Delivery of molten glass to a glass forming process
US3973940A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 25, 1975 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03B18/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In the manufacture of flat glass, molten glass is delivered along a substantially horizontal delivery path onto a pool of molten metal. A stream of molten glass is deeper along its marginal portions than its central portion in order to provide for substantially uniform flow rates across the entire stream of molten glass. A continuous ribbon of flat glass of any thickness may be uniformly formed in a very short distance extending downstream from the delivery as a result of delivering the glass in this manner.
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