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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:
Jan. 20, 1987
Filed:
May. 14, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard A Perkins, Newark, OH (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
373 39 ; 373 41 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for protecting the heating electrodes of glass melting furnaces by applying a DC potential to various electrodes of the furnace. The DC current is applied to the heating electrodes through counter electrodes or anodes. The method of this invention not only reduces the corrosion of the heating electrodes but also reduces the corrosion of the counter electrodes.