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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7219792 | Article carrying apparatus An article carrying apparatus for carrying, in a carrying direction, an article placed on a carry face of a carry section making use of a vibration, includes: the carry section provided with the carry face of which the carrying direction is linearly restricted; and ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6929719 | Leveller bar for coking ovens The invention relates to a levelling bar for coking ovens, for levelling the cones of discharged coal which form under the filling holes of the oven chamber during the filling process. The levelling bar consists of two cheeks, such as plates (1), which extend... | 08/16/2005 |
| 5558691 | Cullet feeder An adjustable vibrating plate cullet feeder for feeding recycle glass to melting furnaces. Independent control of the rate of cullet feed is obtained by adjustment of at least one of: the angle of the feeder plate, the intensity of the vibration, and the ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5542804 | Modular solids charger A modular solids charger for feeding granular solid material to a reactor, the charger comprising a chassis, a charger plate support frame vertically and angularly adjustable with respect to the horizontal secured to the chassis, a removable reciprocable ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5290334 | Apparatus for batch preheating and pollution abatement in glass manufacture A method and apparatus for glass manufacture is described having batch preheating and reduced pollution emission. The apparatus includes two modules containing pelletized glass and/or cullet. One module functions as a pelletized glass preheater, and the o... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5238347 | In situ replaceable pusher bar for a batch charger pan An in situ replaceable pusher bar for a batch charger pan of a blanket batch charger for a glass melter comprising a removable pusher bar assembly and a latching mechanism for securing the pusher bar assembly to the batch charger pan. The pusher bar assem... | 08/24/1993 |
| 4595146 | Granular and powdered material feeder/applicator A three-armed spider frame is provided including depending supports at the free ends of its arms and a center mount outwardly from which the three arms radiate. An upwardly opening hopper is journaled from the frame for rotation about a central upstanding... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4468164 | Method and apparatus for feeding raw material to a furnace The feeding of batch material to a melting furnace is disclosed. The batch materials are choke fed to keep the total batch crust plus molten glass depth constant. The batch level keeps the arc electrodes submerged and helps promote arc stability and melti... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4385918 | Method and apparatus for feeding raw material to an arc furnace A method and apparatus for feeding pulverant raw material to an arc furnace having a plurality of arcing locations defined by vertical electrodes. A vertical feed tube gravitationally conveys the raw material to a central location inside the furnace which... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4305743 | Method and system for quenching, drying, and elevating glass compositions A method and system for quenching, drying, and elevating glass compositions comprising an incline reciprocating conveyor arranged to receive a stream of molten glass. The reciprocating conveyor has deep side and lower end walls in order to hold a pool of ... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4292066 | Material feeder A pair of spaced opposing upstanding surfaces are provided and an inclined upwardly facing ramp surface extends therebetween and includes a lower marginal edge. A partial cylindrical wall extends axially between the upstanding surfaces and opens in a gene... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4285713 | Method and apparatus for feeding batch material The invention relates to batch feeders for furnaces. Heretofore batch feeders have been complex, expensive to construct, use and maintain and have not ensured a uniform deposition of particulate batch material onto the batch cover in the furnace. The pres... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4264351 | Glass melting furnace A glass melting furnace, especially fully electrically heated glass melting furnace, comprising a wall of refractory material, said wall being circular or having the configuration of a regular polygon, and wherein a supporting frame is provided at the ext... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4142880 | Method and apparatus for feeding a glass melting furnace A batch material feeder for an electrically heated open-top refractory furnace, particularly a circular furnace, wherein the feeder includes a trough holding batch material and mounted over the furnace top, there being a rotatable agitator within the trou... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4063915 | Marble melt glass fiber feed system A marble feed system is disclosed for feeding glass marbles into a marble melt glass fiber forming bushing. The system comprises a storage container or hopper, a marble pre-melter, a glass fiber forming bushing, and a chute connecting the container or hop... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4036625 | Method of and furnace for batch charging into a glass melting furnace This invention relates to a furnace for the melting of glass. The furnace comprises means defining an opening through which solid state batch material may be delivered into the furnace chamber and to enable the rate of withdrawal of glass to be varied wit... | 07/19/1977 |
