Patents by Inventor Francis L. Orso

Francis L. Orso has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sealing glass-ceramic articles
    Patent number: 4289538
    Abstract: The method of providing a mechanically strong, hermetic seal, for sealing glass-ceramic articles particularly MACOR.RTM. brand machinable glass-ceramics, which seal is capable of withstanding heating in a vacuum to a temperature of up to 900.degree. C. without foaming. The forming of the seal comprises reacting from 0.5-3.0 wt.% antimony metal powder with a devitrifiable glass frit having a coefficient of thermal expansion compatible with the materials being sealed and a melting point of >930.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventor: Francis L. Orso
  • Method for making glass
    Patent number: 4083728
    Abstract: This invention relates to a low temperature method for making and forming silicate glass bodies from reaction mixtures of soluble silicates and/or colloidal silicates and organic compounds wherein the formed reacted body is fired at elevated temperatures below the deformation point of the particular glass composition for a sufficient length of time to convert it to a glass body having a structural configuration similar to that of the formed body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1972
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Francis L. Orso, Timothy E. Pierce
  • In-line homogenizing of extrudable ceramic batch materials
    Patent number: 3981657
    Abstract: Plastically moldable ceramic batch material, which may be flowably extruded under pressure into a self-supporting article of desired shape and configuration, is passed through a flow homogenizer positioned within an extrusion cylinder upstream of an article-forming extrusion die positioned on the discharge end of the extrusion cylinder, to thoroughly homogenize such batch material during the extrusion operation and prior to being fed through the article-forming die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Francis L. Orso, Giacomo J. Piazza