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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Kazuo Ogino, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Ichinose, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuko Katoh, Tokyo, JP;
Rieko Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing a high-quality glass from highly reactive raw materials and a glass-melting apparatus for use therewith, comprising the step of charging a material for the glass to a molten glass in a heated vessel, (1) wherein an oxidizing gas is bubbled in the molten glass and a glass raw material that behaves as a reducing agent during being melted is charged into a position of the bubbling or (2) said vessel is filled with a dry ambient gas and while the ambient gas is allowed to flow to a liquid surface of the molten glass along an charging route of the glass raw material, the glass raw material is charged.