Manufactured glass by contiguous float process
US4091156A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 13, 1974 |
| Grant date | May 23, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 1994 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24777
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Flat glass having superior optical quality is continuously produced by a contiguous float process in which lamellar flows are established in a molten glass conditioner and the flow patterns are maintained in a stream of glass unidirectionally delivered onto a pool of molten metal on which the glass is cooled and unidirectionally attenuated to form a ribbon of glass.
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