Self-crucible wall submerged burner furnace

US11747084B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER · FR

Inventors

• Antoine GUILLET · Paris, FR
• Frederic Lopepe · Salinas, ES
• Richard Di Caro · Paris, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 5, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P40/50
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A furnace for melting vitrifiable material, in particular glass, employs a submerged burner, the furnace including a wall cooled by a cooling fluid, the face of the wall facing toward the interior of the furnace having, before vitrifiable material is melted in the furnace, an attachment texture for so-called self-crucible devitrified vitrifiable material.