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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Megan Aurora Delamielleure, Corning, NY (US);
William Weston Johnson, Painted Post, NY (US);
Irene Mona Peterson, Elmira Heights, NY (US);
Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, Corning, NY (US);
William Weston Johnson, Painted Post, NY (US);
Irene Mona Peterson, Elmira Heights, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Feed materials are melted in a first vessel to form a glass melt at a first temperature T, the glass melt containing at least one fining agent. The molten glass is next cooled to a second temperature Tless than Tin a second vessel wherein an oxygen-comprising gas is not actively added (e.g. bubbled) into the melt during the duration of the time the melt is at T. The molten glass is thereafter heated to a third temperature Tgreater than Tand subsequently formed into a glass article.