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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Shane T. Rashley, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Robert Kuhlman, Dundee, MI (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/00 (2006.01); C03B 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/00 (2013.01); C03B 5/2356 (2013.01);
Abstract
A glass melter batch inlet and cleaning device and related methods of its operation are disclosed. The glass melter batch inlet and cleaning device includes an outer tubular housing including a side inlet, an inner tubular chopper including a side inlet relief in registration with the side inlet of the outer tubular housing, and at least one actuator extending alongside the outer tubular housing and coupled to the inner tubular chopper to move the chopper with respect to the outer tubular housing.