Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc.

Stephen Barton

Carol Ann Click

Daniel Reed Baker

Roger P Smith

Edward A Ordway

Terence K Howse

Rebecca Mullen

Terence K G Howse

Latent colorant material compositions, soda-lime-silica glass compositions, and related methods of manufacturing color-strikable glass containers. The latent colorant material compositions may be introduced into a plurality of base glass compositions having redox numbers in the range of &#x2212;40 to +20 to produce color-strikable glass compositions and color-strikable glass containers. The latent colorant material compositions introduced into the base glass compositions include a mixture of cuprous oxide (CuO), stannous oxide (SnO), bismuth oxide (BiO), and carbon (C). After formation, the color-strikable glass containers may be heat-treated to strike red or black therein.

Color-strikable glass containers

A soda-lime-silica glass container and related methods of manufacturing. A black-strikable glass composition having a base glass portion and a latent colorant portion is prepared. The base glass portion includes soda-lime-silica glass materials and one or more blue colorant materials, and the latent colorant portion includes cuprous oxide (CuO), stannous oxide (SnO), bismuth oxide (BiO), and carbon (C). Glass containers may be formed from the black-strikable glass composition, and these glass containers may be heated to a temperature greater than 600 degrees Celsius to strike black therein. The glass containers formed from the black-strikable glass composition may be inspected&#x2014;before or after striking&#x2014;by infrared inspection equipment.

Inspectable black glass containers

A glass container and related methods of manufacturing. The glass container has a glass composition including soda-lime base glass materials, and an oxide of vanadium for good ultraviolet light blocking properties and an oxide of selenium to decolor the glass for good clarity and decolorization. The glass composition of the glass container also may include an oxide of sulfur.

Glass container composition

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Dansville, NY, United States of America

Stephen Barton