Patents by Inventor Lawrence Henry Kotaeska

Lawrence Henry Kotaeska 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).

  • PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR FINING GLASS
    Publication number: 20090120133
    Abstract: A glass making process comprising a step of fining the molten glass in a fining vessel comprising a top wall portion not in direct contact with the molten glass, and a side wall portion in direct contact with the molten glass, wherein the top wall portion has a temperature T(top), the side wall portion has a temperature T(side), and T(top)?T(side)?10° C., and a glass fining system. The invention is particularly useful for glass fining systems comprising a metal fining vessel made of precious metals such as Pt and/or Pt—Rh alloys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Raymond Eugene Fraley, Paul Richard Grzesik, Lawrence Henry Kotaeska, William Brashear Mattingly, III, James Patrick Murphy