Schott Glas

Siegfried Breitfelder

Franz Ott

Klaus-Dieter Duch

Frank Karetta

The invention relates to a device for the production of a glass melt from a batch; with a melt tank ( ) that has peripheral walls ( ) and a bottom ( ); with a discharge channel ( ) which is located under the bottom ( ) of the melt tank ( ) and which is in conducting connection with the melt bath ( ) over an entry opening ( ) and has an outlet opening ( ) for the finished melt in the zone of a peripheral wall ( ) of the melt tank ( ); with at least one heating arrangement for the heating of the melt bath ( ); the entry opening ( ) of the discharge channel ( ) is arranged in a central zone of the bottom ( ) of the melt tank ( ); the discharge channel ( ) has a covering ( ) which is located at least approximately at the level of the bottom ( ) of the melt tank ( ).

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Jena, Germany

Siegfried Breitfelder