Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc.

Karin Gabriela Bastarrachea

Kirk Holmes

Philip J Rausch

Roger P Smith

Shane T Rashley

Guenther Josef Mlynar

Manfred Robert Romstöck

Steven Will

Roy J Houck

Victor A Plumbo, Ii

David L Duffy

A melting furnace feedstock charger includes a charger conduit including an inlet to receive feedstock and an outlet at an outlet portion of the charger conduit to transmit feedstock, and an auger or other feedstock mover coupled to the charger conduit to convey feedstock in a direction from the inlet toward the outlet. A gate may be detachably coupled to the outlet portion of the charger conduit and configured to be coupled directly to a wall of a melting vessel. The auger may have a helical flight with an outer diameter of varying size. A stripper may be movably carried by the charger conduit and may include a stripping tool moved by an actuator with respect to the charger conduit to facilitate transmission of feedstock and/or to strip away clogged feedstock and/or molten material.

Submerged feedstock charging of melting vessels

A bulk material handling method includes: a) receiving and pneumatically conveying bulk material via pressurized dilute phase, dense phase, and/or hybrid dilute/dense phase, and/or vacuum drawn conveyance into bulk material containers; b) storing the bulk material in the containers; c) dispensing the bulk material from the containers into a bulk material transporter; d) transporting the transporter from the containers to a bulk material transmitting vessel; and e) discharging the bulk material from the transporter into the transmitting vessel, including releasing the bulk material from the transporter into the transmitting vessel, and pneumatically transmitting the bulk material out of the transmitting vessel to downstream bulk material processing equipment. Discharging also may include rejecting the bulk material from the transporter to a waste container. A related system, subsystems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.

Bulk material handling methods, systems, subsystems, and apparatuses

A batch feeding apparatus, a submerged combustion melter, and method are disclosed. The batch feeding apparatus can include a batch feeding apparatus comprising a detachable feeder alcove for providing batch material to a melter, the feeder alcove including at least one side wall and a cover; and a batch feeder sealingly coupled to the cover, that feeds the batch material to the feeder alcove. The batch feeding apparatus may include an extendable panel that extends downwardly below a batch inlet of the feeder alcove to molten glass, and is configured to maintain contact with the molten glass to seal off a feeder alcove interior. Additionally, the batch feeding apparatus may include a heating device, a cleaning device, and/or a storage device.

Feeder alcove and batch feeding apparats for a melter

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Perrysburg, OH, United States of America

Karin Gabriela Bastarrachea