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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Robert Boughton, Rushville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 19/10 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H05H 1/30 (2006.01); H05H 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 19/109 (2013.01); C03B 19/1005 (2013.01); C03B 19/1015 (2013.01); H01J 37/32082 (2013.01); H01J 37/32614 (2013.01); H01J 37/32825 (2013.01); H05H 1/30 (2013.01); H05H 1/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide for: producing a plasma plume within a plasma containment vessel from a source of plasma gas; feeding an elongate feedstock material having a longitudinal axis into the plasma containment vessel such that at least a distal end of the feedstock material is heated within the plasma plume; and spinning the feedstock material about the longitudinal axis as the distal end of the feedstock material advances into the plasma plume, where the feedstock material is a mixture of compounds that have been mixed, formed into the elongate shape, and at least partially sintered.