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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Michael Leister, Budenheim, DE;
Volker Ohmstede, Bingen, DE;
Guenter Weidmann, Flonheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schott AG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/167 (2006.01); C03B 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/1672 (2013.01); C03B 5/225 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device and to a method for the continuous fining or homogenizing of inorganic matter, preferably low-viscosity glass melts in an apparatus. The device and method are distinguished in that the inclusion of bubbles and the occurrence of striations in the glass end product are significantly reduced or even entirely avoided when the melt contact surface of the apparatus has iridium or a high-iridium alloy as its material.