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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:
Apr. 26, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard R Snow, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
Libbey-Owens-Ford Company, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 32 ; 65 6 / ; 65 9 / ;
Abstract
The superstructure of a float chamber containing a bath of molten metal and having a confined atmosphere is purged of metal condensates adhering thereto on controlled occasions to produce a glass ribbon substantially free of 'top speck' defects. Minute molten metal deposits condensing on the superstructure of the chamber are removed therefrom at brief and infrequent time intervals by introducing a fluxing agent such as a halogen or halide into the confined atmosphere causing the minute molten metal deposits to coalesce and drop from the superstructure onto the glass ribbon and/or the molten metal bath at the controlled occasions.