Process for producing glass and glass-melting apparatus thereof
US7730744B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S65/16
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for producing a high-quality glass from highly reactive raw materials and a glass-melting apparatus for use therewith, comprising the step of charging a material for the glass to a molten glass in a heated vessel, (1) wherein an oxidizing gas is bubbled in the molten glass and a glass raw material that behaves as a reducing agent during being melted is charged into a position of the bubbling or (2) said vessel is filled with a dry ambient gas and while the ambient gas is allowed to flow to a liquid surface of the molten glass along an charging route of the glass raw material, the glass raw material is charged.
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