Molten glass refining apparatus
US4110098A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 10, 1977 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P40/50
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The improvement in an apparatus for refining glass being fed along a channel wherein the molten glass is foamed throughout its thickness, the improvement involving an increase in the width of the channel at the location of foaming. Also, the channel is provided with submerged electrodes disposed on opposite sides of the channel adjacent the bottom for heating the molten mass to produce the foaming.
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