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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Zhongming Wang, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Nicholas A Schoenrock, Toledo, OH (US);
Ya-Cheng Lin, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Udaya K Vempati, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Earnest Iddings, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/225 (2006.01); C03B 5/26 (2006.01); C03B 5/16 (2006.01); C03B 5/42 (2006.01); C03B 5/235 (2006.01); C03B 5/00 (2006.01); C03B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/2252 (2013.01); C03B 5/163 (2013.01); C03B 5/2356 (2013.01); C03B 5/262 (2013.01); C03B 5/42 (2013.01); C03B 5/005 (2013.01); C03B 5/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of refining molten glass are disclosed. An upstream vessel contains molten glass, a downstream vessel is arranged downstream of the upstream vessel, and vacuum refining vessels are located between the upstream vessel and the downstream vessel and are in separate, alternating fluid communication with the upstream vessel and in separate, alternating fluid communication with the downstream vessel.