公开(公告)号：US11523477B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US17273171

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Mark Alan Cook ,  Raymond Eugene Fraley ,  Brian Michael Palmer ,  Kevin Scott Riegel ,  Tytus Lee Zimmerman

IPC: H05B7/101 ,  H05B7/109 ,  F27D11/10 ,  F27B3/08 ,  C03B5/03

Abstract: Apparatuses for interfacing with an electrode provided with a melting furnace including a vessel and an electrode. In some embodiments, a support assembly (50) supports the electrode outside of the vessel, and includes a cart (102) or similar apparatus that permits or facilitates selective vertical movement of the electrode and selective transverse movement of the electrode. In some embodiments, a push assembly (52) interfaces with a rear face of the electrode outside of the vessel, and is operable to apply a pushing force onto the rear face. The push assembly can include one or more tracks (e.g., threaded screw) that supports a body between opposing arms of a fixed frame. The body can translate along the tracks to apply a pushing force onto the electrode.

公开(公告)号：US11492281B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US16623621

申请日：2018-06-27

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Gilbert De Angelis ,  Megan Aurora DeLamielleure ,  Kevin Scott Riegel

IPC: C03B5/42 ,  C03B3/00 ,  C03B5/04 ,  C03B5/167

Abstract: In embodiments, a melter for melting glass may include an inlet wall, an outlet wall opposite the inlet wall, and sidewalls extending from the inlet wall to the outlet wall. The inlet wall, outlet wall, and sidewalls define a glass melting space enclosed by a floor and a top. In embodiments, the inlet wall may comprise a glass contact wall comprising a glass contact surface facing the glass melting space. A superstructure of the inlet wall comprises a jack arch positioned over the glass contact wall and at least a portion of the glass melting space. A plane of an interior face of the jack arch and a plane of the glass contact surface are off-set in a horizontal direction. A vertical distance from the floor to an underside of the jack arch is less than a vertical distance from the floor to an underside of the top.

公开(公告)号：US20210329752A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-21

申请号：US17273171

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Mark Alan Cook ,  Raymond Eugene Fraley ,  Brian Michael Palmer ,  Kevin Scott Riegel ,  Tytus Lee Zimmerman

IPC: H05B7/109 ,  C03B5/03 ,  H05B7/101 ,  F27B3/08 ,  F27D11/10

Abstract: Apparatuses for interfacing with an electrode provided with a melting furnace including a vessel and an electrode. In some embodiments, a support assembly (50) supports the electrode outside of the vessel, and includes a cart (102) or similar apparatus that permits or facilitates selective vertical movement of the electrode and selective transverse movement of the electrode. In some embodiments, a push assembly (52) interfaces with a rear face of the electrode outside of the vessel, and is operable to apply a pushing force onto the rear face. The push assembly can include one or more tracks (e.g., threaded screw) that supports a body between opposing arms of a fixed frame. The body can translate along the tracks to apply a pushing force onto the electrode.