Method of making glass from reacted and shaped batch materials
Abstract
Abstract THIS SPECIFICATION DISCLOSES A CONTINUOUS, BATCH OR SEMIBATCH PROCESS FOR MAKING GLASS AND PARTICULARLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO SO-CALLED SODA-LIME GLASS COMPRISING IN A CONTINUOUS MANNER PREPARING A SUBSTANTIALLY REACTED GLASS MAKING BATCH WHEREIN AN ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDE IS EMPLOYED AS A CONSTITUENT THEREOF TO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF THE ALKALI METAL FLUX VALUES IN THE FINAL GLASS, FORMING SAID BATCH INTO A CONTINUOUS OR DISCONTINUOUS ELONGATED SHAPE, DRYING SAID BATCH SO-ELONGATED, AND THEREAFTER PASSING THE DRIED RIGID SHAPED BATCH INTO A HIGH TEMPERATURE ZONE TO RAPIDLY AND CONTINUOUSLY MELT THE ELONGATED BATCH AND FINE IT. THE MOLTEN GLASS SO MADE CAN BE SOLIDFIED OR WORKED INTO A USEFUL CONFIGURATION. D R A W I N G
Inventors
- 👤 William A Mod
- 👤 Donald L Caldwell
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