Glass stream feeder

Claim 1

IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHEET GLASS, APPARATUS FOR UNIFORMLY FEEDING A PLURALITY OF CLOSELY SPACED STREAMS OF MOLTEN GLASS ALONG THE BITE OF A PAIR OF SHEET FORMING ROLLS POSITIONED THEREBELOW SO AS TO FORM A CONTINUOUS UNIFORM POOL ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE BITE OF SUCH ROLLS WHICH COMPRISES, A HOLLOW REFRACTORY HOUSING, A CONTAINER POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR RECEIVING AND MAINTAINING A POOL OF MOLTEN GLASS, A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED CHUTE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONTAINER FOR DELIVERING GLASS FROM SAID POOL DOWNWARDLY THEREALONG, WEIR MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE POOL OF MOLTEN GLASS IN SAID CONTAINER AT A PREDETERMINED HEIGHT AND FOR OVERFLOWING MOLTEN GLASS FROM SAID POOL INTO SAID CHUTE, A PLURALITY OF SPACEDAPART DIVIDERS DEPENDING FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID CHUTE AND HAVING TAPERED GUIDE MEANS FOR DELIVERING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL STREAMS OF MOLTEN GLASS SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE ENTIRE LINE CONTACT OF A PAIR OF FORMING ROLLS POSITIONED THEREBELOW TO PRODUCE A CONTINUOUS POOL OF MOLTEN GLASS ALONG SUCH BITE, AND PIVOT MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID REFRACTORY HOUSING AND ACCORDINGLY SAID POOL-CONTAINING CONTAINER ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDED SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO A VERTICAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH SUCH LINE OF CONTACT SO AS TO VARY THE HEAD ACROSS SUCH POOL AND RELATIVELY CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF FLOW DELIVERED BY THE VARIOUS DIVIDERS.