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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2019
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Brian Douglas Burns, Harrodsburg, KY (US);
Gilbert De Angelis, Lindley, NY (US);
Chunhong Chelsie He, Horseheads, NY (US);
Edward Lee Kimble, III, Corning, NY (US);
Yuehao Li, Painted Post, NY (US);
Benjamin Pelham Schrock, Wilmington, NC (US);
Matthew Nicholas Tammaro, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An assembly provides electrical current to molten glass in a glass melting tank. The assembly includes a structure having an electrode that is in contact with the molten glass, and a fluid-cooled connection apparatus. The fluid-cooled connection apparatus includes a first connection element electrically connected to a current source and a second connection element electrically connected to the current source, where the first and second connection elements are spaced apart from each other; and an electrical cross-connect strut having a first end secured to the first connection element and a second end secured to the second connection element. The assembly also includes a bus bar electrically connected to the fluid-cooled connection apparatus and to an electrode. The current source provides a current to the molten glass via the structure and the electrode for heating the molten glass through resistive heating.