Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Selective chemical fining of small bubbles in glass
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Application No.: US16590072Application Date: 2019-10-01
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Publication No.: US11697608B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Zhongming Wang , Scott Weil , Roger P Smith
- Applicant: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OH Perrysburg
- Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Current Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Perrysburg
- Main IPC: C03B5/225
- IPC: C03B5/225 ; C03C1/00 ; C03C3/078

Abstract:
A method of fining glass is disclosed that includes flowing a molten glass bath through a fining chamber. The molten glass bath has an undercurrent that flows beneath a skimmer that is partially submerged in the molten glass bath. One or more fining agents are introduced into the undercurrent of the molten glass bath directly beneath the skimmer from a carrier gas. In this way, the fining agent(s) may selectively target the gas bubbles drawn under the skimmer within the undercurrent of the molten glass for removal. The method may be employed to fine molten gas produced in a submerged combustion melter. A fining vessel for fining molten glass is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210094858A1 Selective Chemical Fining of Small Bubbles in Glass Public/Granted day:2021-04-01
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