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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lloyd W Daman, Pemberville, OH (US);
Don V Marti, II, Toledo, OH (US);
Freddie Mason, Oregon, OH (US);
Donald E Shamp, Millbury, OH (US);
Assignee:
Libbey-Owens-Ford Company, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 6 / ; 65 9 / ; 6518 / ;
Abstract
A float glass forming apparatus including a tank having an exit end over which a glass ribbon carried on a bath of molten metal contained in the tank is discharged. The exit end wall of the tank is provided with a cooler covered by a heat shield that maintains the external surfaces of the cooler at a temperature below the melting point of the molten metal bath so that molten metal coming into contact therewith is solidified.