Glass manufacturing – Glass furnace with furnace charging means
Patent
1994-09-13
1996-09-24
Czaja, Donald E.
Glass manufacturing
Glass furnace with furnace charging means
65146, 414156, 414161, 414165, C03B 300
Patent
active
055586910
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable vibrating plate cullet feeder for feeding recycle glass to melting furnaces. Independent control of the rate of cullet feed is obtained by adjustment of at least one of: the angle of the feeder plate, the intensity of the vibration, and the frequency of the vibration. The vibrating plate cullet feeder may be positioned to feed over a batch charger or may feed directly into the melting furnace and may be controlled by the batch charger or independently by a furnace level or composition controller.
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Coates Stephen J.
Horn Larry L.
James Barry R.
Materna William R.
Merkle William L.
Czaja Donald E.
Merkle Engineers Inc.
Vincent Sean
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