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Method and a device for the refining of glass

US8869561B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Schott AG · DE

Inventors

Erich Rodek · Mainz, DE
Wolfgang Schmid-Bauer · Mainz, DE
Hilgegard Römer · Karben, DE
Günter Weidmann · Stuttgart, DE
Werner Kiefer · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 12, 2010
Grant date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC03B2211/71
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for the refining of a glass melt at high temperatures according to the skull pot principle is provided. The device includes a skull crucible having walls that are constructed from a plurality of pipes, a high-frequency coil for coupling electrical energy into the contents of the skull crucible, and an inlet and an outlet of the skull crucible being arranged in a melt surface region of the glass melt, wherein the inlet and the outlet are essentially arranged lying opposite one another.

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