Back to results
US 6,318,127 B1Granted
Method of glass manufacture involving separate preheating of components
AssigneesL'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, American Air Liquide, Inc.
InventorFabien S. Illy
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Provided herewith is a method for preheating a glass mixture to be fed into a glass furnace. The method comprises separately preheating at least some of the materials which comprise the load, and then subsequently remixing the preheated materials and passing the load to the glass furnace.
Claims10
A method for preheating a load, composed of materials, for a glass furnace comprising the steps:
- separating at least one of the materials in the load in its raw form;
- preheating each separated raw material separately from the other separated raw materials of the load;
- and
- subsequently mixing the various preheated raw materials together to form a mixed preheated load and passing the mixed preheated load to the glass furnace.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.