Patents by Inventor Misao Okada

Misao Okada 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).

  • Patent number: 7000432
    Abstract: A process for producing a glass for cathode ray tubes, having a Sb2O3 content of from 0 to 0.19% as represented by mass percentage and containing H2O, which process comprises a step of melting a raw material in an atmosphere under a pressure of P0 to obtain a molten glass, and a step of vacuum degassing the molten glass in an atmosphere under a pressure PA which is lower than P0, wherein the pressure P of the molten glass is made to be at most (6.1 W+0.06) atm in the vacuum degassing step, wherein W is the content of said H2O as represented by mass percentage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Itoh, Rei Kitamura, Mitsuyoshi Sakai, Keito Sekine, Misao Okada
  • Patent number: 6536238
    Abstract: When molten glass which is under an atmosphere of pressure P, is fed into a vacuum chamber capable of rendering a pressure to the molten glass to be in a range of 38 [mmHg]-(P-50) [mmHg] to perform degassing to the molten glass, a staying time of the molten glass in the vacuum chamber is in a range of 0.12-4.8 hours, whereby there is obtainable an effective degassing function to the molten glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Kawaguchi, Koji Obayashi, Misao Okada, Yusuke Takei
  • Publication number: 20020193232
    Abstract: A process for producing a glass for cathode ray tubes, having a Sb2O3 content of from 0 to 0.19% as represented by mass percentage and containing H2O, which process comprises a step of melting a raw material in an atmosphere under a pressure of P0 to obtain a molten glass, and a step of vacuum degassing the molten glass in an atmosphere under a pressure PA which is lower than P0, wherein the pressure P of the molten glass is made to be at most (6.1 W+0.06) atm in the vacuum degassing step, wherein W is the content of said H2O as represented by mass percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hajime Itoh, Rei Kitamura, Mitsuyoshi Sakai, Keito Sekine, Misao Okada
  • Publication number: 20020033030
    Abstract: When molten glass which is under an atmosphere of pressure P, is fed into a vacuum chamber capable of rendering a pressure to the molten glass to be in a range of 38 [mmHg]-(P-50) [mmHg] to perform degassing to the molten glass, a staying time of the molten glass in the vacuum chamber is in a range of 0.12-4.8 hours, whereby there is obtainable an effective degassing function to the molten glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Kawaguchi, Koji Obayashi, Misao Okada, Yusuke Takei
  • Patent number: 6332339
    Abstract: When molten glass which is under an atmosphere of pressure P, is fed into a vacuum chamber capable of rendering a pressure to the molten glass to be in a range of 38 [mmHg]-(P-50) [mmHg] to perform degassing to the molten glass, a staying time of the molten glass in the vacuum chamber is in a range of 0.12-4.8 hours, whereby there is obtainable an effective degassing function to the molten glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Kawaguchi, Koji Obayashi, Misao Okada, Yusuke Takei
  • Patent number: 5316563
    Abstract: A vacuum degassing method wherein a molten substance at an elevated temperature in a storage tank is sucked to a vacuum degassing vessel through an uprising pipe connecting the storage tank and the vacuum degassing vessel by maintaining the vacuum degassing vessel at a negative pressure, the molten substance is degassed and the degassed molten substance falls to a guiding duct through a downfalling pipe connecting the vacuum degassing vessel and the guiding duct characterized by that a first flow quantity of the molten substance rising in the uprising pipe is restrained and a second flow quantity thereof falling in the downfalling pipe is controlled thereby maintaining a quantity of the molten substance in the vacuum degassing vessel at a pertinent level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ishimura, Fumiaki Saito, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Misao Okada, Shinsuke Nakajima
  • Patent number: RE36082
    Abstract: A vacuum degassing method wherein a molten substance at an elevated temperature in a storage tank is sucked to a vacuum degassing vessel through an uprising pipe connecting the storage tank and the vacuum degassing vessel by maintaining the vacuum degassing vessel at a negative pressure, the molten substance is degassed and the degassed molten substance falls to a guiding duct through a downfalling pipe connecting the vacuum degassing vessel and the guiding duct characterized by that a first flow quantity of the molten substance rising in the uprising pipe is restrained and a second flow quantity thereof falling in the downfalling pipe is controlled thereby maintaining a quantity of the molten substance in the vacuum degassing vessel at a pertinent level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ishimura, Fumiaki Saito, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Misao Okada, Shinsuke Nakajima