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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Memduh Volkan Demirbas, Ithaca, NY (US);
William Gurney Dorfeld, Salida, CO (US);
Susan Lee Schiefelbein, Ithaca, NY (US);
Randy Dean Ziegenhagen, Savona, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/225 (2006.01); C03C 3/091 (2006.01); C03B 5/193 (2006.01); C03B 5/04 (2006.01); C03B 5/182 (2006.01); C03B 5/43 (2006.01); C03B 7/07 (2006.01); C03C 3/085 (2006.01); C03C 3/097 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/225 (2013.01); C03B 5/04 (2013.01); C03B 5/182 (2013.01); C03B 5/193 (2013.01); C03B 5/43 (2013.01); C03B 7/07 (2013.01); C03C 3/085 (2013.01); C03C 3/091 (2013.01); C03C 3/097 (2013.01); Y02P 40/57 (2015.11);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing a glass article includes a melting vessel, a fining vessel located downstream from the melting vessel, and a bubbling vessel that is downstream from the melting vessel and upstream from the fining vessel. The fining vessel may include at least a first zone and a second zone downstream from the first zone, wherein the average temperature of the first zone is higher than the average temperature of the second zone.