Patents by Inventor Ian MACKLEY

Ian MACKLEY 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).

  • Publication number: 20160304384
    Abstract: A method for producing a glass plate according to the present invention includes: a conveying-in step of conveying a heated glass plate into a molding apparatus; a first molding step of molding the glass plate in a state where at least part of a peripheral edge portion of at least one of an upper face and a lower face of the glass plate is free from contact; a separating step of separating at least a region molded in the first molding step, of the glass plate, from any mold that the region was in contact with; a second molding step of molding a region including at least part of the peripheral edge portion of the glass plate; and a conveying-out step of conveying the glass plate subjected to the second molding step, out of the molding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIMOMURA, Kenshu ANDO, Atsuya KANNO, Satoshi KANKI, Ian MACKLEY