Patents by Inventor Kurt Heller

Kurt Heller 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 producing glass goblets, tumblers and similar hollow glasses, and corresponding device for carrying out said method
    Patent number: 6497119
    Abstract: A device and process for forming hollow glassware comprising producing solid glass blanks in a manufacturing line, storing the blanks, feeding the blanks to a manufacturing line for forming hollow glassware, preheating the blanks during the feeding step, supplying the preheated blanks to a heating stage, heating to form solid plastically deformable glass globs, transferring the glass gobs to a blow molding stage and blow molding the glass gobs supported by a bottom lifter in a blow mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Schott Glas
    Inventors: Robert Hartel, Josef Molz, Michael Horina, Edwin Kreiss, Alois Gruber, Kurt Heller