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US 2025/0164187 A1Published application
Glass melting furnaces and vessels with improved thermal performance
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsBryce Patrick Butler, Tzu-Hsuan Kao, Boon Hooi Tan, Joel David Earl Vice, Cheng Yi Wu, Tytus Lee Zimmerman
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Abstract
Glass melting furnaces include a melting vessel that includes a floor, a feeding mechanism configured to feed raw materials into the melting vessel, a heating mechanism configured to convert raw materials fed into the melting vessel into molten glass, and a cooling mechanism extending within the floor and configured to flow a cooling fluid therethrough.
Claims16
A glass melting furnace comprising:
- a melting vessel comprising a floor;
- a feeding mechanism configured to feed raw materials into the melting vessel;
- a heating mechanism configured to convert raw materials fed into the melting vessel into molten glass;
- and
- a cooling mechanism extending within the floor and configured to flow a cooling fluid therethrough.
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A method of operating a glass melting furnace comprising:
- feeding raw materials into a melting vessel;
- converting the raw materials fed into the melting vessel into molten glass;
- and
- flowing a cooling fluid through a cooling mechanism extending within a floor of the melting vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.