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Bushing assembly comprising a distribution manifold

US9573836B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

3B-Fibreglass sprl · BE

Inventors

Philippe Simon · Battice, BE
Dimitri Laurent · Battice, BE
Utku Ahmet Özden · Hørsholm, DK
Christoph Broeckmann · Aachen, DE
Alexander Bezold · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 17, 2013
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 17, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P40/57
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a bushing assembly comprising: (a) a liquid glass feeding unit arranged upstream of and in fluid communication with, (b) a first and second tip plate assemblies (1A, 1B) extending along a longitudinal direction, arranged side by side, and each surrounded by side walls and end walls and, the first and second tip plate assemblies being separated from one another by a stiffening rib structure (21) extending along said longitudinal direction, characterized in that, the feeding unit comprises a glass distribution manifold (2), which defines two separate fluid communication paths to the first and second tip plate assemblies (1A, 1B), and in that, the stiffening rib structure (21) forms an integral part of the floor of the manifold (2).

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