Glass manufacturing – Glass furnace with furnace charging means
Patent
1990-09-05
1991-10-15
Fisher, Richard V.
Glass manufacturing
Glass furnace with furnace charging means
65135, C03B 300
Patent
active
050571400
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for melting glass batch material, the apparatus forming glass batch material into a pile having an elongate sloping surface, having a feed device for feeding batch material to an upper part of the pile and a pushing device which is located beneath the feed device to push batch material in the pile towards the elongate sloping surface. There is also disclosed a method of melting glass batch material, the method having the steps of (a) forming glass batch material into a pile having an elongate sloping surface by feeding batch material to an upper part of the pile and pushing batch material in a lower part of the pile towards the elongate sloping surface; and (b) heating the batch material in the elongate sloping surface.
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Bruckner John J.
Fisher Richard V.
Pilkington plc
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