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US 9,783,446 B2Granted
Non-woven textile cores and molds for making complex sculptural glass bottle interiors and exteriors
OwnerJay Markelinventor
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Abstract
Provided herein are novel tools and methods for the formation of vessels having sculpted interior and exterior forms. Novel high-temperature non-woven textile forms may be used to create a glass vessel having a three-dimensional sculpted interior of almost any shape. The non-woven textile forms may also be used as molds to artfully sculpt bottle exteriors. The invention allows for unprecedented control over the form of glass objects in an industrially scalable process.
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A method of creating a shaped object, comprising
- contacting heated glass with a form comprising a non-woven tile, wherein the non-woven textile comprises a mixture consisting of chopped carbon fiber, carbon fiber powder having a particulate size of 150 microns, and an inorganic binding agent comprising alumina, such that the heated glass conforms to the shape of the form;
- allowing the heated glass to cool and solidify;
- and
- removing the form from the shaped object.
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A method of forming a vessel having a shaped interior, comprising the steps of
- suspending a core within a mold, wherein the core comprises a hollow body and a hollow tube projecting from the hollow body:
- wherein the core comprises a non-woven textile, wherein the non-woven textile comprises a mixture of chopped carbon fiber, carbon fiber powder, and an inorganic binding agent:
- wherein the hollow body is wider than the tube;
- wherein a continuous space is present between the outer surface of the core and the inner surface of the mold;
- and wherein at least some portion of the tube projecting from the hollow body of the core protrudes from the mold;
- introducing heated glass into the continuous space between the core and the mold, such that heated glass surrounds the portion of the core present within the mold and forms a vessel having a hollow interior portion;
- allowing the heated glass to cool;
- and
- breaking and removing the core from the interior hollow portion of the vessel, the shape of the interior hollow portion being defined by the portion of the core that was present within the mold.
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