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Vertical delivery arrangement for float glass process

US4741749A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 2, 1987
Grant dateMay 3, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 2, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03B5/267
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Delivery of molten glass to a flat glass forming operation carried out as a substantially free-falling vertical stream. The glass may be received in a first chamber in a relatively deep and narrow reservoir, from which it flows to a wider chamber, from which, in turn, it is drawn longitudinally.

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