Melt tank and glass melting plant

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11939256
APP PUB NO 20200102240A1
SERIAL NO

16561738

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A melt tank for the production of a glass melt having a low portion of bubbles. The melt tank includes an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a floor, at least two side walls that adjoin the floor, a roof. The glass melt having a first bath depth in a melting segment, a second bath depth in a refining segment, and a third bath depth over a threshold between and smaller than the first and second bath depths. An electrically produced first heat energy is supplied via a multiplicity of electrodes that extend into the glass melt and a second heat energy is produced by the combustion of fossil fuel via at least one burner. Also, a method for producing a glass melt.

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BETEILIGUNGEN SORG GMBH & CO KG97816 LOHR AM MAIN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lindig, Matthias Ingelheim, DE 13 28
Sorg, Alexander Aschaffenburg, DE 9 14
Sorg, Helmut Glattbach, DE 19 170

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