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US 2009/0022991 A1Published application
Method and device for homogenizing a viscous substance
AssigneeSaint-GobainTechnical Fabrics Europe
InventorsPierre Deleplace, Jerome Raimond
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Abstract
A melter including an upper chamber configured to receive marbles or the like, and a lower chamber separated from the upper chamber by a porous wall through which, as the result of heating, glass marbles or the like liquefy in the form of a batch. The upper and lower chambers define a melting zone. A refining zone is fed via at least one channel emerging from the melting zone.
Claims10
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A melter, comprising:
- an upper chamber configured to receive marbles or the like;
- a lower chamber separated from the upper chamber by a porous wall through which, as a result of heating, glass marbles or the like liquefy in a form of a batch, the upper and lower chambers defining a melting zone;
- and
- a central partition separating the melting zone from a refining zone, the refining zone being fed via at least one channel emerging from the melting zone,
- wherein the refining zone is bounded by external walls of the melter and by a central partition and a refining wall into which a free end of the channel opens.
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A method of homogenizing a batch within a melter including a melting zone and a refining zone, comprising:
- feeding glass marbles or the like into the melting zone within which the glass marbles or the like are melted after being supplied with heat and are brought to a state of the batch;
- then draining and ducting the batch into the refining zone in which the batch is degassed;
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- then withdrawing the degassed batch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.