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Apparatus for production of mineral fibers

US4272271A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 30, 1979
Grant dateJun 9, 1981
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Expiry dateJul 30, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S65/04
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention embraces apparatus for the production of mineral fibers. An electrically heated bushing for the maufacture of glass fiber comprises an electrically conductive bottom wall having orifices for the passage of streams of molten glass therethrough for attenuation into fibers and upwardly extending, electrically conductive, sidewalls. Each sidewall has an outwardly extending, electrically conductive flange. The bushing further comprises an electrically conductive material added to a portion of each flange to lower the electrical resistance of said portion to establish desired electrical current flow distribution in the bottom wall.

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