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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2017
Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Tilak Gullinkala, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Desikan Sundararajan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Terence J. Clark, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Witold Mastek, Waterville, OH (US);
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for refining molten glass that includes a housing having a vertically oriented longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Molten glass is received at an upper end of the housing and is discharged from a lower end of the housing. A guide extends at least partway across the housing and directs molten glass in a generally downward direction through the housing and in a parallel or oblique direction relative to the transverse axis of the housing.