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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Kiefer, Mainz, DE;
Uwe Kolberg, Mainz-Kastel, DE;
Hildegard Römer, Karben, DE;
Stefan Schmitt, Stadecken-Elsheim, DE;
Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Mainz, DE;
Assignee:
Schott Glass, Mainz, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/225 ;
Abstract
A device and method for the plaining of glasses or glass-ceramics. The device is provided with a melting vat, at least two plaining containers serially connected after the outlet of the melting vat, and at least one of the plaining containers is built in accordance with the skull principle from a plurality of metal tubes comprising a cooling agent connection and a high-frequency device for inductively coupling high-frequency energy into the contents of the plaining container.