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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Jackson Rhodes, Prescot, EN;
Assignee:
Pilkington Brothers Limited, St. Helens, EN;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65157 ; 65 32 ; 65134 ; 65178 ; 6537 / ;
Abstract
A stirrer for stirring molten glass comprises a stirring member for immersion in molten glass, a rotary shaft extending upwardly from the stirring member so that in use the shaft may extend above the molten glass and connect the stirring member to a drive device, a platinum or platinum alloy hollow casing surrounding the rotary shaft in spaced relationship thereto, the casing terminating above the stirring member, and separate inlet and outlet means in the casing for introducing and removing a flow of inert gas through the space between the casing and the shaft.