Glass melting furnace having a submerged weir

Details Glass melting furnace having a submerged weir Glass melting furnace having a submerged weir

1980-08-18

1982-03-02

Kellogg, Arthur D.

Glass manufacturing

Processes

Fining or homogenizing molten glass

65137, 65337, 65340, 65342, 65346, C03B 516

Patent

active

043176690

ABSTRACT:
A continuous tank-type glass melting furnace containing a bath of molten glass and having a waist section of reduced width whereat a submerged weir extends across the path of the molten glass bath flowing therethrough. The weir is located adjacent the floor of the waist section for modifying the flow path in the lower regions of the molten bath between the refining and conditioning zones of the furnace. Also, a surface barrier and stirrers may be provided in the waist section for improving the homogeneity of the molten bath.

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patent: 2049600 (1936-08-01), Wright
patent: 3321289 (1967-05-01), Touvay
patent: 3328150 (1967-06-01), Rough
patent: 4046546 (1977-09-01), Hynd
patent: 4052186 (1977-10-01), Rhodes

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