Patents by Inventor Jerry Tinz

Jerry Tinz 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).

  • Method for making glass articles
    Patent number: 5560758
    Abstract: A method of making glass articles, wherein glass flows from a furnace, through a distribution channel, and then to forming means, the method comprising forming at least one oxy/fuel flame at the sides of the distribution channel, the flame having a hottest point within about five inches of the base of the flame so as to produce a large thermal gradient between the sides of the distribution channel and the center of the distribution channel. A novel distribution channel and a method and apparatus for producing an oxy/fuel flame having a hottest point within about five inches of the base of the flame are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John T. Brown, Jerry Tinz
  • Oxy/fuel burner with low volume fuel stream projection
    Patent number: 5405082
    Abstract: There is disclosed an oxy/fuel burner with a low volume fuel stream. The burner projects a stream of fuel from a fuel orifice and projects an annular stream of oxygen around the stream of fuel from an annular oxygen orifice such that the oxygen velocity to gas velocity ratio is between 1/1 and 3/1, providing a flame whose hottest point is about 5 inches from the fuel orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John T. Brown, Jerry Tinz