Glass manufacturing apparatus and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10611659
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15553022

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A glass manufacturing apparatus including a delivery vessel including a body portion with a cylindrical inner surface extending along a central axis of the body portion. In one embodiment, an upper end of the body portion is substantially equal to or lower than an uppermost portion of a travel path in a downstream end of a conduit connected to the delivery vessel. In another embodiment, a central axis of a delivery pipe is offset a distance from the central axis of the body portion of the delivery vessel. In still another embodiment, the delivery vessel includes a conical top including a taper angle from greater than 0° to about 20°. In further embodiments, methods include manufacturing glass with one or any combination of the above-referenced embodiments of glass manufacturing apparatus.

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  • CORNING INCORPORATED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Goller, Martin Herbert Campbell, US 15 39
Hade, Aaron Joshua Corning, US 4 11
Peters, Guido Bath, US 10 62

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