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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. 24, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry M Demarest, Jr, Natrona Heights, PA (US);
Assignee:
PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
501 31 ; 501 27 ; 65135 ;
Abstract
Silica is reacted with sodium carbonate to form sodium silicate as a preliminary step in a glass melting process. Preferably, calcium carbonate-containing batch materials are calcined separately and then combined with the sodium silicate as liquefying is initiated. The materials may be substantially free of bubble-producing carbonates as the molten phase begins to form.