- Patent Title: Apparatuses and methods for continuous production of glass tubing
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Application No.: US16201472Application Date: 2018-11-27
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Publication No.: US10927029B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Dale Madard Fisher, Jr. , David Posada-Pineda
- Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US NY Corning
- Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Corning
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: C03B17/04
- IPC: C03B17/04 ; C03B17/02

Abstract:
An apparatus for producing composite glass tube with a plurality of glass layers includes a plurality of cylindrical containers of increasing inner dimensions concentrically arranged and stationary. Each cylindrical container includes a side wall, bottom wall, and a delivery ring. Adjacent cylindrical containers define an annular chamber, a flow control region, and an annular flow channel therebetween. The apparatus includes at least one flow control valve positioned in the flow control region and translatable relative to the adjacent cylindrical containers. Translation of the flow control valves relative to the cylindrical containers is operable to change an impedance to flow of molten glass through the flow control region, thereby modifying an overall flow rate or circumferential distribution of molten glass from the cylindrical containers. Systems and methods for producing composite glass tube using the apparatus are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190161379A1 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF GLASS TUBING Public/Granted day:2019-05-30
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