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Glass balloons and method for making same

US4026499A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 15, 1976
Grant dateMay 31, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 15, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S425/804
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A glass balloon that floats in air. An assembly of glass balloons that form a slab of foam that floats in air. A process for making glass balloons employing: two nested furnaces, pre-heated helium, a moving furnace, and a refrigerated seal-off chamber.

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