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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert Delia, Horseheads, NY (US);
Shawn Rachelle Markham, Harrodsburg, KY (US);
Brandon Thomas Sternquist, Corning, NY (US);
Nathan Tyler Qualls, Harrodsburg, KY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/167 (2006.01); C03B 7/02 (2006.01); C03B 5/16 (2006.01); C03B 5/43 (2006.01); C03B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/1675 (2013.01); C03B 5/16 (2013.01); C03B 5/43 (2013.01); C03B 7/02 (2013.01); C03B 17/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method are described herein for controlling an environment around an inlet tube in the glass manufacturing system. More specifically, the system and method control a level of hydrogen within a humid gas mixture that flows over an exterior of the inlet tube to effectively suppress the formation of undesirable gaseous inclusions in molten glass that flows through the inlet tube.