Patents by Inventor Thomas Kloss

Thomas Kloss 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).

  • Patent number: 5599753
    Abstract: Borosilicate glass weak in boric acid having a high chemical stability with an alkali resistance according to DIN 52 322 of LBK-Class 1, a thermal expansion .alpha..sub.20/300 between 4.0 to 5.3.times.10.sup.-6 K.sup.-1, a ratio .alpha.'/.alpha. of thermal expansion coefficients above T.sub.g (.alpha.') to below T.sub.g (.alpha.) of 4 to 8, a glass transformation temperature between 500.degree. C. and 600.degree. C., high radiation transmittance and a UV transmission .tau..sub.250 nm/1 mm of 0 to 70% or .tau..sub.300 nm/1 mm of 0 to 91% of the composition in percent by weight on oxide basis of: SiO.sub.2 >75; B.sub.2 O.sub.3 1 to <9; Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 3 to 6; Li.sub.2 O 0 to 4; Na.sub.2 O 0 to 8; K.sub.2 O 0 to 6; MgO 0 to 3; CaO 0 to 3; BaO 0 to 2; SrO 0 to 2; ZnO 0 to 3; ZrO.sub.2 0 to 3; SnO.sub.2 0 to 3; SnO 0 to 3; TiO.sub.2 0 to 2; CeO.sub.2 0 to 2; Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 0 to 1; with SiO.sub.2 +B.sub.2 O.sub.3 >83; SiO.sub.2 :B.sub.2 O.sub.3 >8; SiO.sub.2 +Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 +ZrO.sub.2 >83; Li.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Jenaer Glaswerck GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhart Watzke, Andrea Kampfer, Thomas Kloss, Gerhard Kemmler
  • Patent number: 5547904
    Abstract: The borosilicate glass has a UV transmission of at least 80% at a UV wavelength of about 254 nm for a borosilicate glass sheet thickness of 2 mm, a linear coefficient of thermal expansion, .alpha..sub.20/300, of 3.2 to 3.4.times.10.sup.-6 K.sup.-1, a hydrolytic resistance of class 1 and a composition in % by weight based on oxide of______________________________________ glass formers <96%, SiO.sub.2 from 79.0 to 81.0%, B.sub.2 O.sub.3 from 12.5 to 13.0%, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 from 2.0 to 4.0%, alkali metal oxides >2%, ______________________________________wherein said alkali metal oxides include from 2.0 to 3.5% said K.sub.2 O and from 1.0 to 2.0% said Li.sub.2 O, ______________________________________ alkaline earth metal <0.3%, oxides + ZnO reducing agent 0.025 to 2%, and non-oxidizing fining agent 0 to 3%. ______________________________________The weight ratio of K.sub.2 O to Li.sub.2 O is from 2:1 to 1:1 in the borosilicate glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Jenaer Glaswerk GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhart Watzke, Thomas Kloss
  • Patent number: 5340778
    Abstract: An optical crown glass having a negative anomalous partial dispersion .DELTA.P.sub.g,F, a refractive index n.sub.d of greater than 1.52, an Abbe number .nu..sub.d of greater than 57, and a high UV transmission has a composition (in % by weight) 40-72 B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 9-31 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0-15 SiO.sub.2, 0.1-0.5 H.sub.2 O, 0-12 Li.sub.2 O, wherein the total of R.sub.2 O (R=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs) is 0-20 and the total of MO (M=Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) is 0-30, and wherein the total of R.sub.2 O and MO is greater than 5, and the molar ratio between Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and B.sub.2 O.sub.3 is 0.2-0.3 and the molar ratio between (R.sub.2 O+MO) and B.sub.2 O.sub.3 is 0.1-0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Scott Glaswerke
    Inventors: Thomas Kloss, Elfi Stein, Kirsten Gerth, Andrea Wickardt