Apparatus for making glass fibers having vacuum cooling fans
US5693118A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P40/57
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus (10) is provided for producing continuous glass filaments (30). The apparatus (10) comprises a bushing (20) for supplying streams of molten glass and a drawing device (40) adapted to draw the streams into continuous glass filaments (30). A cooling device (50) is also provided and is located adjacent to the bushing (20) for drawing in heated air from a filament forming area beneath the bushing such that heat is convectively transferred away from the filament forming area.
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