GLASS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING GLASS

    公开(公告)号:US20240228355A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18558778

    申请日:2022-05-13

    CPC classification number: C03B17/067 C03B17/064

    Abstract: Glass manufacturing apparatus comprise a forming body configured to draw a glass forming ribbon and positioned within an enclosure. Glass manufacturing apparatus comprise a first diffuser comprising a first inlet comprising a first inlet cross-sectional area and a first outlet comprising a first outlet cross-sectional area. The first outlet cross-sectional area is greater than the first inlet cross-sectional area. The first outlet is positioned within the enclosure. Methods of manufacturing a glass ribbon comprise flowing a glass-forming ribbon. Methods comprise flowing a first gas through the first inlet of a first diffuser at a first average inlet velocity. Methods comprise flowing the first gas from the first diffuser through a first outlet of the first diffuser at a first average outlet velocity. The first average inlet velocity is greater than the first average outer velocity.

    GLASS FORMING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING GLASS RIBBONS

    公开(公告)号:US20190119140A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-25

    申请号:US16094131

    申请日:2017-04-13

    Abstract: Described herein are glass forming apparatuses with cooled muffle assemblies and methods for using the same to form glass ribbons. According to one embodiment, a muffle assembly for a fusion forming apparatus may include a muffle frame comprising a back wall, a front wall opposite the back wall, and a pair of sidewalls joining the front wall to the back wall in a closed-loop. At least one first cooling tube may extend through the back wall and the front wall across the closed-loop. At least one second cooling tube may extend through the back wall and the front wall across the closed loop such that the at least one second cooling tube is spaced apart from and parallel with the at least one first cooling tube.

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