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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2010
Wolf Stefan Kuhn, Fontenay le Vicomte, FR;
Wolf Stefan Kuhn, Fontenay le Vicomte, FR;
FIVES STEIN, , FR;
Abstract
Furnace for melting batch materials comprising: a tank () covered by a crown (); a combustion zone () provided with burners (); an inlet () for charging it with the batch materials; a downstream outlet for the melted materials, the tank containing a melt () when the furnace is operating and the batch materials forming a batch blanket (G) that floats on the melt and is progressively melted; the furnace includes, near the charging inlet (), an intense heating means (B), predominantly covering the width of the batch blanket, for melting a surface layer of the materials introduced and for increasing the emissivity of the batch blanket.