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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Emile Plumat, Gilly, BE;
Assignee:
Glaverbel-Mecaniver, Watermael-Boitsfort, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 90 ; 6518 / ; 65204 ; 65344 ; 65196 ;
Abstract
In the manufacture of sheet glass by drawing a ribbon of glass upwardly from a molten glass bath via a meniscus located at the glass surface in the drawing zone, a pool of molten material is contained in the bath beneath the drawing zone by a refractory member and the molten material pool is thermally conditioned to maintain a predetermined temperature profile in at least part of the drawing zone.