Patents by Inventor Mace L. Odneal, Jr.

Mace L. Odneal, Jr. 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 installing mold assembly
    Patent number: 6173587
    Abstract: A mold assembly (34) for cyclically forming heated glass sheets includes a lower mold (36) having an upwardly oriented mold face (356) and an upper mold face having a downwardly oriented mold face (56) that opposes the upwardly oriented mold face of the lower mold to form a heated glass sheet during movement of the molds toward each other. Alignment guides (122,124) align the molds (36,38) with each other as necessary during movement of the molds toward each other. Detachable connectors (362) detachably connect the molds to each other for installation and are disconnectable to permit the molds to be used for glass sheet forming. In one embodiment, the detachable connectors (362) are latches that include a latch member (364) and a keeper (366), and in another embodiment the detachable connectors are retainers (370) engageable and disengageable from the molds to provide their detachable securement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Glasstech, Inc.
    Inventors: Eustace Harold Mumford, Dean M. Nitschke, Mace L. Odneal, Jr.
  • Mold assembly for forming heated glass sheets
    Patent number: 5906668
    Abstract: A mold assembly (34) for cyclically forming heated glass sheets includes a lower mold (36) having an upwardly oriented mold face (356) and an upper mold face having a downwardly oriented mold face (56) that opposes the upwardly oriented mold face of the lower mold to form a heated glass sheet during movement of the molds toward each other. Alignment guides (122,124) align the molds (36,38) with each other as necessary during movement of the molds toward each other. Detachable connectors (362) detachably connect the molds to each other for installation and are disconnectable to permit the molds to be used for glass sheet forming. In one embodiment, the detachable connectors (362) are latches that include a latch member (364) and a keeper (366), and in another embodiment the detachable connectors are retainers (370) engageable and disengageable from the molds to provide their detachable securement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Glasstech, Inc.
    Inventors: Eustace Harold Mumford, Dean M. Nitschke, Mace L. Odneal, Jr.