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Glass melting furnace

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5259731
This patent describes a melting furnace having a refractory vessel retaining a molten bath of material and a blanket of batch material thereon to be melted with a fusion line therebetween. It includes a protective liner positioned within the refractory vessel and spaced from inner sidewalls therof, the protective liner extending from adjacent the bottom of the refractory vessel through the fusion line between the molten material and the batch material and into the batch blanket above the fusion line, and means adjacent the upper end of the liner and above the fusion line for inhibiting the flow of batch material between the liner and the sidewalls.
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY
Patent Number(s):
US 4611331
OSTI ID:
5259731
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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