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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ; C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65379 ; 65388 ; 65404 ; 6537412 ; 65 325 ; 65 2915 ; 65DI / ; 65424 ;
Abstract
A process for producing fluoride glass, including the steps of: introducing a raw material for fluoride glass into a heating vessel; and heating the raw material in the heating vessel, while causing the heating vessel to have a negative internal pressure and introducing an inert gas into the heating vessel, thereby to melt the raw material under heating.