Method and apparatus for melting glass

Details Method and apparatus for melting glass Method and apparatus for melting glass

1975-11-13

1977-03-15

Kellogg, Arthur D.

Glass manufacturing

Processes

Fining or homogenizing molten glass

65136, 65337, 65346, 65347, C03B 502

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040122182

ABSTRACT:
A glass melting furnace having a melting section and an adjacent refining section. The two sections are interconnected by a step or barrier which reduces the cross-sectional area of the furnace. The refining section has at least one plane of a plurality of electrodes immersed in the molten glass mass thru which energy is supplied to the molten glass mass. A refining zone is positioned below the region containing the electrodes from which refined glass is discharged thru an outlet therein.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1880541 (1932-10-01), Wadman
patent: 2512761 (1950-06-01), Arbeit
patent: 2902524 (1959-09-01), Paxton
patent: 2990438 (1961-06-01), Lambert et al.

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