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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2000
Ulrich Fotheringham, Wiesbaden, DE;
Hauke Esemann, Wörrstadt, DE;
Markus Garsche-andres, Stadecken-Elsheim, DE;
Bernd Hoppe, Ingelheim, DE;
Matthias Brinkmann, Klein-Winternheim, DE;
Norbert Greulich-hickmann, Mainz, DE;
Ulrich Fotheringham, Wiesbaden, DE;
Hauke Esemann, Wörrstadt, DE;
Markus Garsche-Andres, Stadecken-Elsheim, DE;
Bernd Hoppe, Ingelheim, DE;
Matthias Brinkmann, Klein-Winternheim, DE;
Norbert Greulich-Hickmann, Mainz, DE;
Schott AG, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
A method for the homogeneous heating of semitransparent and/or transparent glass and/or glass-ceramic articles using infrared radiation so that the glass and/or glass-ceramic articles undergo heat treatment at between 20 and 3000° C., notably at between 20 and 1705° C. Heating is achieved by a component of infrared radiation which acts directly on the glass and/or glass-ceramic articles and by a component of infrared radiation which acts indirectly on said glass and/or glass-ceramic articles. The radiation component indirectly acting on the glass and/or glass-ceramic articles accounts for more than 50% of total radiation output.