Regulated flow glass melting furnace

Claim 1

IN A GLASS FURNACE A FLOW CONTROL ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING, MEANS DEFINING A MELTING CHAMBER AND DISCHARGE ORIFICE HAVING TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED HEATING MEANS CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MOLTEN GLASS CONTAINED THEREIN, MEANS DEFINING A CONDITIONING CHAMBER AND DISCHARGE ORIFICE POSITIONED BELOW SAID MELTING CHAMBER THERMALLY AND HYDRAULICALLY ISOLATED FROM SAID MELTING CHAMBER HAVING TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED HEATING MEANS CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF MOLTEN GLASS CONTAINED THEREIN FOR CONTROLLING THE RATE OF DISCHARGE FROM SAID CONDITIONING CHAMBER, TRANSFER MEANS SEPARATELY POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID MELTING CHAMBER AND SAID CONDITINING CHAMBER TRANSFERRING MOLTEN GLASS FROM SAID MELTING CHAMBER TO SAID CONDITIONING CHAMBER AND HAVING TEMPERATURE REGULATING MEANS CHANGING THE TEMPERATURE OF MOLTEN GLASS IN TRANSFEERRNG FROM SAID MELTING CHAMBER TO SAID CONDITIONING CHAMBER PREVENTING PREMATURE DISCHARGE OF LESS VISCOUS GLASS FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDITIONING CHAMBER ORIFICE AND CONTROLLING THE RATE OF FLOW FROM THE DISCHARGE ORIFICE OF SAID CONDITIONING CHAMBER.