Orifice ring incorporating a MAX phase material
AssigneeOwens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
InventorsJonathan Grant, Ya-Cheng Lin
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Abstract
An orifice ring for use in a glass feeder that produces one or more molten glass runners may include a main body having a first side and an opposed second side and further defining one or more discharge orifices. The first side of the main body has a glass-contacting surface surrounding the one or more discharge orifices, and at least a portion of the glass-contacting surface of the first side of the main body is provided by a MAX phase material such that at least a portion of a circumference of at least one of the one or more discharge orifices is established by the MAX phase material. A glass feeder that includes such an orifice ring is also disclosed.
Claims11
An orifice ring for use in a glass feeder that produces one or more molten glass runners, the orifice ring comprising:
- a main body having a first side and an opposed second side and further defining one or more discharge orifices, the first side of the main body having a glass-contacting surface surrounding the one or more discharge orifices, wherein a portion of the main body is composed of a ceramic material and wherein at least a portion of the glass-contacting surface of the first side of the main body is provided by a MAX phase material such that at least a portion of a circumference of at least one of the one or more discharge orifices is established by the MAX phase material,
- wherein the main body includes a central base wall and a peripheral rim surrounding the central base wall, the central base wall defining the one or more discharge orifices and including the glass-contacting surface on the first side of the main body, and wherein the peripheral rim is composed of a ceramic material and the central base wall is composed of the MAX phase material.
An orifice ring for use in a glass feeder that produces one or more molten glass runners, the orifice ring comprising:
- a main body having a first side and an opposed second side and further defining one or more discharge orifices, the first side of the main body having a glass-contacting surface surrounding the one or more discharge orifices, wherein a portion of the main body is composed of a ceramic material and wherein at least a portion of the glass-contacting surface that spans the entirety of the one or more discharge orifices is provided by a MAX phase material,
- wherein the entire glass contacting surface is provided by a MAX phase material, and wherein the main body includes a central base wall and a peripheral rim surrounding the central base wall, the base wall defining the one or more discharge orifices and including the glass-contacting surface, and wherein the central base wall is composed of the MAX phase material.
An orifice ring for use in a glass feeder that produces one or more molten glass runners, the orifice ring comprising:
- a main body having a first side and an opposed second side and further defining one or more discharge orifices, the first side of the main body having a glass-contacting surface surrounding the one or more discharge orifices, wherein a portion of the main body is composed of a ceramic material and wherein at least a portion of the glass-contacting surface of the first side of the main body is provided by a MAX phase material such that at least a portion of a circumference of
- at least one of the one or more discharge orifices is composed of the MAX phase material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.