Corning Incorporated

Laura Rose VanCott Adkins

Gilbert De Angelis

Megan Aurora DeLamielleure

William Gurney Dorfeld

Pierre Laronze

Juan Camilo Isaza

Soon-yong Choi

Wade Leroy Harrington

Pierre Rene Joseph Laronze

Sang-ryoun Ryu

A method of manufacturing a glass article includes flowing molten glass through a first vessel to a downstream second vessel, the molten glass flowing through a conduit connecting the first vessel to the second vessel, the first vessel and the conduit defining a continuous free volume above a free surface of the molten glass extending into at least a portion of the conduit. The method further includes venting a first atmosphere contained in the free volume to a second atmosphere external to the first vessel through a vent tube connected to the conduit proximate a top of the conduit and above the free surface, the vent tube extending downward from the conduit to a distal end of the vent tube along a longitudinal axis at an angle α relative to horizontal and providing fluid communication between the first atmosphere and the second atmosphere.

Method for forming a glass article

A method of reducing bubble lifetime on the free surface of a volume of molten glass contained within or flowing through a vessel including a free volume above the free surface, thereby, minimizing re-entrainment of the bubbles back into the volume of molten glass and reducing the occurrence of blisters in finished glass products.

Method for decreasing bubble lifetime on a glass melt surface

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Corning, NY, United States of America

Laura Rose VanCott Adkins