C03B 2211/30
Introducing oxygen into the glass melting furnace separately from the fuel
Official title: introducing oxygen into the glass melting furnace separately from the fuel
C03B2211/30 (Introducing oxygen into the glass melting furnace separately from the fuel) appears on 18 US grants and 19 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C03B- Granted patents
- 18
- Published applications
- 19
- Assignees
- 12
- Inventors
- 42
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of preparing a melt for the production of man-made mineral fibres12 May 2026US 12,623,943 B2Rockwool A/S
- Melting vitrifiable material with a biomass-type fuel16 Dec 2025US 12,497,322 B2Saint-Gobain Isover
- Sonic injection furnace16 Jun 2020US 10,683,225 B2Saint-Gobain Glass France
- Process and apparatus for making a mineral melt27 Jun 2017US 9,688,561 B2Rockwool International A/S
- Water cooled oxygen lance for use in a float glass furnace and/or float glass furnace using the same28 Apr 2015US 9,016,094 B2Guardian Industries Corp.
- Gas-burning furnace16 May 2024US 2024/0158277 A1Rockwool A/S
- Method of preparing a melt for the production of man-made mineral fibres18 Jan 2024US 2024/0018028 A1Rockwool A/S
- Melting vitrifiable material with a biomass-type fuel23 Feb 2023US 2023/0059556 A1Saint-Gobain Isover
- Sonic injection furnace20 Aug 2020US 2020/0262732 A1Saint-Gobain Glass France
- Sonic injection furnace21 Jun 2018US 2018/0170786 A1Saint-Gobain Glass France
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of boosting a glass melting furnace using a roof mounted oxygen-fuel burner94US 6,422,041 B1The BOC Group, Inc. · 2002
- Method and system for increasing the efficiency and productivity of a high temperature furnace90US 6,113,389 AAmerican Air Liquide, Inc. · 2000
- Method of retrofitting a furnace to provide oxygen enrichment81US 6,276,928 B1American Air Liquide, Inc. · 2001
- Method of boosting a glass melting furnace using a roof mounted oxygen-fuel burner74US 6,705,118 B2The BOC Group, Inc. · 2004
- Rapid glass melting or premelting71US 6,722,161 B2The BOC Group, Inc. · 2004