Glass fiber apparatus and method
AssigneeNitto Boseki Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Shono, Toshio Noji, Shinzo Ishikawa
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for manufacturing glass fibers are provided. The apparatus comprises means for containing a head of glass; an orifice plate having a large number of orifices arranged in flooding relationship, each of said orifices being provided on a projection or tip extending downwardly from said orifice plate; and means disposed below said orifice plate and being in communication with a gas supply for directing air upwardly to the undersurface of said orifice plate to cool the cones of glass formed at each projection or tip, said air impinging upon said orifice plate.
Claims12
A method of forming glass fibers which comprises drawing streams of molten glass through an orifice plate having a large number of orifices arranged in flooding relationship, each of said orifices being provided on a separate projection extending downwardly from said orifice plate;
- and directing air upwardly to the undersurface of said orifice plate to cool the cones of glass formed at each projection, said air impinging upon said orifice plate.
An apparatus for manufacturing glass fibers which comprises means for containing a head of glass;
- an orifice plate having a large number of orifices arranged in flooding relationship, each of said orifices being provided on a separate projection extending downwardly from said orifice plate;
- and means disposed below said orifice plate and being in communication with a gas supply for directing air upwardly to the undersurface of said orifice plate to cool the cones of glass formed at each projection, said air impinging upon said orifice plate.
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