Patents by Inventor Nathan Tyler Qualls

Nathan Tyler Qualls 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).

  • Glass inlet tube environmental control
    Patent number: 10202297
    Abstract: A system and method are described herein for controlling an environment around an inlet tube in the glass manufacturing system. More specifically, the system and method control a level of hydrogen within a humid gas mixture that flows over an exterior of the inlet tube to effectively suppress the formation of undesirable gaseous inclusions in molten glass that flows through the inlet tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Delia, Shawn Rachelle Markham, Brandon Thomas Sternquist, Nathan Tyler Qualls
  • GLASS INLET TUBE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170283294
    Abstract: A system and method are described herein for controlling an environment around an inlet tube in the glass manufacturing system. More specifically, the system and method control a level of hydrogen within a humid gas mixture that flows over an exterior of the inlet tube to effectively suppress the formation of undesirable gaseous inclusions in molten glass that flows through the inlet tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Delia, Shawn Rachelle Markham, Brandon Thomas Sternquist, Nathan Tyler Qualls