Glass manufacturing – Processes – Fining or homogenizing molten glass
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-31
2006-10-31
Vincent, Sean (Department: 1731)
Glass manufacturing
Processes
Fining or homogenizing molten glass
C065S178000, C065S374120, C366S270000, C366S297000, C366S317000, C366S325920
Reexamination Certificate
active
07127919
ABSTRACT:
The level of precious-metal inclusions in glass products, e.g., glass substrates for liquid crystal displays, is reduced by stirring molten glass in a stir chamber (11) under conditions such that the magnitude of the shear stress τ on the chamber's wall (19) and on the surfaces of the stirrer (13) is reduced while at the same time, the Q•E product for the system is kept high, where Q is the flow of glass through the stirring system and E is the system's stirring effectiveness.
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Goller Martin H.
Murphy James P.
Nolet Daniel A.
Thomas Robert R.
Beall Thomas R.
Corning Incorporated
Klee Maurice M.
Vincent Sean
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