Method of and means for removal of glass floods from a surface of a glass stream feeder
US4311500A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03B37/0213
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for removing glass floods that may form on the tip section or orifice plate of a stream feeder, bushing or substrate from which normally flow streams of glass, the method and apparatus involving the application or delivery of a stream or streams of liquid carbonaceous or hydrocarbon material onto the glass flooded area, the liquid material being decomposed in an atmospheric environment or in an inert or nonoxidizing environment by the high temperatures of the feeder, bushing or substrate and the molten glass to release carbon particles which are effective to dewet the glass flood and remove the flood.
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