Glass manufacturing – Processes – Forming product or preform from molten glass
Patent
1997-06-13
2000-08-01
Silverman, Stanley S.
Glass manufacturing
Processes
Forming product or preform from molten glass
65 994, 651823, 65355, 65356, 651345, 6537415, C03B 1300, C03B 1500, C03B 1700, C03B 516
Patent
active
060949422
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method of reducing tin defects in flat glass made by the float process. In the float process, molten glass is delivered onto a pool of molten tin within an enclosed chamber and formed into a glass ribbon. Oxygen gas dissolved in the molten tin combines with the tin to form tin oxide which vaporizes and collects within the chamber, resulting in defects in the glass. In the present invention, hydrogen gas is introduced directly into the molten tin to react with the oxygen gas and tin oxide within the molten tin to form water and elemental tin, resulting in a reduction in the amount of tin oxide within the molten tin. In one particular embodiment of the invention, the hydrogen gas is introduced into the molten tin through an elongated, porous graphite member submerged in the molten tin within the forming chamber such that it extends along and is located outboard of selected portions of the edge of the glass ribbon.
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DeSantis Donald L.
Falleroni Charlene A.
Hill Kevin G.
PPG Industries Ohio Inc.
Ruller Jacqueline A.
Silverman Stanley S.
Siminerio Andrew C.
Stachel Kenneth J.
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