Twisted Glass Canes for Artists
AssigneeElm Tree Entropy, LLC
InventorsAnatoly Kishinevski, Justin Herzig, Dominick Fiordimalva
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Abstract
A glass cane is manufactured by filling a glass tube with a combination of glass structures forming a cross-sectional pattern within the glass tube, to form a preform. The preform is attached to a draw assembly, such as a draw tower. The draw assembly is operated o draw the preform to a reduced-diameter glass cane by passing the preform through a furnace of the draw assembly while pulling the preform or the reduced-diameter glass cane and rotating the preform or the reduced-diameter glass cane.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing twisted glass cane, comprising:
- filling a glass tube with a combination of glass structures forming a cross-sectional pattern within the glass tube, to form a preform;
- attaching the preform to a draw assembly;
- and
- operating the draw assembly to draw the preform to a reduced-diameter glass cane by passing the preform through a furnace of the draw assembly while pulling the preform or the reduced-diameter glass cane and rotating the preform or the reduced-diameter glass cane.
A glass cane manufactured by a method comprising:
- filling a glass tube with a combination of glass structures forming a cross-sectional pattern within the glass tube, to form a preform;
- attaching the preform to a draw assembly;
- and
- operating the draw assembly to draw the preform to a reduced-diameter glass cane by passing the preform through a furnace of the draw assembly while pulling the preform or the reduced-diameter glass cane and rotating the preform or the reduced-diameter glass cane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.