Patents by Inventor Barry P. LaLomia

Barry P. LaLomia 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).

  • Apparatus and method for controlling thickness of a flowing ribbon of molten glass
    Patent number: 8397536
    Abstract: In the formation of sheet material from molten glass, a cooling tube is positioned in the forming area for directing a flow of cooling gas on discrete portions of the molten glass proximate a draw line or root to control local thickness variations in the sheet and thereby provide a uniform glass sheet thickness across the width of the sheet. The cooling tube is disposed in a pivot member configured to rotate about at least one axis, thereby causing an end of the cooling tube to direct the cooling gas over a wide range of angular positions across a portion of the width of the molten glass flowing over and from a forming body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Delia, Keith R. Gaylo, Vladislav Y. Golyatin, Bulent Kocatulum, Barry P. LaLomia, William A. Whedon
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THICKNESS OF A FLOWING RIBBON OF MOLTEN GLASS
    Publication number: 20110289969
    Abstract: In the formation of sheet material from molten glass, a cooling tube is positioned in the forming area for directing a flow of cooling gas on discrete portions of the molten glass proximate a draw line or root to control local thickness variations in the sheet and thereby provide a uniform glass sheet thickness across the width of the sheet. The cooling tube is disposed in a pivot member configured to rotate about at least one axis, thereby causing an end of the cooling tube to direct the cooling gas over a wide range of angular positions across a portion of the width of the molten glass flowing over and from a forming body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Delia, Keith R. Gaylo, Vladislav Y. Golyatin, Bulent Kocatulum, Barry P. LaLomia, William A. Whedon