Patents by Inventor Irene Mona Peterson
Irene Mona Peterson 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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Publication number: 20230107835Abstract: A fining package for a glass composition may include cerium dioxide (CeO2) and tin oxide (SnO2). CeO2 may be present in an amount of 0.08 to 0.5 wt % of the glass composition, and SnO2 may be present in an amount of 0.02 to 0.23 wt % of the glass composition. The glass composition may be used to form glass tubing. The glass tubing may be used to form a pharmaceutical packaging. For example, the pharmaceutical packaging may comprise an ampoule. The fining package may further include chloride (Cl) in an amount of 0 to 0.03 wt % of the glass composition. In some instances, the fining package may be Cl-free. In some instances, the fining package may be F-free. The glass composition may comprise a borosilicate glass composition. The glass composition may comprise an aluminosilicate glass composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Tiphaine Fevre, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Gloria Masini, Irene Mona Peterson, Katherine Rose Rossington
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Publication number: 20210114912Abstract: A method for analyzing a glass melt composition, in the manufacture of glass articles, includes sampling a gas composition comprising at least one gaseous species generated from the glass melt composition during a melting operation by taking a plurality of measurements of the gas composition over a period of time. The method also includes analyzing the sampled composition to determine an amount or concentration of the at least one gaseous species in the gas composition as a function of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Miki Eugene Kunitake, Irene Mona Peterson, Michael Clement Ruotolo, Jr., Elizabeth Mary Sturdevant, Matthew Scott Weibel
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Publication number: 20210101818Abstract: A glass article manufacturing system (10) includes a crucible (38) that defines a barrel (46) and a nozzle (54). The barrel (46) accepts a glass feedstock (62). A heater 66 is in thermal communication with the nozzle (54). The heater 66 heats the feedstock (62) within the nozzle (54). An actuator (22) is positioned proximate the barrel (46) and extrudes the feedstock (62) through the nozzle (54) as extruded feedstock.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2017Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Christopher William Drewnowski, Traci Nanette Harding, Christina Marie Laskowski, Joseph Michael Matusick, Kenneth Spencer Morgan, James Paul Peris, Irene Mona Peterson, Thomas Matthew Sonner
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Publication number: 20210009460Abstract: A method for forming a laminated glass article may include flowing a molten first glass composition having a first R2O concentration and a first fining agent with a first fining agent concentration. The method may also include flowing a molten second glass composition having a second R2O concentration less than the first R2O concentration of the first glass composition and a second fining agent with a second fining agent concentration that is greater than or equal to the first fining agent concentration of the first glass composition. The molten first glass composition may be contacted with the molten second glass composition to form an interface between the molten first glass composition and the molten second glass composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, Irene Mona Peterson
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Patent number: 10800698Abstract: A method for forming a laminated glass article may include flowing a molten first glass composition having a first R2O concentration and a first fining agent with a first fining agent concentration. The method may also include flowing a molten second glass composition having a second R2O concentration less than the first R2O concentration of the first glass composition and a second fining agent with a second fining agent concentration that is greater than or equal to the first fining agent concentration of the first glass composition. The molten first glass composition may be contacted with the molten second glass composition to form an interface between the molten first glass composition and the molten second glass composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, Irene Mona Peterson
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Publication number: 20200031703Abstract: An apparatus for forming glass tubing is described. The apparatus for forming glass tubing comprises an endless former with an outer surface and an inner passage defining an inner surface. The apparatus for forming glass tubing further comprises two chambers from which molten glass may flow. One chamber flows molten glass to the outer surface of the endless former and another chamber flows molten glass to the inner surface of the endless former. The two flows of molten glass meet at the bottom of the former to form glass tubing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Paul D. Albee, Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Olus Naili Boratav, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Glen Bennett Cook, Frank Coppola, Michael Thomas Gallagher, Laurent Joubaud, Irene Mona Peterson, Richard Curwood Peterson, George Clinton Shay, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler
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Patent number: 10513455Abstract: An apparatus includes a fiber feeding system to deposit a fiber on an edge of the glass article and a laser system. The laser system is positioned to project a first and a second laser beam onto a first and a second side of the fiber, respectively. The laser system is positioned to project a third laser beam onto the edge of the glass article. A method includes advancing a glass article relative to a fiber; positioning the fiber in relation to an edge of the glass article, contacting a first side of the fiber with a first laser beam, contacting a second side of the fiber with a second laser beam, depositing the fiber on the edge of the glass article, and contacting the edge of the glass article with a third laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Thomas Roger Cook, Christopher William Drewnowski, Peter Knowles, Geunsik Lim, Moussa N'Gom, Irene Mona Peterson, Robert Stephen Wagner
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Patent number: 10472269Abstract: An apparatus for forming glass tubing is described. The apparatus for forming glass tubing comprises an endless former with an outer surface and an inner passage defining an inner surface. The apparatus for forming glass tubing further comprises two chambers from which molten glass may flow. One chamber flows molten glass to the outer surface of the endless former and another chamber flows molten glass to the inner surface of the endless former. The two flows of molten glass meet at the bottom of the former to form glass tubing.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Michael Thomas Gallagher, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Frank Coppola, Irene Mona Peterson, Richard Curwood Peterson, Olus Naili Boratav, George Clinton Shay, Paul D Albee, Laurent Joubaud, Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Glen Bennett Cook
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Patent number: 10358372Abstract: An apparatus (10) for forming the outer layers of a glass laminate sheet comprises a reservoir (12), individual first (14a) and second (14b) distributors extending below and in fluid communication with the reservoir, and first (30a) and second (30b) slots positioned respectively at the bottom of the first and second distributors. The slots have a length, the distributors have sides and a middle, and the length of the slots on the sides of the distributors is desirably decreased relative to the length of the slots in the middle of the distributors. The apparatus is useful with a trough or isopipe (100) to provide clad glass streams to contact an overflowing core glass on respective sides of the trough or isopipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Irene Mona Peterson, Olus Naili Boratav, Glen Bennett Cook, Joseph Michael Matusick, David John McEnroe, Srinivasa Rao Vaddiraju
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Patent number: 10099954Abstract: Methods of fabricating a glass laminate is provided. According to one embodiment, a glass laminate comprised of a microwave absorbing layer and a microwave transparent layer is formed. The microwave absorbing layer is characterized by a microwave loss tangent ?H that is at least a half order of magnitude larger than a loss tangent ?L of the microwave transparent layer. An area of the glass laminate is exposed to microwave radiation. The exposed area comprises a cross-laminate hot zone having a cross-laminate hot zone temperature profile. Substantially all microwave absorbing layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile and substantially all microwave transparent layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile reside above the glass transition temperature TG of the various layers of the glass laminate prior to impingement by the microwave radiation.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Hilary Tony Godard, Gaozhu Peng, Irene Mona Peterson, Rebecca Lynn Schulz, Gary Graham Squier
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Patent number: 10059614Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for forming pre-melting and/or melting glass batch materials comprising bringing glass batch materials into contact with a plasma plume for a residence time sufficient to form substantially homogeneous, spheroid-shaped glass intermediate particles. The glass batch materials may flow in a cyclonic pattern in the plasma plume for increased residence time. The glass intermediate particles may be cooled with a tangential flow of gas to produce a cyclonic flow within the collection vessel. Also disclosed herein are glass intermediate particles comprising at least about 45 wt % of alumina and/or silica and less than about 55 wt % of at least one oxide of boron, V magnesium, calcium, sodium, strontium, tin, and/or titanium, wherein the glass intermediate particles are substantially homogenous and substantially spheroid in shape and have an average particle size ranging from about 5 to about 1,000 microns.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Daniel Robert Boughton, Irene Mona Peterson
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Publication number: 20180155236Abstract: According to embodiments disclosed herein, light-scattering laminated glass articles may include a first glass layer, a second glass layer, and a light-scattering component. The first glass layer may be formed from a first glass composition. The second glass layer may be formed from a second glass composition and fused to the first glass layer. The light-scattering component may be disposed at an interface of the first glass layer and the second glass layer. The light-scattering component may include a different composition or material phase than the first glass layer and the second glass layer. Also disclosed herein are methods for producing light-scattering laminated glass articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, Paul Bennett Dohn, Timothy James Kiczenski, Irene Mona Peterson, Robert Anthony Schaut, Elizabeth Mary Sturdevant, Natesan Venkataraman
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Publication number: 20170355633Abstract: An apparatus includes a fiber feeding system to deposit a fiber on an edge of the glass article and a laser system. The laser system is positioned to project a first and a second laser beam onto a first and a second side of the fiber, respectively. The laser system is positioned to project a third laser beam onto the edge of the glass article. A method includes advancing a glass article relative to a fiber; positioning the fiber in relation to an edge of the glass article, contacting a first side of the fiber with a first laser beam, contacting a second side of the fiber with a second laser beam, depositing the fiber on the edge of the glass article, and contacting the edge of the glass article with a third laser beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Thomas Roger Cook, Christopher William Drewnowski, Peter Knowles, Geunsik Lim, Moussa N'Gom, Irene Mona Peterson, Robert Stephen Wagner
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Publication number: 20170283296Abstract: An apparatus for forming glass tubing is described. The apparatus for forming glass tubing comprises an endless former with an outer surface and an inner passage defining an inner surface. The apparatus for forming glass tubing further comprises two chambers from which molten glass may flow. One chamber flows molten glass to the outer surface of the endless former and another chamber flows molten glass to the inner surface of the endless former. The two flows of molten glass meet at the bottom of the former to form glass tubing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Michael Thomas Gallagher, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Frank Coppola, Irene Mona Peterson, Richard Curwood Peterson, Olus Naili Boratav, George Clinton Shay, Paul D. Albee, Laurent Joubaud, Antoine Gaston Bisson, Glen Bennett Cook
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Publication number: 20170267570Abstract: A method for forming a laminated glass article may include flowing a molten first glass composition having a first R2O concentration and a first fining agent with a first fining agent concentration. The method may also include flowing a molten second glass composition having a second R2O concentration less than the first R2O concentration of the first glass composition and a second fining agent with a second fining agent concentration that is greater than or equal to the first fining agent concentration of the first glass composition. The molten first glass composition may be contacted with the molten second glass composition to form an interface between the molten first glass composition and the molten second glass composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, Irene Mona Peterson
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Publication number: 20170157582Abstract: A method of preparing a stable slurry of particles of glass precursors for spray drying and subsequent melting, such as by plasma melting, comprising grinding all constituent particles down to less than 50 microns in size, more desirably down to less than 25 or even less than 20 microns in size, removing the water from, or reducing the water content of the particles, mixing the particles with a liquid polymer binder and dispersant at a solids loading in the range of from 20-30%, more particularly in the range of from 22-27%, more desirably 24% by volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Irene Mona Peterson, John Forrest Wight, Jennifer Anella Heine
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Publication number: 20160244352Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for forming pre-melting and/or melting glass batch materials comprising bringing glass batch materials into contact with a plasma plume for a residence time sufficient to form substantially homogeneous, spheroid-shaped glass intermediate particles. The glass batch materials may flow in a cyclonic pattern in the plasma plume for increased residence time. The glass intermediate particles may be cooled with a tangential flow of gas to produce a cyclonic flow within the collection vessel. Also disclosed herein are glass intermediate particles comprising at least about 45 wt % of alumina and/or silica and less than about 55 wt % of at least one oxide of boron, V magnesium, calcium, sodium, strontium, tin, and/or titanium, wherein the glass intermediate particles are substantially homogenous and substantially spheroid in shape and have an average particle size ranging from about 5 to about 1,000 microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Daniel Robert Boughton, Irene Mona Peterson
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Publication number: 20160229729Abstract: An apparatus (10) for forming the outer layers of a glass laminate sheet comprises a reservoir (12), individual first (14a) and second (14b) distributors extending below and in fluid communication with the reservoir, and first (30a) and second (30b) slots positioned respectively at the bottom of the first and second distributors. The slots have a length, the distributors have sides and a middle, and the length of the slots on the sides of the distributors is desirably decreased relative to the length of the slots in the middle of the distributors. The apparatus is useful with a trough or isopipe (100) to provide clad glass streams to contact an over-flowing core glass on respective sides of the trough or isopipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Irene Mona Peterson, Olus Naili Boratav, Glen Bennett Cook, Joseph Michael Matusick, David John McEnroe, Srinivasa Rao Vaddiraju
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Publication number: 20150284282Abstract: Methods of fabricating a glass laminate is provided. According to one embodiment, a glass laminate comprised of a microwave absorbing layer and a microwave transparent layer is formed. The microwave absorbing layer is characterized by a microwave loss tangent ?H that is at least a half order of magnitude larger than a loss tangent ?Lof the microwave transparent layer. An area of the glass laminate is exposed to microwave radiation. The exposed area comprises a cross-laminate hot zone having a cross-laminate hot zone temperature profile. Substantially all microwave absorbing layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile and substantially all microwave transparent layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile reside above the glass transition temperature TG of the various layers of the glass laminate prior to impingement by the microwave radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Hilary Tony Godard, Gaozhu Peng, Irene Mona Peterson, Rebecca Lynn Schulz, Gary Graham Squier
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Patent number: 9090505Abstract: Methods of fabricating a glass laminate is provided. According to one embodiment, a glass laminate comprised of a microwave absorbing layer and a microwave transparent layer is formed. The microwave absorbing layer is characterized by a microwave loss tangent ?H that is at least a half order of magnitude larger than a loss tangent ?L of the microwave transparent layer. An area of the glass laminate is exposed to microwave radiation. The exposed area comprises a cross-laminate hot zone having a cross-laminate hot zone temperature profile. Substantially all microwave absorbing layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile and substantially all microwave transparent layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile reside above the glass transition temperature TG of the various layers of the glass laminate prior to impingement by the microwave radiation.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Hilary Tony Godard, Gaozhu Peng, Irene Mona Peterson, Rebecca Lynn Schulz, Gary Graham Squier