Patents by Inventor Vincent N. Procaccini

Vincent N. Procaccini 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).

  • Apparatus for bending glass sheets
    Patent number: 5346526
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for establishing a predetermined thermal profile in a glass sheet immediately prior to press bending outside the heating furnace. The press bending members are provided with arrays of heating elements that are individually or zone regulated to assist in establishing an optimum temperature profile in the glass sheet conducive to proper bending. The temperature profile established in the heated sheet by the arrays of heating elements is coordinated with that established in the furnace and subsequently, modified by heat dissipation as the glass sheet advances to the bending station to achieve the proper bending temperature. The heating elements can also be utilized to create a temperature profile in the glass sheet generally higher than that originally established in the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Flaugher, Timothy A. Nissen, Vincent N. Procaccini, Sugato Deb
  • Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of glass sheets in press bending
    Patent number: 5279635
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for establishing a predetermined thermal profile in a glass sheet immediately prior to press bending outside the heating furnace. The press bending members are provided with arrays of heating elements that are individually or zone regulated to assist in establishing an optimum temperature profile in the glass sheet conducive to proper bending. The temperature profile established in the heated sheet by the arrays of heating elements is coordinated with that established in the furnace and subsequently, modified by heat dissipation as the glass sheet advances to the bending station to achieve the proper bending temperature. The heating elements can also be utilized to create a temperature profile in the glass sheet generally higher than that originally established in the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Flaugher, Timothy A. Nissen, Vincent N. Procaccini, Sugato Deb