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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Zhongming Wang, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Carl Lucas Fayerweather, Maumee, OH (US);
Kevin Xin Yu, Moon Township, PA (US);
Shivakumar S. Kadur, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Dinesh Gera, Sylvania, OH (US);
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing glass includes a furnace. A doghouse of the furnace receives and melts solid-glass forming material using one or more submerged combustion burners. An elongated tank positioned downstream of the doghouse includes a melting chamber, a refining chamber, and a thermal conditioning. The melting chamber has in inlet through which molten glass is received from the doghouse. The refining chamber is positioned downstream of the melting chamber and receives molten glass from the melting chamber. The thermal conditioning chamber is positioned downstream of the refining chamber and receives molten glass from the refining chamber. Additionally, the thermal conditioning chamber delivers molten glass to a glass forming machine.