Furnace and manufacturing apparatus for glass particle deposit including the same
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorTomomi MORIYA
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a furnace for manufacturing a glass particle deposit by depositing glass particles generated from a glass raw material. The furnace includes two or more portions that are not fixed to each other in an upper-lower direction which is an axial direction of the glass particle deposit. The two or more portions include a first portion and a second portion which are independently formed, and the two or more portions have a structure in which the first portion and the second portion do not interfere with each other when the first portion is deformed by thermal expansion.
Claims6
A furnace for manufacturing a glass particle deposit by depositing glass particles generated from a glass raw material, the furnace comprising:
- two or more portions that are not fixed to each other in an upper-lower direction which is an axial direction of the glass particle deposit,
- wherein the two or more portions comprise a first portion and a second portion which are independently formed, and the the two or more portions have a structure in which the first portion and the second portion do not interfere with each other when the first portion is deformed by thermal expansion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.