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US 9,586,848 B2Granted
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 define an exterior shape of said glass vessel;
- inserting one or more gobs of molten into said mold;
- inflating said inflatable textile core to form a cavity within the glass vessel in the shape of the inflated inflatable textile core;
- allowing the glass vessel to cool;
- allowing the inflatable textile core to deflate;
- and
- withdrawing the inflatable textile core.
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