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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2008
Raymond Eugene Fraley, Waverly, NY (US);
Paul Richard Grzesik, Corning, NY (US);
Lawrence Henry Kotacska, Big Flats, NY (US);
William Brashear Mattingly, Iii, Painted Post, NY (US);
James Patrick Murphy, Corning, NY (US);
Raymond Eugene Fraley, Waverly, NY (US);
Paul Richard Grzesik, Corning, NY (US);
Lawrence Henry Kotacska, Big Flats, NY (US);
William Brashear Mattingly, III, Painted Post, NY (US);
James Patrick Murphy, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A glass making process comprising a step of fining the molten glass in a fining vessel comprising a top wall portion not in direct contact with the molten glass, and a side wall portion in direct contact with the molten glass, wherein the top wall portion has a temperature T(top), the side wall portion has a temperature T(side), and T(top)−T(side)≦10° C., and a glass fining system. The invention is particularly useful for glass fining systems comprising a metal fining vessel made of precious metals such as Pt and/or Pt—Rh alloys.