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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6318127 | Method of glass manufacture involving separate preheating of components 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 pass... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6154481 | Method of operation of a glass melting furnace and a glass melting furnace for the practice of the method In a glass melting furnace, a radiation screen wall is installed between a melting area and a refining area with a refining bank. This radiation screen wall leaves a flow path above the melt surface of the glass bath for the return flow of at least part o... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5785923 | Apparatus for continuous feed material melting The apparatus of the present invention is a melter housing having a pretreat chamber heated with a feed material heater that is partially isolated from a melter chamber. The method of the present invention has the steps of introducing feed material into a... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5439496 | Method for the vitrification of waste materials and apparatus to carry out the method A method and apparatus for vitrifying waste materials containing a high quantity of carbon are provided which include the use of a secondary combustion chamber for burning the waste gases resulting from an electrically heated glass melting furnace. Additi... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5338329 | Process and device for obtaining mineral fibers For obtaining mineral fibers from a thermoplastic material having a high melting point, and more precisely for the regulation of the flow rate and temperature of the stream of molten material distributed on the fiber-drawing machine, the molten material i... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5319669 | Hazardous waste melter An apparatus for processing various hazardous waste materials by melting in a vessel for subsequent solidification is disclosed which includes a seal for the cover thereof. Melter includes a high-speed mixing impeller powered by a drive shaft which extend... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5304701 | Melting furnace for treating wastes and a heating method of the same A melting furnace for treating wastes is provided which has a container equipped with a feed port for a glass raw material and wastes to be treated at the top thereof and a discharge port for molten glass containing said wastes at the bottom thereof, the ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5254151 | Glass batch charger having seals which prevents accumulation of batch A batch charger for a molten glass furnace comprising a stationary hopper having an inlet opening at the upper end and an outlet opening at the lower end. A reciprocable charger plate located below the outlet opening of the hopper to supply material from ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5243621 | Method of feeding glass batch to a glass-melting furnace A method of feeding glass to a glass-melting furnace for making a vitreous material, a heated airstream containing air at a temperature in excess of 1,000° C. is passed down vertical cylinders towards the crown of the glass-melting furnace. Powdered glas... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5218617 | Apparatus for feeding iron-bearing materials to metallurgical furnaces A method and apparatus for feeding iron-bearing particles into a metallurgical furnace such as an electric arc furnace, comprising a vessel for containing a bath of molten iron, having a wall extending above the bath of molten iron, a preferably screw typ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4895678 | Method for thermal decomposition treatment of radioactive waste A method for thermal decomposition treatment of a radioactive waste uses an apparatus comprising a container for holding molten matter of a radioactive waste containing a sodium compound, a pair of electrodes contacting the molten matter, and a power sour... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4831633 | Glass melting furnace Glass is made from a feed consisting of batch materials and cullet in a furnace that is both electrically and gas fired. A batch-only hopper discharges through a blanket conveyor to a batch melting chamber that is electrically fired and is connected via a... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4789990 | Glass melting furnace of improved efficiency Disclosed is an improved efficiency glass melting furnace and a method of operation in which a mixture, or batch, is fed at a narrow side of a rectangular glass melting tank onto the molten glass mass (or bath) across the full width thereof. The furnace i... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4610711 | Method and apparatus for inductively heating molten glass or the like Glass or the like is melted by liquefying batch materials in a first stage by means of radiant heating, and further advancing the melting process in a second stage where the melt is heated by induction heating. Another aspect of the invention provides a r... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4439145 | Aluminum furnace and preheater therefor A reverberatory furnace for melting aluminum or other metals which includes a preheater (12) which utilizes exhaust flue gasses from the furnace (10) to preheat the metal before it enters the furnace. A set of horizontal flue ducts (18, 20, 22) conduct th... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4328019 | Melting system and process for use in the production of high temperature mineral wool insulation A method and apparatus for melting low-cost raw materials such as blast furnace slag, basalt, feldspar or electrophos slag in the formation of high temperature mineral wool insulation. The low-cost mineral stock material is fed in particulate form continu... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4247733 | Electrically heated glass forehearth The forehearth provides a channel for the flow of molten glass from a tank type furnace to a feeder bowl or the like in order to feed gobs of glass to one of several glassware forming machines provided with glass from a single furnace tank. The forehearth... | 01/27/1981 |
| 3944713 | Method and apparatus for pre-heating vitrifiable batch Method and apparatus for pre-heating a vitrifiable batch before it is introduced into a glass melting furnace. The hot gases from the furnace are used for this purpose. The batch is fed onto a support which provides apertures or openings. The support and ... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3937625 | Radio frequency preparation of pure glass Pure glass is prepared in a water-cooled radio frequency heated silica crucible. An encapsulated graphite susceptor is used to preheat the glass batch material to avoid contamination. The preheater is removed after the r.f. power becomes effective to coup... | 02/10/1976 |
