Patents by Inventor Alan Mundy
Alan Mundy 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).
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Patent number: 11485666Abstract: An apparatus for the continuous production of hollow quartz-glass ingots, comprising a) a crucible or refractory tank for providing a softened quartz-glass mass having a dieorifice in the bottom of the crucible or refractory tank; b) a mandrel vertically drawing off the softened quartz-glass mass through a die toprovide a hollow quartz-glass ingot; and c) a cutting section for on-line cutting of the hollow quartz-glass ingot to a specificlength, characterized in that the apparatus comprises active means for cooling the internalsurface of the hollow quartz-glass ingot prior to the cutting station.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: HERAEUS CONAMIC UK LIMITEDInventors: Alan Mundy, Hamed Aghajani, Ian George Sayce
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Publication number: 20220119297Abstract: An apparatus for the continuous production of hollow quartz-glass ingots, comprising a) a crucible or refractory tank for providing a softened quartz-glass mass having a dieorifice in the bottom of the crucible or refractory tank; b) a mandrel vertically drawing off the softened quartz-glass mass through a die toprovide a hollow quartz-glass ingot; and c) a cutting section for on-line cutting of the hollow quartz-glass ingot to a specificlength, characterized in that the apparatus comprises active means for cooling the internalsurface of the hollow quartz-glass ingot prior to the cutting station.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Alan MUNDY, Hamed AGHAJANI, Ian George SAYCE
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Patent number: 11225429Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous method for the production of hollow quartz-glass ingots and an apparatus for said method, whereby the hollow quartz-glass ingots are cooled on the internal surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: HERAEUS CONAMIC UK LIMIIEDInventors: Alan Mundy, Hamed Aghajani, Ian George Sayce
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Publication number: 20200165151Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a quartz glass ingot of large cross-sectional area by continuous flame-fusion whereby on-line crack-free cutting of the ingot is ensured by using the internal heat of the ingot to permit equilibration of the internal and surface temperatures while passing through one or more annealing chambers, thus ensuring controlled cooling to temperature at which it is possible to cut the ingot with a water-cooled saw.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Alan MUNDY, Ian George SAYCE, Boris GROMANN
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Publication number: 20200165150Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous method for the production of hollow quartz-glass ingots and an apparatus for said method, whereby the hollow quartz-glass ingots are cooled on the internal surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Alan MUNDY, Hamed AGHAJANI, Ian George SAYCE
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Patent number: 9701561Abstract: Hollow ingots of transparent synthetic vitreous silica glass of external diameter greater than 400 mm and internal diameter greater than 300 mm are disclosed. The ingots are substantially free from bubbles or inclusions greater than 100 ?m in diameter, have no more than 100 ppB of any individual metallic impurity, and have chlorine concentration less than 5 ppM. Also disclosed are methods for producing such ingots, in which a porous soot body of density greater than 0.4 g/cm3 is deposited on an oxidation resistant mandrel. The soot body is dehydrated on a mandrel comprising graphite, carbon fiber reinforced carbon, silicon carbide, silicon impregnated silicon carbide, silicon carbide-coated graphite or vitreous silica, either under vacuum or in the presence of a reducing gas, and then sintered to transparent pore-free glass under vacuum or in an atmosphere of helium.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Heraeus Quartz UK Ltd.Inventors: Richard Benjamin Coapes, Alan Mundy, Ian George Sayce
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Patent number: 9284213Abstract: Processes for the manufacture of a hollow cylindrical porous body of synthetic vitreous silica soot by outside vapor deposition on a mandrel are described, in which the temperature of the mandrel is controlled to be substantially constant throughout the deposition process. In preferred embodiments, the mandrel is composed of metal or metal alloy. Hollow ingots of pure or doped synthetic vitreous silica glass manufactured by such processes are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Heraeus Quartz UK LimitedInventors: Alan Mundy, Ian George Sayce
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Publication number: 20150135772Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for sintering a hollow cylindrical body of porous synthetic silica. The apparatus comprises a hollow mandrel for supporting the body in a horizontal position, and the mandrel is housed within a vacuum furnace having heating elements arranged to surround the body circumferentially along its entire length. The method includes supporting the body on a hollow horizontally-oriented mandrel in a vacuum furnace in which heating elements are disposed surrounding the body, and heating the body by means of the elements to a sintering temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Alan Mundy, Ian George Sayce, Richard Benjamin Coapes
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Patent number: 8959957Abstract: Methods are described for manufacturing silica-based glass, in which silica precursor material is supplied to a synthesis flame in the form of an emulsion. The methods involve the steps of: forming an emulsion of an aqueous phase in a non-aqueous liquid silica precursor material; supplying the emulsion as a spray of droplets into a synthesis flame, whereby the precursor material is converted in the flame into a silica-containing soot; and collecting the soot on a substrate, either as a porous soot body for subsequent consolidation to glass or directly as a substantially pore-free glass.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Heraeus Quartz UK LimitedInventors: Richard Benjamin Coapes, Alan Mundy, Ian George Sayce
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Publication number: 20140106094Abstract: Processes for the manufacture of a hollow cylindrical porous body of synthetic vitreous silica soot by outside vapour deposition on a mandrel are described, in which the temperature of the mandrel is controlled to be substantially constant throughout the deposition process. In preferred embodiments, the mandrel is composed of metal or metal alloy. Hollow ingots of pure or doped synthetic vitreous silica glass manufactured by such processes are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: HERAEUS QUARTZ UK LIMITEDInventors: Alan Mundy, Ian George Sayce
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Publication number: 20130115391Abstract: Hollow ingots of transparent synthetic vitreous silica glass of external diameter greater than 400 mm and internal diameter greater than 300 mm are disclosed. The ingots are substantially free from bubbles or inclusions greater than 100 ?m in diameter, have no more than 100 ppB of any individual metallic impurity, and have chlorine concentration less than 5 ppM. Also disclosed are methods for producing such ingots, in which a porous soot body of density greater than 0.4 g/cm3 is deposited on an oxidation resistant mandrel. The soot body is dehydrated on a mandrel comprising graphite, carbon fibre reinforced carbon, silicon carbide, silicon impregnated silicon carbide, silicon carbide-coated graphite or vitreous silica, either under vacuum or in the presence of a reducing gas, and then sintered to transparent pore-free glass under vacuum or in an atmosphere of helium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: Heraeus Quartz UK LimitedInventors: Richard Benjamin Coapes, Alan Mundy, Ian George Sayce
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Publication number: 20130045854Abstract: Methods are described for manufacturing silica-based glass, in which silica precursor material is supplied to a synthesis flame in the form of an emulsion. The methods involve the steps of: forming an emulsion of an aqueous phase in a non-aqueous liquid silica precursor material; supplying the emulsion as a spray of droplets into a synthesis flame, whereby the precursor material is converted in the flame into a silica-containing soot; and collecting the soot on a substrate, either as a porous soot body for subsequent consolidation to glass or directly as a substantially pore-free glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: Heraeus Quartz UK LimitedInventors: Richard Benjamin Coapes, Alan Mundy, Ian George Sayce