Patents by Inventor Robert E. Eakin

Robert E. Eakin 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 OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, USING A GLASS FLUXING AGENT TO REDUCE FOAM DURING MELTING OF GLASS BATCH
    Publication number: 20130072371
    Abstract: A foam and frothy glass mixture that forms on a pool of molten glass and inhibits heat transfer between the overhead flames and the pool of molten glass is decreased, if not eliminated, by spreading a glass fluxing agent, e.g. but not limiting to the invention, sodium sulfate over the foam and/or frothy glass mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Jansen, Rodney K. Dunn, Robert E. Eakin, Gerald DiGiampaolo