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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2018
Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Shane T. Rashley, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Zhongming Wang, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A feed assembly for a melting chamber having a plurality of walls and at least one submerged burner, and related methods of its operation are disclosed. The feed assembly includes a tubular body being hollow and having a first end and extending to a second end. The second end is for connecting to one of the plurality of walls. The tubular body further includes a port proximate the second end wherein the port has a first port end and tapers radially inwardly to a second port end at the second end. The feed assembly also has a batch charger disposed within the tubular body and having a first charger end and extending to a second charger end.