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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Frank Coriand, Jena, DE;
Andreas Menzel, Jena, DE;
Walter Nadrag, Bad Bleiberg, AT;
Wolfgang Schmidt, Jena, DE;
Schott Glas, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
In a method for producing a streak-free quartz glass sheet with a highly homogeneous degree of refraction, a quartz glass rod is lowered into a melting pot parallel to a longitudinal axis of the quartz glass rod. A cross-section of the melting pot is larger than a cross-section of the quartz glass rod and determines a contour of the quartz glass sheet. The quartz glass rod is heated in the melting pot to a flow temperature whereupon the quartz glass rod is lowered until the quartz glass rod melts and a height of the quartz glass flowing in the melting pot reaches a desired quartz glass sheet thickness. The melting pot and the quartz glass rod move relative to each other in a direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the quartz glass rod during the melting process. Preferably, the movement involves a rotational and a transverse movement.