Patents by Inventor Norbert Osterhage

Norbert Osterhage 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).

  • Publication number: 20060162387
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and a device from the production of molten glass. According to the invention, measures will be taken to lead the current of the molten glass through the tank furnace so that cutoffs of the glass current between the surface of the glass bath, on the one hand, and the outlet opening on the other hand are avoided and a an equal holding period of all melt particles in the tank furnace is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Stefan Schmitt, Rule Kirchhoff, Wilfried Linz, Norbert Osterhage, Gerhard Lautenschlager, Andreas Sprenger, Klaus-Dieter Duch, Frank Karetta, Ludwig Dursch, Rainer Eichholz
  • Patent number: 7040122
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and a device from the production of molten glass. According to the invention, measures will be taken to lead the current of the molten glass through the tank furnace so that cutoffs of the glass current between the surface of the glass bath, on the one hand, and the outlet opening on the other hand are avoided and a an equal holding period of all melt particles in the tank furnace is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schmitt, Rule Kirchhoff, Wilfried Linz, Norbert Osterhage, Gerhard Lautenschläger, Andreas Sprenger, Klaus-Dieter Duch, Frank Karetta, Ludwig Dürsch, Rainer Eichholz
  • Publication number: 20030066314
    Abstract: According to the invention, measures will be taken to lead the current of the molten glass through the tank furnace so that cutoffs of the glass current between the surface of the glass bath, on the one hand, and the outlet opening on the other hand are avoided and a an equal holding period of all melt particles in the tank furnace is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Stefan Schmitt, Rule Kirchhoff, Wilfried Linz, Norbert Osterhage, Gerhard Lautenschlager, Andreas Sprenger, Klaus-Dieter Duch, Frank Karetta, Ludwig Dursch, Rainer Eichholz