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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald E Blair, Pittsford, NY (US);
John H Shafer, Penfield, NY (US);
John J Meyers, Rochester, NY (US);
Frank T Smith, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428409 ; 65 32 ; 65 37 ; 65 66 ; 6537 / ;
Abstract
A method of molding glass elements requiring no further preparatory operations such as grinding or polishing before use wherein a portion of glass is heat-softened and subjected to pressure in a mold having molding surfaces formed of silicon carbide (SiC) or silicon nitride (Si.sub.3 N.sub.4).