Patents by Inventor Jay Markel

Jay Markel 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).

  • Non-woven textile cores and molds for making complex sculptural glass bottle interiors and exteriors
    Patent number: 9783446
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel tools and methods for the formation of vessels having sculpted interior and exterior forms. Novel high-temperature non-woven textile forms may be used to create a glass vessel having a three-dimensional sculpted interior of almost any shape. The non-woven textile forms may also be used as molds to artfully sculpt bottle exteriors. The invention allows for unprecedented control over the form of glass objects in an industrially scalable process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventor: Jay Markel
  • Method for making sculptural interior in a vessel and vessels produced thereby
    Patent number: 9586848
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of making a vessel having a sculptural interior, comprising attaching a textile core to the air inlet port of an I.S. machine, inserting a gob of molten glass into a mold to surround the textile core, applying compressed air to press the molten glass around the textile core, applying compressed air to inflate the textile core creating the bottle, allowing the bottle to cool sufficiently to withdraw the core from the bottle, and withdrawing the textile core from the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Inventor: Jay Markel
  • Method for Making Sculptural Interior in a Vessel and Vessels Produced Thereby
    Publication number: 20160168002
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of making a vessel having a sculptural interior, comprising attaching a textile core to the air inlet port of an I.S. machine, inserting a gob of molten glass into a mold to surround the textile core, applying compressed air to press the molten glass around the textile core, applying compressed air to inflate the textile core creating the bottle, allowing the bottle to cool sufficiently to withdraw the core from the bottle, and withdrawing the textile core from the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Jay Markel
  • Non-Woven Textile Cores and Molds for Making Complex Sculptural Glass Bottle Interiors and Exteriors
    Publication number: 20160152501
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel tools and methods for the formation of vessels having sculpted interior and exterior forms. Novel high-temperature non-woven textile forms may be used to create a glass vessel having a three-dimensional sculpted interior of almost any shape. The non-woven textile forms may also be used as molds to artfully sculpt bottle exteriors. The invention allows for unprecedented control over the form of glass objects in an industrially scalable process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Jay Markel
  • Method for making sculptural interior in a vessel and vessels produced thereby
    Patent number: 9296633
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of making a vessel having a sculptural interior, comprising attaching a textile core to the air inlet port of an I.S. machine, inserting a gob of molten glass into a mold to surround the textile core, applying compressed air to press the molten glass around the textile core, applying compressed air to inflate the textile core creating the bottle, allowing the bottle to cool sufficiently to withdraw the core from the bottle, and withdrawing the textile core from the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Inventor: Jay Markel
  • MEHOD FOR MAKING A SEAMLESS GLASS VESSL USING RESIN BONDED SAND
    Publication number: 20150353409
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing seamless glass bottles, glass bottles having sculptural designs and shapes, art glass and sculpture in industrial quantities using a mold of resin bonded sand to produce sculptural interior forms having texture, a complex shape with undercuts creating extremely fine surface detail capabilities not otherwise feasible with glass bottle manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Jay Markel
  • Method for Making Sculptural Interior in a Vessel and Vessels Produced Thereby
    Publication number: 20150017351
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of making a vessel having a sculptural interior, comprising attaching a textile core to the air inlet port of an I.S. machine, inserting a gob of molten glass into a mold to surround the textile core, applying compressed air to press the molten glass around the textile core, applying compressed air to inflate the textile core creating the bottle, allowing the bottle to cool sufficiently to withdraw the core from the bottle, and withdrawing the textile core from the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Jay Markel