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US 8,783,068 B2Granted
Batch charger cooling
AssigneeOwens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
InventorsKenneth D. Macleod, David L. Lewis, Robert Ponzi
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Abstract
A coolant box for a glass batch charger that includes a base, a front wall, a rear wall, a coolant labyrinth extending from the base between the front and rear walls, and including a plurality of curvate baffle walls establishing a plurality of curvate coolant channels.
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A coolant box for a glass batch charger that includes:
- a base;
- a front wall;
- a rear wall;
- a coolant labyrinth extending from the base between the front and rear walls, and including a plurality of curvate baffle walls establishing a plurality of curvate coolant channels, wherein the coolant box is a base coolant box used to support other coolant boxes, is horseshoe-shaped including opposed heel portions and a toe portion between the heel portions, and includes at least two concentric coolant channels.
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A coolant box for a glass batch charger that includes:
- a base;
- a front wall;
- a rear wall;
- a coolant labyrinth extending from the base between the front and rear walls, and including a plurality of curvate baffle walls establishing a plurality of curvate coolant channels, wherein the coolant box is an oscillating coolant box used to support other portions of a batch charger, is substantially circular and includes a pusher opening between opposed point portions and a midsection between the point portions, and includes at least two concentric coolant channels.
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A coolant box for a glass batch charger that includes:
- a base;
- a front wall;
- a rear wall;
- a coolant labyrinth extending from the base between the front and rear walls, and including a plurality of curvate baffle walls establishing a plurality of curvate coolant channels, and
- a plurality of levels that include a lower level having the base, the front and rear walls, and the coolant labyrinth, and a upper level disposed on the lower level and having an intermediate plate, a second front wall, and a second rear wall, wherein the upper level includes a baffle wall extending from the base adjacent the front wall to establish a coolant passage, and also includes a coolant pool disposed between the baffle and the rear wall.
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A coolant box for a glass batch charger that includes:
- a base;
- a front wall;
- a rear wall;
- a coolant labyrinth extending from the base between the front and rear walls, and including a plurality of curvate baffle walls establishing a plurality of curvate coolant channels, wherein the coolant box is a horizontal riser box that is substantially rectangular and includes an oscillator opening and at least two concentric coolant channels that extend around the oscillator opening.
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