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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2021
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Sinue Gomez-Mower, Corning, NY (US);
Kenneth Edward Hrdina, Horseheads, NY (US);
Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Corning, NY (US);
Yuhui Jin, Painted Post, NY (US);
Tyler John Lucci, Evanston, IL (US);
Wei Sun, Painted Post, NY (US);
Madison Kathleen Tindle, Painted Post, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to salt bath systems for strengthening glass articles including a salt bath tank defining a first interior volume enclosed by at least one sidewall; a salt bath composition including an alkali metal salt positioned within the first interior volume; a containment device defining a second interior volume enclosed by at least one sidewall and including a regeneration medium positioned within the second interior volume; and a circulation device positioned proximate to an inlet of the containment device, wherein the circulation device is operable to circulate the salt bath composition through the containment device. Methods for regenerating a molten salt are also disclosed.