Patents by Inventor Gary L. Smay

Gary L. Smay 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).

  • Method for applying an inorganic titanium coating to a glass surface
    Patent number: 4457957
    Abstract: An inorganic titanium coating, such as a hot end coating for glass containers, is applied to a glass surface by contacting the glass surface, which is at an elevated temperature, for example at least 371.degree. C., with a solution of a tetraalkyl titanate such as tetraisopropyl titanium, in a vehicle comprising a normally liquid ester of a fatty acid or a silicone fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Assignee: American Glass Research, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Novak, Gary L. Smay
  • Method for applying an inorganic coating to a glass surface
    Patent number: 4261722
    Abstract: Inorganic coatings for glass surfaces, especially hot end coatings for glassware, are produced by applying vapors of thermally decomposable metal compounds such as stannic chloride to the surface of glass at an elevated temperature and maintaining in a zone adjacent to and in close proximity to the heated surface a region of elevated moisture content. In a preferred form, separate streams of metal compound vapor and water vapor are directed onto the surface of the heated glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: American Glass Research, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Novak, Gary L. Smay, John S. Wasylyk