Patents Assigned to Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
  • Patent number: 11952170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container with an inner decorative figure and its manufacturing method. The container has a container body having a top cover. The top cover has an outlet neck projecting from the central portion to engage a cap; and, a geometric or amorphous through-peripheral wall in the lower part of the container body. The through-peripheral wall has an external peripheral wall and an internal peripheral wall. The external peripheral wall has as a threaded section. A figure includes an upper section with the desired figure and a lower section. The lower section has a stop section to delimit the entrance of the figure towards the inside of the container; and, a lower cap that is coupled to the lower part of the container body to retain and maintain fixed the position of the lower section of the decorative figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Humberto González Popoca, Miguel Ángel Proa Pérez, Braulio Rosas Fernández, Gustavo Bobadilla Cortés, Guillermo Perales Aldaco, Juan Picazo Ortega, Miguel Ángel Ortiz Caravantes
  • Patent number: 11952194
    Abstract: A shipping system for shipping planar substrates includes a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack and a plurality of interleaving material including substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load. Substantially all of the beads have a diameter within 25% of Dmax, where Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used in the shipping system. Also disclosed are a spacer for use in a shipping system for shipping planar substrates, a wrapped system for shipping planar substrates, a method of wrapping a system for shipping planar substrates, and a powder applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Farzad Fareed, Erin A. Casci, Adam D. Polcyn, Lewis P. Bevans
  • Patent number: 11813644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for determining the manufacture of a glass container with its mold number. The method consists of marking the molds according to a system of pre-established coordinates based on a Fibonacci system or sinusoidal system, for identifying a mold number with the container that has been formed in that mould. Control means are programmed with the sinusoidal or Fibonacci coordinate system according to various coordinate points of each mold. The containers are formed with a bead or protuberance located at the bottom of each container according to the pre-established coordinate system. The recently formed containers are transported on a conveyor belt. Optical means are used to inspect the containers to identify, by means of the position of the bead or protuberance, the mold number related to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Adrián Enrique Macouzet Díaz Leal, Alejandro Becker Del Río
  • Patent number: 11724953
    Abstract: A system and method for fire-polishing glass containers includes at least one fixed structure positioned on each side of a conveyor belt, in the forward movement direction of the glass containers; a structure that can move via each of the fixed structures, which moves with a forward movement in relation to the forward movement line of the conveyor belt, and with a backward movement in relation to the forward movement of the conveyor belt; a series of burners coupled to each of the moveable structures; sensors positioned on one side of the conveyor belt to determine the speed of the carrier belt and the distance or separation between containers; and a control device connected to the sensors and moveable structure, for adjusting and synchronizing the speed and distance of the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Adrián Enrique Macouzet Díaz Leal, Alejandro Becker Del Río, Enrique Baquerie González
  • Patent number: 11673730
    Abstract: A shipping system for shipping planar substrates includes a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack and a plurality of interleaving material including substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load. Substantially all of the beads have a diameter within 25% of Dmax, where Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used in the shipping system. Also disclosed are a spacer for use in a shipping system for shipping planar substrates, a wrapped system for shipping planar substrates, a method of wrapping a system for shipping planar substrates, and a powder applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Farzad Behafarid, Erin A. Casci, Adam D. Polcyn, Lewis P. Bevans
  • Patent number: 11434059
    Abstract: A shipping system for shipping planar substrates includes a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack and a plurality of interleaving material including substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load. Substantially all of the beads have a diameter within 25% of Dmax, where Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used in the shipping system. Also disclosed are a spacer for use in a shipping system for shipping planar substrates, a wrapped system for shipping planar substrates, a method of wrapping a system for shipping planar substrates, and a powder applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Vitro S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Farzad Fareed, Erin A. Casci, Adam D. Polcyn, Lewis P. Bevans
  • Patent number: 11401189
    Abstract: A gob distributor for a glassware forming machine includes: a housing; an arcuate or straight scoop located above the housing, having an upper end aligned at all times with an orifice of a feeder, and which radially moves so that its lower end coincides with the upper ends of straight fixed channels of a forming machine; an independent support structure connected by each scoop; at least one first shaft vertically placed within the housing to rotate on its own axis, including a first gear section; at least one second shaft horizontally or vertically placed within the housing to rotate on its own axis, including a second gear section, each first gear section and each second gear section are coupled together to form a housing gear; and at least one motor coupled at each end of each second shaft to simultaneously move the supporting structures and scoops, radially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventor: Victor Tijerina Ramos
  • Patent number: 11384004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for transferring glass items from machines for shaping glass items of the type that comprises: a rotary cooling platform for receiving, cooling and conveying items formed immediately prior in molds of said shaping machine to a conveyor belt, the rotary cooling platform having a rotational motion towards the left and towards the right, from a first position for receiving items to a second delivery position facing said conveyor belt; first drive means located under the rotary cooling platform in order to rotate same with said rotational motion from said position for receiving items to said second position for delivering items and from said position for delivering items to said position for receiving items; and a pushing mechanism coupled onto the rotary platform, the pushing mechanism being aligned in the first receiving position with each of the recently shaped items of the molds, the pushing mechanism being translated together with said rotary cooling pla
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventor: Victor Tijerina Ramos
  • Patent number: 11370687
    Abstract: A takeout mechanism for glassware forming machines includes: a supporting structure; an oscillating arm connected by a first end, in pivot form, to a movement transmission system to move the oscillating arm with an angular movement; and, a takeout tong head coupled at a second end of the oscillating arm. The oscillating arm comprises a hollow housing, a first fixed shaft coupled at the first end of the housing; first cam means coupled to the first fixed axis; a second rotating shaft coupled at the second end of the housing, spaced parallel to the first shaft, one end being coupled to the takeout tong head; second cam means coupled to the second rotating axis; and linkage means pivotally connecting the first cam means of said first fixed axis and said second cam means of said second rotating axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Victor Tijerina Ramos, Luis Martín Hernandez Chavez
  • Patent number: 11230486
    Abstract: An inverting mechanism of a glass forming machine includes: a supporting structure; a shaft horizontally located over the upper portion the supporting structure; drive means coupled to a shaft to provide rotational movement to the shaft; a cylindrical body having a longitudinal opening in an eccentric reference axis, which is coupled to the shaft through its longitudinal opening, in an eccentric position; at least one hollow cylinder coupled with each cylindrical body having attached supports to its outer part which are connected to neck ring holder arms so that, by means of a first sliding movement of the hollow cylinder on the cylindrical body, it provides a lateral movement to open and close the neck ring holder arm supports in parallel and, by means of a rotational movement, it moves the neck ring holder arms with a 180° movement from a parison mold to a finish blow mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventor: Victor Tijerina Ramos
  • Patent number: 11161765
    Abstract: A mold opening and closing mechanism for a machine for forming glass articles includes at least one mold divided into two halves that open and close to form the articles. The halves of the molds are coupled to a pair of supporting arms, each arm being independently mounted opposite the other and separated in a parallel manner with respect to a support structure. The mechanism includes mold synchronizing means mounted so as to move with the mold support arms and to move inwards or outwards to open and close the molds. The mechanism further includes lever means having a first end connected to the support structure, the lever means and the pair of support arms transmitting to the synchronizing means an articulated inward or outward movement to close or open the molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventor: Victor Tijerina Ramos
  • Patent number: 11161670
    Abstract: A shipping system for shipping planar substrates includes a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack and a plurality of interleaving material including substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load. Substantially all of the beads have a diameter within 25% of Dmax, where Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used in the shipping system. Also disclosed are a spacer for use in a shipping system for shipping planar substrates, a wrapped system for shipping planar substrates, a method of wrapping a system for shipping planar substrates, and a powder applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Farzad Behafarid, Erin A. Casci, Adam D. Polcyn, Lewis P. Bevans
  • Patent number: 11124349
    Abstract: A shipping system for shipping planar substrates includes a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack and a plurality of interleaving material including substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load. Substantially all of the beads have a diameter within 25% of Dmax, where Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used in the shipping system. Also disclosed are a spacer for use in a shipping system for shipping planar substrates, a wrapped system for shipping planar substrates, a method of wrapping a system for shipping planar substrates, and a powder applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Farzad Behafarid, Erin A. Casci, Adam D. Polcyn, Lewis P. Bevans
  • Patent number: 11031514
    Abstract: A method of making a coated substrate having a transparent conductive oxide layer with a dopant selectively distributed in the layer includes selectively supplying an oxide precursor material and a dopant precursor material to each coating cell of a multi-cell chemical vapor deposition coater, wherein the amount of dopant material supplied is selected to vary the dopant content versus coating depth in the resultant coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: James W. McCamy, Peter Tausch, Gary J. Nelis, Ashtosh Ganjoo
  • Patent number: 10899649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mold cooling method and system for a glass container forming machine that includes at least one mold holder including mold halves that are movable between a closed mold position for forming the glass article and an open mold position for releasing said article, each of the mold halves having axial passages for cooling each of the mold halves. A support structure having a fixed upper support section and a movable support section. Means for providing a cooling flow are coupled in coincidence with a series of openings in the movable support section. A cooling flow distributor located above the movable support section, the cooling flow distributor having a lower section in coincidence with each of the openings of the movable support section for the passage of the cooling flow and, a upper section in coincidence with each of the axial passages of each of the halves of each mold, the cooling flow distributor being movable between the closed mold position and the open mold position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventor: Victor Tijerina Ramos
  • Patent number: 10851011
    Abstract: A system and method for fire-polishing glass containers includes at least one fixed structure positioned on each side of a conveyor belt, in the forward movement direction of the glass containers; a structure that can move via each of the fixed structures, which moves with a forward movement in relation to the forward movement line of the conveyor belt, and with a backward movement in relation to the forward movement of the conveyor belt; a series of burners coupled to each of the moveable structures; sensors positioned on one side of the conveyor belt to determine the speed of the carrier belt and the distance or separation between containers; and a controller connected to the sensor and moveable structure, for adjusting and synchronising the speed and distance of the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Adrián Enrique Macouzet Díaz Leal, Alejandro Becker Del Río, Enrique Baquerie González
  • Patent number: 10611546
    Abstract: A shipping system for shipping planar substrates includes a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack and a plurality of interleaving material including substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load. Substantially all of the beads have a diameter within 25% of Dmax, where Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used in the shipping system. Also disclosed are a spacer for use in a shipping system for shipping planar substrates, a wrapped system for shipping planar substrates, a method of wrapping a system for shipping planar substrates, and a powder applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Farzad Behafarid, Erin A. Casci, Adam D. Polcyn, Lewis P. Bevans
  • Patent number: D888575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Roberto Gómez-Reyes, Humberto González-Popoca, Braulio Rosas-Fernández, Gustavo Bobadilla-Cortes, Guillermo Perales-Aldaco, Juan Picazo-Ortega, Miguel Angel Ortiz-Caravantes
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    Patent number: D891262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Emanuelle Castañeda-Alcántara, Miguel Angel Gutierrez-Trejo, Fernando Antonio López-López, Israel Agustín Chavez-Diaz, Cesar Guadalupe Martinez-Alva
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    Patent number: D891263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Emanuelle Castañeda-Alcántara, Miguel Angel Gutierrez-Trejo, Fernando Antonio López-López, Israel Agustín Chavez-Diaz, Cesar Guadalupe Martinez-Alva