretching, drawing, or pulling (e.g., from rod, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Plasma utilized

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. (1 indent ) Producing noncircular fibers (e.g., particular cross section, flat, elliptical, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Producing crimped, twisted, or curled fibers (e.g., textured, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Producing hollow fibers or tubular preforms

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. (1 indent ) Sol-gel route or ion exchange utilized

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. (1 indent ) Electromagnetic, magnetic, wave, or particulate energy utilized

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. (1 indent ) Composite fiber matrix (e.g., carbon or metal fiber with glass matrix or vice versa, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With coating (e.g., lubricant, sizing, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Glass (i.e., nonoptical fiber, metal oxide)

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.. (2 indent ) Free metal or alloy containing

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... (3 indent ) Vapor deposition of free metal or free metal containing material

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.. (2 indent ) Synthetic resin, natural resin, or asphalt coating

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... (3 indent ) Organic silicon containing (e.g., coupling agent, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Asphalt

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... (3 indent ) Thermosetting or themoplastic resin

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.... (4 indent ) Nitrogen or phenol containing

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.. (2 indent ) With severing

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.. (2 indent ) With advancing, gathering, or winding continuous fiber or filament

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. (1 indent ) Formation of fiber or preform utilizing fluid blast (e.g., from molten glass, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) During slinging or rotary-centrifugal fiber distribution

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... (3 indent ) Depositing molten glass on periphery of rotating fiberizing means (e.g., disc, rotor, wheel, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Specified composition of slinger or rotary-centrifugal fiber distributor

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... (3 indent ) Fluid blast guide, baffle, or deflector

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... (3 indent ) Centrifuge with fiberizing holes

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.... (4 indent ) Adjacent combustion chamber, burner, or blower utilized

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....• (5 indent ) Having at least two concentric burners or blowers

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.. (2 indent ) Solid fibers comminuted by fluid blast

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.. (2 indent ) Specified nozzle opening or configuration (e.g., opening size, cross section, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid discharge skirt or shield utilized

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.. (2 indent ) Attenuation by fluid blast contacting glass

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... (3 indent ) Plural fluid blasts or jets contacting single glass stream

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.... (4 indent ) Fluid blast penetrated transversely by jet (e.g., toration, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Flame or combustible fluid blast utilized

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. (1 indent ) By slinging or rotary-centrifugal fiber distribution (i.e., without fluid blast)

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.. (2 indent ) Centrifuge with fiberizing holes

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. (1 indent ) With bushing flood prevention, removal, or breakout prevention

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. (1 indent ) With chemical etching or leaching

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. (1 indent ) With removal of coating (e.g., desizing, oxidizing coating, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With purifying or homogenizing molten glass (e.g., removing bubbles, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With fiber drawing or pulling (e.g., attenuating, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) By modifying fluid pressure (e.g., vacuum, reduced or superatmospheric pressure, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Drawing fiber from rod

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid assisted attenuation or directing of fiber or filament

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.. (2 indent ) Reeling or winding

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.. (2 indent ) Cutting or severing

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.. (2 indent ) Cooling of molten glass at forming area (e.g., cooling fins, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With charging or pretreatment of batch material (e.g., gas heating, crushing, etc.)

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FIBER MAKING APPARATUS

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. (1 indent ) With measuring, controlling, sensing, timing, inspecting, indicating, or testing means

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.. (2 indent ) By optical means or of optical property

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.. (2 indent ) Winder or puller movement (e.g., drawing sensor, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Having fiber breakout detection, compensation, or prevention means

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.. (2 indent ) Temperature

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid pressure

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.. (2 indent ) Molten glass level (e.g., sensor, check valve, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Diameter or coating thickness

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. (1 indent ) With designated composition of dies, bushings, or nozzles

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.. (2 indent ) Platinum group metal containing (i.e., ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt))

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. (1 indent ) With means to form hollow fiber or preform

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. (1 indent ) With specified bushing, tip, or feeder structure

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.. (2 indent ) Tipless

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.. (2 indent ) Noncircular tip opening (e.g., elliptical, polygonal, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) With cooling means for bushing (e.g., orifice plate cooling, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) With heating means for bushing

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. (1 indent ) With means to align preform with drawing apparatus or form multifilament fibers (e.g., gathering shoe, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With fiber splicing or coupling means (e.g., fusion splicing, end to end, side to side, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With multiple crucible or multichamber system

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. (1 indent ) With cleaning means

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. (1 indent ) With crimping or curling means

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. (1 indent ) With means to distribute fibers across collecting surface (e.g., blower, mechanical distribution means, reciprocating, oscillating, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With assorting means

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. (1 indent ) With means for heating newly formed filament, fiber, or preform

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.. (2 indent ) Having means to shape or modify

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.. (2 indent ) Electric or electromagnetic heating utilized (e.g., induction heat, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With means for cooling newly formed fiber, filament, or preform (e.g., nascent fiber, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) With cooling surfaces or fins

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... (3 indent ) Fluid cooling agent circulated

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.. (2 indent ) Gas column (e.g., generally upward gas stream, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Liquid stream or spray

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. (1 indent ) Specified composition of slinger or rotary-centrifugal fiber forming means

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. (1 indent ) Rotary-centrifugal fiber forming means (e.g., slinger, rotary disc, no fiberizing holes, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Having fluid blast means for contacting glass

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... (3 indent ) With fluid blast guide, baffle, or deflector

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.. (2 indent ) Having means to pass cooling fluid through apparatus

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.. (2 indent ) Depositing glass on periphery of rotating fiber forming means (e.g., disc, rotor, wheel, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Centrifuge with fiberizing holes (e.g., rotor, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Having adjacent combustion chamber, burner, or blower utilized

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... (3 indent ) With at least two concentric blowers or burners

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. (1 indent ) With fluid blast means

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.. (2 indent ) Having specified nozzle opening size or nozzle cross section

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.. (2 indent ) Having fluid discharge skirt or deflector

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... (3 indent ) Toration means utilized

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.. (2 indent ) Combustion or flame attenuation

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. (1 indent ) Having coating or treating means

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.. (2 indent ) Having gas feeding or withdrawal means

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... (3 indent ) Having soot forming flame hydrolysis burner (e.g., flame oxidation, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) With means for recovery, recirculation, or elimination of excess gas feed or coating material

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. (1 indent ) With drawing means

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.. (2 indent ) Movable furnace or bushing (e.g., rotatable, reciprocating, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Pulling wheels or rolls

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... (3 indent ) With severing

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.. (2 indent ) From rod stock

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.. (2 indent ) With fluid assisting means

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. (1 indent ) With winding means

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. (1 indent ) With furnace charging means

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PROCESSES

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. (1 indent ) Sol-gel or liquid phase route utilized

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. (1 indent ) With shaping of particulate material and subsequent fusing of particles

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.. (2 indent ) Including flame or gas contact

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.. (2 indent ) Employing nonoxide additive

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.. (2 indent ) With treatment subsequent to fusing

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. (1 indent ) Slag, utilization

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.. (2 indent ) Foaming of slag

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. (1 indent ) Self-supporting particle making (e.g., bead, ball, granule, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) By molten glass comminuting

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.. (2 indent ) Spheroidizing or rounding of solid glass particles

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.. (2 indent ) Hollow or porous particle

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.. (2 indent ) With mechanical shaping or subdividing

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. (1 indent ) With pore forming in situ

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. (1 indent ) With destruction or delamination of transitory attached or associated separate material

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. (1 indent ) Utilizing parting or lubricating layer

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.. (2 indent ) Providing a gaseous layer between glass and apparatus

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... (3 indent ) Sheet

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.... (4 indent ) Formed from molten glass

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.... (4 indent ) Reshaping

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.. (2 indent ) Coating of apparatus

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. (1 indent ) Repairing or cleaning of apparatus; or batch dust prevention or control

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. (1 indent ) With glass reclaiming, repairing or crack run interruption

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. (1 indent ) With program, time, or cyclic control

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.. (2 indent ) Electric computer or data processing system utilized

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. (1 indent ) With measuring, sensing, inspecting, indicating, or testing

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.. (2 indent ) Combustion chamber atmosphere

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.. (2 indent ) Diameter, width, or thickness of formed article

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid pressure

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.. (2 indent ) Batch or feed material

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.. (2 indent ) Level or flow of molten material

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.. (2 indent ) Magnetic, electromagnetic, or wave energy utilized (e.g., light, infrared, ultrasonic, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Temperature

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... (3 indent ) Of molten glass

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. (1 indent ) With chemically reactive treatment of glass preform

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.. (2 indent ) To enhance the ability to darken or change color in response to radiation exposure (e.g., photochromic)

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.. (2 indent ) To hydrate the glass

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.. (2 indent ) With metal ion penetrating into glass (i.e., ion exchange)

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... (3 indent ) To temper or strengthen the glass

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.. (2 indent ) By etching or leaching

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. (1 indent ) Operating under inert or reducing conditions

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.. (2 indent ) With bonding or sealing

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.. (2 indent ) With crystallization or photochromism or phase separation

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.. (2 indent ) With coating

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.. (2 indent ) With forming glass from molten state, with treatment of molten glass, or with drawing of glass in softened state

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. (1 indent ) Devitrifying glass or vitrifying crystalline glass (e.g., starting with or forming crystalline glass, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Electromagnetic radiation or resulting heat utilized (e.g., gamma rays, X-rays, atomic particles UV, visible, IR, actinic, laser, microwave or radio wave, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Halogen containing phase (e.g., crystalline or noncrystalline, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) With coating

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.. (2 indent ) With fusion bonding glass to a formed part (e.g., devitrified seals, glass to metal, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Glass applied in powdered form (i.e., frit)

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.. (2 indent ) Alumino-silicate containing phase

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... (3 indent ) Containing at least 3 percent lithium or lithium oxide (e.g., spodumene, eucryptite, petalite, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Forming product or preform from molten glass

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. (1 indent ) With sealing off of gas evacuating opening

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. (1 indent ) With vibrating, oscillating or agitating a preform

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. (1 indent ) Fusion bonding of glass to a formed part

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.. (2 indent ) Lens making

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... (3 indent ) With bonding of at least three formed parts

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... (3 indent ) With molding or reshaping of glass to assume shape of configured lens part during bonding

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.. (2 indent ) Dielectric or joule effect heating of work

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.. (2 indent ) With annealing or tempering of glass

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.. (2 indent ) Bonding of subassembly with subsequent assembly and bonding (formed parts only)

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.. (2 indent ) By or with coating at joint interface of a formed part prior to bonding

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.. (2 indent ) With embossing or corrugating

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.. (2 indent ) With glass part forming from shapeless molten glass

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... (3 indent ) With blowing to shape glass

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... (3 indent ) In mold cavity

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.... (4 indent ) And bonding to part in same mold cavity

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....• (5 indent ) Bonding to metal formed part

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... (3 indent ) Forming and bonding glass sheet to metal part

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.... (4 indent ) Contacting metal with molten glass prior to forming sheet

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....• (5 indent ) Forming of plural glass sheets

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... (3 indent ) Forming plural sheets or sheet-like streams from same source

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.. (2 indent ) With reshaping glass preform prior to assembly or subsequent to bonding

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... (3 indent ) Prior to assembly

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.. (2 indent ) With severing, perforating, or breaking of glass

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.. (2 indent ) Relative rotation of work and heating means

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.. (2 indent ) Of parts having opposed facing areas out of contact (e.g., building blocks)

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.. (2 indent ) Of glass to metal part

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... (3 indent ) Maintaining cavity in glass

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.... (4 indent ) Glass applied in powdered (i.e., frit) form

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.... (4 indent ) Named fusible bonding material employed

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.... (4 indent ) With firing in vacuum, in inert atmosphere, or in pumped in gas

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.... (4 indent ) Metal part outside of glass part

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.... (4 indent ) Metal part inserted through hole or into groove in glass part

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.... (4 indent ) Metal part forced through or into softened glass part (e.g., pinch sealing, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Metal part coaxial with and inside of glass part

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.... (4 indent ) Relative movement or manipulation of parts during or immediately preceding fusion

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... (3 indent ) More than two parts in overlaying series (noncavity)

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.... (4 indent ) Metal part inserted through hole or into groove in glass part

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.... (4 indent ) Metal part forced through or into softened glass part (e.g., pinch sealing, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Relative movement or manipulation of parts during or immediately preceding fusion

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.... (4 indent ) Metal part outside of glass part

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.... (4 indent ) Metal part coaxial with and inside of glass part

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... (3 indent ) Metal part outside of glass part

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... (3 indent ) Glass applied in powdered (i.e., frit) form

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... (3 indent ) Metal part coaxial with and inside of glass part

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... (3 indent ) Metal part forced through or into softened glass part (e.g., pinch sealing, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With coating

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.. (2 indent ) Plural diverse layers

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.. (2 indent ) Organic coating

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.. (2 indent ) Free metal coating

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.. (2 indent ) Oxide coating

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... (3 indent ) From inorganic metal salt

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... (3 indent ) From organic metal compound

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... (3 indent ) From inorganic oxides or hydroxides

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.. (2 indent ) Free carbon containing coating

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.. (2 indent ) Inorganic metal salt containing coating

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.. (2 indent ) Silicon containing coating

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. (1 indent ) With wearing away of surface material (e.g., abrading or grinding)

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. (1 indent ) Combined

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. (1 indent ) Sequentially forming, reheating, and working

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.. (2 indent ) Reshaping

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. (1 indent ) Forming and fire polishing or product

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. (1 indent ) Forming product or preform from molten glass

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.. (2 indent ) Converting sheet to hollow product or hollow product to sheet

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.. (2 indent ) Initial forming of hollow product or preform in mold cavity

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... (3 indent ) With annealing or tempering

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... (3 indent ) With severing of formed product

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... (3 indent ) Spreading of molten glass by rotation

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... (3 indent ) With charging of mold cavity

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.... (4 indent ) By suction from upper surface of "pool"

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....• (5 indent ) With sequential blowing in charged cavity

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.... (4 indent ) Through orifice in bottom wall of dispenser

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.... (4 indent ) With additional diverse shaping step

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... (3 indent ) With additional forming step

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.... (4 indent ) Diverse

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....• (5 indent ) Press and blow

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....•. (6 indent ) In separate lines

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... (3 indent ) By differential gas pressure

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.. (2 indent ) Reshaping of hot parison in mold cavity to form hollow article

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.. (2 indent ) With positive cooling of product or molten glass at forming area

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... (3 indent ) By direct gaseous contact

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... (3 indent ) Of glass product

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.. (2 indent ) Drawing and simultaneously forming hollow stock from molten glass

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... (3 indent ) With additional shaping, or severing, or perforating

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... (3 indent ) Vertically drawing upwardly while applying fluid internally of stock

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.. (2 indent ) Forming hollow stock by surface filming

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.. (2 indent ) Sheet

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... (3 indent ) With application of lateral tension to edge portion of moving sheet

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... (3 indent ) With smoothing subsequent to sheet formation

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... (3 indent ) With reshaping or surface deformation

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.... (4 indent ) Subsequent to formation

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... (3 indent ) With annealing or tempering

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.... (4 indent ) Conveying at different rate than speed of formation

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... (3 indent ) With severing or perforating

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... (3 indent ) Simultaneously forming plural separate sheets

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... (3 indent ) By or with pouring molten glass onto forming surface

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.... (4 indent ) Utilizing molten metal forming surface

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....• (5 indent ) Maintaining molten metal temperature

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....• (5 indent ) Treating or removing impurities in molten metal or glass

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....• (5 indent ) Maintaining or adjusting sheet width or thickness

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....•. (6 indent ) By nonmechanical means

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.... (4 indent ) Onto moving roll or platen

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....• (5 indent ) Through bite of rolls

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. (1 indent ) Reshaping or surface deformation of glass preform

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.. (2 indent ) Utilizing heat shield or heat-sink

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.. (2 indent ) With annealing, tempering, or fire-polishing

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.. (2 indent ) With severing or perforating

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.. (2 indent ) Reshaping of planar sheet

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... (3 indent ) By sagging by gravity on mold surface

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.. (2 indent ) Reshaping of tubular preform, retaining cavity

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... (3 indent ) During rotation

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... (3 indent ) Utilizing vacuum or gas pressure

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. (1 indent ) Glass preform treating

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.. (2 indent ) With severing or preforating

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... (3 indent ) By or with flame

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.. (2 indent ) Tempering

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... (3 indent ) Differential or localized

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... (3 indent ) Quenching in liquid bath

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.. (2 indent ) Annealing

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... (3 indent ) During conveying

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.... (4 indent ) Annealing by direct contact with gaseous heat exchange medium

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.. (2 indent ) By flame

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. (1 indent ) Blending of separate molten glass streams

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. (1 indent ) Charging of molten glass into mold cavity

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.. (2 indent ) By gravity and severing subsequent to charging mold cavity

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.. (2 indent ) By suction

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. (1 indent ) Gathering from upper surface of glass pool

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. (1 indent ) Discharging molten glass downwardly through orifice

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.. (2 indent ) With gob shaping or treating subsequent to discharge through orifice

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.. (2 indent ) With temperature modification at orifice

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.. (2 indent ) Regulating or arresting of flow into or out of orifice

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... (3 indent ) With or by differential gas pressure

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.... (4 indent ) With segregation prior to discharge

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... (3 indent ) With segregation prior to discharge

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. (1 indent ) Severing of molten glass stream

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. (1 indent ) Fining or homogenizing molten glass

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.. (2 indent ) Subatmospheric pressure or vacuum utilized

134.3

.. (2 indent ) Melt accelerator or color modifier utilized (e.g., fining agent, etc.)

134.4

.. (2 indent ) Oxygen enriched or nitrogen reduced gas utilized (i.e., modified air)

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.. (2 indent ) By injecting gas below surface of molten glass

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.. (2 indent ) Exhaust or top gas treated or recycled

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.. (2 indent ) Rotating furnace or chamber utilized (e.g., crucible, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) By melting toxic or waste material

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.. (2 indent ) By eliminating gaseous inclusions (e.g., bubbles, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Glass conditioning channel section utilized

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.. (2 indent ) By agitating

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... (3 indent ) Mechanical stirrers utilized

135.4

.... (4 indent ) Spiral

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.. (2 indent ) Electric furnace utilized (e.g., induction or radiant heat from electric source, etc.)

135.7

... (3 indent ) With submerged electrodes

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.... (4 indent ) Melting in separate zone of glass furnace

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.. (2 indent ) By charging batch material

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... (3 indent ) Preheating batch material

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... (3 indent ) Directing batch feed to float on molten glass surface

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... (3 indent ) Burner directed towards batch or melt

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.. (2 indent ) By cooling molten glass

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. (1 indent ) Cooling of molten glass

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ELECTRONIC ENVELOPE HEADER, TERMINAL, OR STEM MAKING MEANS

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. (1 indent ) With means inserting wire into glass

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. (1 indent ) By press mold

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MELT DISINTEGRATOR AND SOLIDIFIER INCLUDING FLUID-MELT CONTACT MEANS

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PARTICULATE BEAD OR BALL MAKING APPARATUS (E.G., PIN HEADING)

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. (1 indent ) By rolling means

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MEANS SHAPING PREFORM FROM GRANULAR MATERIAL WITH FUSION MEANS

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PLURAL SOURCES FEEDING DIVERSE GLASS MELTS TO COMMON FORMING MEANS

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WITH MEANS TO FEED DIVERSE MATERIAL TO GLASS WORKING MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Wire laminating means

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.. (2 indent ) Sheet rolling means

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... (3 indent ) Sandwiching wire between opposed glass feeds

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... (3 indent ) Roll coacting with platen

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.... (4 indent ) Embedding means on roll

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FUSION BONDING MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Concentric body making (e.g., vacuum bottle making, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Glass to metal

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. (1 indent ) Electronic device making

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. (1 indent ) With article molding means

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MEANS PROVIDING SPECIAL ATMOSPHERE

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WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR, INSPECTION MEANS, REGISTER, OR RECORDER

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WITH APPARATUS SAFETY MEANS

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CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO CONDITION SENSING MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Glass working fluid or treating fluid control

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. (1 indent ) Temperature or heater control

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. (1 indent ) Speed control

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. (1 indent ) Molten glass dispenser or gatherer control

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WITH REJECT CATCHER, DEFLECTOR, OR HOLDER

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PERFORATOR FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM

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CONVERTIBLE TO DIFFERENT OPERATION

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WITH POSITIVE CLEANING MEANS FOR APPARATUS

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WITH MEANS PROVIDING PARTING MATERIAL

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WITH APPARATUS LUBRICATING MEANS

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WITH REPAIR, ASSEMBLY, OR DISASSEMBLY MEANS FOR APPARATUS

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. (1 indent ) To replace worn or damaged parts

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. (1 indent ) To provide alternately used parts

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WITH MECHANICAL CUTTER, SCORER, OR SCRIBER FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM

175

. (1 indent ) With annealing means

176

. (1 indent ) Running length

177

. (1 indent ) Associated with article mold

178

WITH AGITATOR FOR MOLTEN OR SOFT GLASS

179

. (1 indent ) Delivery area associated

180

.. (2 indent ) Orifice associated

181

COMBINED

182.1

WITH FLUID SUPPORT FOR ARTICLE OR PREFORM

182.2

. (1 indent ) Gaseous support

182.3

. (1 indent ) Means for treating or maintaining molten metal

182.4

. (1 indent ) Including preform width maintaining or stretching mean

182.5

. (1 indent ) 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

. (1 indent ) Into sheet rolling means

186

.. (2 indent ) With auxiliary heating or cooling means upstream of rolling means

187

MEANS DRAWING TUBE OR ROD STOCK FROM BATH

188

. (1 indent ) Drawing vertically upward

189

.. (2 indent ) With product take-down means

190

.. (2 indent ) Means correlating air supply and bait movement

191

.. (2 indent ) With internal core or centering means

192

.. (2 indent ) Air injection means extending through bath

193

MEANS DRAWING SHEET FROM BATH

194

. (1 indent ) With annealing or tempering means

195

. (1 indent ) Means dividing and recombining melt in draw chamber

196

. (1 indent ) Vertically upwardly with means bending sheet to horizontal

197

.. (2 indent ) With moving endless drawing or flattening table

198

.. (2 indent ) With coacting roll contacting surface of supply bath

199

. (1 indent ) With width maintaining and/or lateral stretching means

200

.. (2 indent ) Stretching means

201

.. (2 indent ) Adjustable width maintaining means

202

. (1 indent ) With pivoted lip tile

203

. (1 indent ) With auxiliary heating means for draw pot or drawing chamber

204

. (1 indent ) With cooling means in drawing chamber

205

. (1 indent ) With radiant heat reflector in draw pot or drawing chamber

206

. (1 indent ) With skimmer

207

GOB CHARGING MEANS WITH SHAPE IMPARTING RECEPTACLE MEANS

208

. (1 indent ) With glass treating means

209

. (1 indent ) By fluid pressure discharge assistant means

210

. (1 indent ) By suction gatherer mounted above supply

211

.. (2 indent ) With means correlating movable pool-closure

212

.. (2 indent ) Gatherer moving transversely from orbit of traveling mold (i.e., ram type)

213

.. (2 indent ) Mold is gatherer

214

... (3 indent ) Parison mold

215

.... (4 indent ) With plunger movable relative to mold

216

....• (5 indent ) With separate, distinct blow mold

217

....•. (6 indent ) Diverse molds traveling concentric orbits

218

....•.. (7 indent ) Finish mold pivotally mounted below parison's orbit

219

.... (4 indent ) With blow means

220

....• (5 indent ) Sequentially used, distinct molds

221

. (1 indent ) By delivery from tank feeder

222

.. (2 indent ) To parallel mold tables

223

.. (2 indent ) With press means

224

... (3 indent ) With diverse molding

225

.. (2 indent ) With gob guide means

226

. (1 indent ) With press means

227

DIVERSE DISTINCT GLASSWORKING APPARATUS

228

. (1 indent ) Marvering means with blow means

229

. (1 indent ) Press means with blow means

230

.. (2 indent ) With reheating means therebetween

231

.. (2 indent ) Blank mold encaseable in finish mold

232

.. (2 indent ) With mold inverting means

233

... (3 indent ) With pneumatic charge compacting means

234

.... (4 indent ) Settle-blow means

235

... (3 indent ) Neck mold inverting

236

.... (4 indent ) With parison mold inverting

237

.. (2 indent ) Diverse molds traveling concentric orbits

238

... (3 indent ) With diverse motion of mold

239

... (3 indent ) With movable work transfer means between orbits

240

.. (2 indent ) Plural traveling mold carriers

241

... (3 indent ) With movable intermediate work transfer means

242

.. (2 indent ) Reciprocating mold bottom

243

PLURAL DISTINCT GLASSWORKING APPARATUS

244

. (1 indent ) Spaced preform reheating means with reshaping means

245

. (1 indent ) Sheet rolling means

246

. (1 indent ) Plural presses

247

.. (2 indent ) Plungers sequentially coacting with same mold

248

.. (2 indent ) With relative rotation between plunger and mold during withdrawal

249

... (3 indent ) Plungers oppositely disposed

250

.. (2 indent ) Plungers oppositely disposed

251

.. (2 indent ) Plungers orbiting above orbiting molds

252

. (1 indent ) Fire-polishing means

253

ROLLING MEANS TO FORM SHEET OR STRIP

254

. (1 indent ) With treating means

255

. (1 indent ) With corrugating or surface imprinting means

256

. (1 indent ) Roll coacting with planar platen

257

.. (2 indent ) Reciprocating platen

258

SHEET CASTING AND RECEIVING MEANS

259

. (1 indent ) With pot handling means

260

WITH MEANS ABOVE MOLD TO TAKE-OUT OR TRANSFER PRODUCT

261

BLOWING MEANS WITH BLOW MOLD

262

. (1 indent ) With treating means

263

. (1 indent ) Combined with vacuum means

264

. (1 indent ) Traveling mold

265

.. (2 indent ) With means heating and/or cooling apparatus

266

. (1 indent ) Mold rotary about own axis

267

. (1 indent ) 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

. (1 indent ) Envelope tipping off type

271

. (1 indent ) Heating means movable relative to work during shaping operation

272

. (1 indent ) Work, workholder, or tool correlated burner control

273

. (1 indent ) Planar sheet preform

274

. (1 indent ) With spaced preheating means

275

. (1 indent ) Mechanical means to reshape preform

276

.. (2 indent ) Tubular type preform

277

... (3 indent ) By resizing mandrel

278

... (3 indent ) Means supporting and orbiting preform

279

.... (4 indent ) Preform supported horizontally

280

.... (4 indent ) Preform supported vertically

281

... (3 indent ) By bending means

282

... (3 indent ) By internal forming means

283

... (3 indent ) By stretching means

284

. (1 indent ) Fire-polishing means

285

. (1 indent ) To reshape preform by flame pressure or gravity

286

PREFORM RESHAPING MEANS

287

. (1 indent ) Sheet bending mold

288

.. (2 indent ) With heat shield or heat sink

289

.. (2 indent ) Including auxiliary movable sheet support or movable sheet guide means

290

... (3 indent ) Movable mold section

291

.. (2 indent ) Having movable section

292

. (1 indent ) Cylindrical preform

293

.. (2 indent ) By threading means

294

.. (2 indent ) By expansible mandrel

295

.. (2 indent ) By crimping means

296

.. (2 indent ) By internal and external forming means

297

... (3 indent ) Both rotary driven

298

... (3 indent ) Rotary internal, stationary external

299

.. (2 indent ) By flaring means

300

MEANS APPLYING PNEUMATIC PRESSURE INSIDE OF DISCRETE CHARGE (I.E., BLOW MEANS)

301

. (1 indent ) 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

. (1 indent ) With product treating means

307

. (1 indent ) Mold ring or baffle laterally and movably supported

308

. (1 indent ) Plunger coacting with successively presented molds

309

.. (2 indent ) Relative rotation between plunger and orbiting mold

310

... (3 indent ) Independent dies actuated by common plunger

311

.. (2 indent ) Means providing orbiting mold with diverse motion

312

.. (2 indent ) Mold orbiting about horizontal axis

313

.. (2 indent ) Vertically segmented orbiting mold

314

. (1 indent ) Plural motors coaxial with plunger

315

. (1 indent ) With core drawing means

316

. (1 indent ) With means to rotate plunger during withdrawal

317

. (1 indent ) Means reciprocating or oscillating female mold member

318

. (1 indent ) With means varying plunger pressure during pressing

319

. (1 indent ) With means for heating or cooling apparatus

320

. (1 indent ) Selectively operated plural plungers

321

. (1 indent ) Plunger penetrating superimposed mold table

322

. (1 indent ) 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

. (1 indent ) Discharge orifice below melt level

326

.. (2 indent ) With auxiliary heating or cooling means

327

... (3 indent ) At orifice

328

.. (2 indent ) Plural plunger-type discharge assistants or discharge orifices

329

.. (2 indent ) By differential gas pressure

330

.. (2 indent ) By reciprocating plunger-type discharge assistant

331

... (3 indent ) With diverse motion

332

... (3 indent ) With severing means

333

. (1 indent ) 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

. (1 indent ) Supplemental heating or heat exchange means associated with pool

338

.. (2 indent ) With deputer, draw ring, or draw shield

339

. (1 indent ) Separate and distinct means defining pool (e.g., floor-supported dam)

340

.. (2 indent ) Movably mounted

341

.. (2 indent ) Cascadingly connected

342

.. (2 indent ) By bridge

343

... (3 indent ) Floating bridge

344

.. (2 indent ) With deputer, draw ring, or draw shield

345

.. (2 indent ) 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

. (1 indent ) With preceding reheater

350

.. (2 indent ) Plural spaced reheaters

351

.. (2 indent ) Plural spaced cooling means

352

DRAWING BAIT

353

. (1 indent ) With air supply means

354

.. (2 indent ) With heating or cooling means

355

MEANS HEATING OR COOLING APPARATUS

356

. (1 indent ) Internally positioned

357

MOLD WITH SEPARATING MEANS OR CLAMPING MEANS

358

. (1 indent ) Core drawing means

359

. (1 indent ) With mold support or carrier

360

.. (2 indent ) 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

. (1 indent ) Metal-nonmetal composite

374.12

. (1 indent ) Metallic

374.13

. (1 indent ) Ceramic material

374.14

. (1 indent ) Asbestos containing

374.15

. (1 indent ) Elemental carbon containing (e.g., graphite, charcoal, etc.)

375

MISCELLANEOUS

	CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS

900

DRYING, DEHYDRATION, MINIMIZING OH GROUPS

901

LIQUID PHASE REACTION PROCESS

	FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS

FOR000

CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS

	DIGESTS

DIG1

LENS ENVELOPE

DIG3

CRACKED GLASS

DIG4

ELECTRIC HEAT

DIG5

FOIL GLASS

DIG6

GLASS ELECTRODE

DIG8

QUARTZ

DIG9

TUBE

DIG10

STEMWARE

DIG11

ENCAPSULATING

DIG12

REED SWITCH

DIG13

COMPUTER CONTROL

DIG15

NONOXYGEN CONTAINING CHALOGENIDES

DIG16

. (1 indent ) Optical filament or fiber treatment with fluorine or incorporating fluorine in final product

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