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US 2016/0168002 A1Published application
Method for Making Sculptural Interior in a Vessel and Vessels Produced Thereby
OwnerJay Markelinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of making a vessel having a sculptural interior, comprising attaching a textile core to the air inlet port of an I.S. machine, inserting a gob of molten glass into a mold to surround the textile core, applying compressed air to press the molten glass around the textile core, applying compressed air to inflate the textile core creating the bottle, allowing the bottle to cool sufficiently to withdraw the core from the bottle, and withdrawing the textile core from the bottle.
Claims10
A method of making a glass vessel having a sculpted interior surface, the method comprising:
- inserting an inflatable textile core into a mold, which mold will define the exterior shape of said vessel;
- inserting one or more gobs of molten glass into said mold;
- inflating said textile core to form a cavity within the vessel in the shape of the inflated core;
- allowing the vessel to cool;
- and
- withdrawing the textile core.
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