Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Wolf

Ferdinand Wolf 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).

  • System for making glass articles
    Patent number: 8028542
    Abstract: Glass articles are made by continuously emitting a plurality of strands of molten glass spaced different distances from respective preform molds, cutting through each of the strands by moving together a respective pair of blades to form a respective gob, and transporting the gobs through the respective distances to the preform molds. The pairs of blades are operated, that is moved from an open to a closed position, such that they cut through the respective strands one after the other with the first formed gob traveling through the longest distance to the respective preform mold and the last formed gob traveling through the shortest distance to the respective preform mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Putsch GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Ferdinand Wolf, Rainer Hensel
  • System for making glass articles
    Publication number: 20080047302
    Abstract: Glass articles are made by continuously emitting a plurality of strands of molten glass spaced different distances from respective preform molds, cutting through each of the strands by moving together a respective pair of blades to form a respective gob, and transporting the gobs through the respective distances to the preform molds. The pairs of blades are operated, that is moved from an open to a closed position, such that they cut through the respective strands one after the other with the first formed gob traveling through the longest distance to the respective preform mold and the last formed gob traveling through the shortest distance to the respective preform mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ferdinand Wolf, Rainer Hensel