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US 11,648,549 B2Granted
Ion exchange systems and methods for ion exchanging glass articles
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsRichard Wayne Bernard, Tonia Havewala Fletcher, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Abstract
An ion exchange tank is provided. The ion exchange tank includes a processing chamber and an additive chamber separated by a weir system, the weir system having a flow channel fluidly connecting the processing chamber to the additive chamber, wherein the flow is divided from the additive chamber by a first partition and divided from the processing chamber by a second partition, wherein the additive chamber comprises a solids-absorbing material disposed therein.
Claims14
An ion exchange tank comprising:
- a bottom and sidewalls that define an interior space configured to hold a molten salt bath, the interior space comprising a processing chamber and an additive chamber separated by a weir system, the weir system comprising a flow channel fluidly connecting the processing chamber to the additive chamber,
- wherein the flow channel is divided from the additive chamber by a first partition and divided from the processing chamber by a second partition,
- wherein the additive chamber comprises a solids-absorbing material disposed therein, the solids-absorbing material comprising a material that selectively absorbs solids from molten salt in the additive chamber, and
- wherein the ion exchange tank is configured for performing an ion exchange process on a glass article at least partially immersed in a salt bath within the processing chamber.
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