Methods for melting reactive glasses and glass-ceramics and melting apparatus for the same

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PATENT NO 11370685
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16321898

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A method of melting glass and glass-ceramics that includes the steps: conveying a batch of raw materials into a submerged combustion melting apparatus, the melting apparatus having liquid-cooled walls and a floor; directing a flame into the batch of raw materials and the melted batch with sufficient energy to form the raw materials into the melted batch; and heating a delivery orifice assembly in the floor of the submerged melting apparatus to convey the melted batch through the orifice assembly into a containment vessel. The melted batch has a glass or glass-ceramic composition that is substantially reactive to a refractory material comprising one or more of silica, zirconia, alumina, platinum and platinum alloys.

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CORNING INCORPORATEDSP-TI-3-1 CORNING NY 14831

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Cowles, Curtis Richard Corning, US 13 249
De, Angelis Gilbert Lindley, US 43 175
LeBlond, Nicolas Painted Post, US 21 118
McEnroe, David John Corning, US 27 297
Merriman, Jeffrey Lee Corning, US 3 3
Murnane, Rand Alan Big Flats, US 2 3
Rossington, Katherine Rose Corning, US 12 402
Snyder, Michael Joshua Almond, US 6 18

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