Abstract:
A PLURAL CHARGE ORIFICE PLATE SUPPORT FRAME IS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO THE OUTLET SPOUT CASING OF A MOLTEN GLASS FEEDER BOWL, AND A SLIDING LATCH, ALSO MOUNTED TO THE CASING, CLAMPS A FREE END OF THE FRAME IN ITS RAISED POSITION SO-THAT AN INTERNALLY COOLED PLURAL CHARGE ORIFICE PLATE IS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE OUTLET SPOUT. THE FRAME INCLUDES AN ANNULAR PORTION WHICH IS HOLLOW AND CARRIES COOLING AIR TO THE ORIFICE PLATE. THE SLIDING LATCH INCLUDES A SLIDE MOVABLE ACROSS THE PATH OF PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE FREE END OF THE FRAME, THE FREE END AND THE SLIDE HAVING COOPERATING RAMP SURFACES FOR CAMMING THE FREE END INTO A LATCH OPENING.