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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neil George Simpson, Sylvania, OH (US);
Greg Floyd Prusia, Holland, OH (US);
Stephen McDonald Carney, Maumee, OH (US);
Thomas G. Clayton, Toledo, OH (US);
Andrew Peter Richardson, Clinton, NJ (US);
John R. LeBlanc, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/183 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/183 ;
Abstract
In an industrial glass furnace which contains recuperators, regenerators, electric boost or other devices for providing heat to glass batch material an oxy-fuel burner mounted in the roof of the furnace provides additional heat to melt the batch material. A method of mounting and using such a roof-mounted oxy-fuel burner including the operating parameters to maximize heat transfer while minimizing the disturbance of the batch material is disclosed.