Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Swiler
Daniel R. Swiler 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: 11505486Abstract: A bubbler device and method of its operation are disclosed. The bubbler device includes a bubbler tube that provides bubbles to a molten material in a furnace; a protective layer disposed on the bubbler tube; and a wire that is electrically coupled to the protective layer. The wire extends through the bore, and the protective layer and the wire partially form an electrical circuit for measuring integrity of the bubbler device based on at least one of conductivity or resistance in the electrical circuit. Sometimes, an inner protective material may be disposed on an inside surface of the tube and coupled to the protective layer, and the wire can be coupled to the inner protective material or multiple wires may be used. The use of dissimilar materials in these components may be used to form a thermocouple junction to measure the temperature of the molten material in a furnace.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventor: Daniel R. Swiler
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Publication number: 20210101817Abstract: A bubbler device and method of its operation are disclosed. The bubbler device includes a bubbler tube that provides bubbles to a molten material in a furnace; a protective layer disposed on the bubbler tube; and a wire that is electrically coupled to the protective layer. The wire extends through the bore, and the protective layer and the wire partially form an electrical circuit for measuring integrity of the bubbler device based on at least one of conductivity or resistance in the electrical circuit. Sometimes, an inner protective material may be disposed on an inside surface of the tube and coupled to the protective layer, and the wire can be coupled to the inner protective material or multiple wires may be used. The use of dissimilar materials in these components may be used to form a thermocouple junction to measure the temperature of the molten material in a furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventor: Daniel R. Swiler
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Patent number: 10730779Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing glass includes radially inner and outer flaw channels physically separated from each other by a common wall that allows heat transfer to occur between molten glass flowing through the outer flow channel and molten glass flowing in the opposite direction through the inner flow channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Daniel R Swiler, Dale A Gaerke
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Patent number: 9637406Abstract: An apparatus for melting and refining a silica-based glass composition includes a vertical first reaction chamber having an input adjacent to a lower end for receiving glass-forming components. The glass-forming components are heated to elevated temperature during upward flow through the vertical first reaction chamber to form a glass precursor melt adjacent to an upper end of the vertical first reaction chamber. A vertical second reaction chamber has an input adjacent to an upper end and an output adjacent to a lower end for delivering glass melt. A cross passage connects the upper end of the vertical first reaction chamber to the upper end of the vertical second reaction chamber such that the precursor melt flows from the vertical first reaction chamber through the cross passage and then through the vertical second reaction chamber to homogenize the precursor melt.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Dawid Dewet-Smith, D. Wayne Leidy, Carl L. Fayerweather, Daniel R. Swiler, Terence J. Clark
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Publication number: 20170057855Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing glass includes radially inner and outer flaw channels physically separated from each other by a common wall that allows heat transfer to occur between molten glass flawing through the outer flow Channel and molten glass flowing in the opposite direction through the inner flow channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Daniel R. Swiler, Dale A. Gaerke
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Patent number: 8580028Abstract: A pigment additive and resulting pigment are described that when incorporated in paints for example, significantly increases total solar reflectance. Also described are compositions utilizing the noted pigments, and related methods. The pigments are formed from iron oxide and/or chromium oxide and utilize as an additive, one or more phosphate compounds.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Gary L. Nuccetelli, Lei Wang, Daniel R. Swiler
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Publication number: 20130036944Abstract: A pigment additive and resulting pigment are described that when incorporated in paints for example, significantly increases total solar reflectance. Also described are compositions utilizing the noted pigments, and related methods. The pigments are formed from iron oxide and/or chromium oxide and utilize as an additive, one or more phosphate compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: FERRO CORPORATIONInventors: Gary L. Nuccetelli, Lei Wang, Daniel R. Swiler
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Patent number: 8172935Abstract: The present invention provides mixed metal oxide based special effect pigments that can be incorporated into optically thin binder systems to produce a “metal flake” appearance that is superior to the “metal flake” appearance presently achievable using conventional special effect pigments. Special effect pigments according to the invention comprise at least 10 wt % of mixed metal oxides that exhibit the McConnellite (Cu1+Cr3+O2) crystal structure. Other metallic elements can be incorporated into the crystal lattice structure to alter the appearance effect of the pigments.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Daniel R. Swiler, Gary L. Nuccetelli, Sean T. Weir
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Patent number: 8006909Abstract: The present invention provides methods of forming and detecting non-visible marks and articles marked in accordance with the methods. In accordance with the methods of the invention, a marking material is applied to a substrate to form a mark that is contrastable from the substrate in one or more regions of the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The mark is covered with a film, which can be a bonded coating or a non-bonded covering sheet, that comprises an amount of one or more inorganic pigments such that the film appears opaque in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum but is sufficiently transmissive in one or more regions of the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to facilitate the detection of the mark covered by the film. The non-visible marks can be applied to articles such as automobile parts, aircraft parts and other articles of manufacture to deter counterfeiting.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Daniel R. Swiler, Terry J. Detrie, Bertram A. Gardner, David C. Kapp, Sean T. Weir, Ronald M. Harris
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Publication number: 20100126562Abstract: The present invention provides mixed metal oxide based special effect pigments that can be incorporated into optically thin binder systems to produce a “metal flake” appearance that is superior to the “metal flake” appearance presently achievable using conventional special effect pigments. Special effect pigments according to the invention comprise at least 10 wt % of mixed metal oxides that exhibit the McConnellite (Cu1+Cr3+O2) crystal structure. Other metallic elements can be incorporated into the crystal lattice structure to alter the appearance effect of the pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2007Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: FERRO CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel R. Swiler, Gary L. Nuccetelli, Sean T. Weir
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Publication number: 20100064942Abstract: The potential for release of soluble chromium (VI) ions in the production or processing of certain pigments is reduced by use of certain additives. The additives include aluminum metaphosphate, aluminum fluoride, tungsten oxide, tungstic acid, and mono-ammonium phosphate. The pigments are those which contain chromium and have a corundum crystal structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: FERRO CORPORATIONInventors: Terry J. Detrie, Raymond E. Barnes, Jacqueline C. Livingston, Gary L. Nuccetelli, Richard A. Pipoly, Daniel R. Swiler, Lei Wang
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Patent number: 7524531Abstract: The present invention involves growing diatoms on a surface for the purpose of forming nanoscale-sized siliceous structures on the surface. In accordance with the invention, diatom films are grown on various substrates, which are then fired to remove all organic material from the diatoms and produce a surface coated with intricate, nanoscale-sized structures. The nanoscale-sized structured surface is subsequently treated with a hydrophobic film-forming agent to form a structured self-cleaning surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2005Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Enos A. Axtell, III, George E. Sakoske, Daniel R. Swiler, Michael Hensel, Martin Baumann, David J. Matalka, Gary L. Nuccetelli
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Patent number: 7014701Abstract: The present invention provides inorganic pigments including cobalt and aluminum having the spinel crystalline structure that exhibit improved color and/or weatherability in paint and polymer applications. Inorganic pigments according to the invention are formed by adding small quantities of a phosphate compound such as aluminum phosphate and, optionally, chromium (III) oxide, to a raw batch that includes a mixture of cobalt-containing and aluminum-containing inorganic pigment precursors, and calcining the raw batch to obtain the inorganic pigment.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Kimberly Ann Stewart, Terry J. Detrie, Gilbert B. Burkhart, III, Daniel R. Swiler
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Patent number: 6582814Abstract: Rare earth-transition metal oxides are used as pigments. The rare earth-transition metal oxide pigments are preferably of the formula (RexTm)Oy, where Re is at least one rare earth element, Tm is at least one transition metal, x ranges from 0.08 to 12, and y ranges from x+1 to 2x+2. The pigments are useful as colorants, and possess good stability.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2001Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: DMC2 Degussa Metals Catalysts Cerdec AGInventors: Daniel R. Swiler, Terry J. Detrie, Enos A. Axtell, III
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Publication number: 20020034644Abstract: Rare earth-transition metal oxides are used as pigments. The rare earth-transition metal oxide pigments are preferably of the formula (RexTm)Oy, where Re is at least one rare earth element, Tm is at least one transition metal, x ranges from 0.08 to 12, and y ranges from x+1 to 2x+2. The pigments are useful as colorants, and possess good stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Inventors: Daniel R. Swiler, Terry J. Detrie, Enos A. Axtell