Irving Wightman Colburn, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Irving Wightman Colburn

American businessman

Date of Birth: 16-May-1861

Date of Death: 04-Sep-1917

Profession: engineer, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Irving Wightman Colburn

  • Irving Wightman Colburn (16 May 1861 – 4 September 1917) was an American inventor and manufacturer. Colburn developed a process for the production of continuous flat glass disks which made the mass production for window panes possible.
  • Colburn began his experiments in 1899.
  • In one patent for a machine to produce flat glass on 25 March 1902.
  • He created the Colburn Machine Glass Co.
  • in August 1906.
  • In 1908 he installed two machines, before the technology had developed, and in 1911 he became bankrupt.
  • Toledo Glass Company bought Colburn's patents in 1912.
  • He then improved the process with Toledo Glass, and its first successful result occurred on 25 November 1913.
  • The company then became the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass company in 1916.

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