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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E Geertman, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerrit Verspui, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes A Damsteegt, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 301 ; 65 31 ; 65 601 ; 65 86 ; 65126 ; 65DI / ; 427237 ;
Abstract
In the manufacture of tube glass, in which following the drawing of a tube from molten glass the inside surface of the tube is treated with a chemically reactive gas or gas mixture, a gas or gas mixture which is not reactive at the drawing temperature of the glass is dispensed into the tube in the direction of drawing. At a location in the tube where the tube has cooled down so far that the diameter is constant, the gas or gas mixture is made to react by means of a plasma which is generated in the tube.