Glass Melting Technology: A Technical and Economic ... - OSTI
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Glass Melting Technology: A Technical and Economic ... - OSTI
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C o m p a n y s e c oo n d<br />
PPattentt nno. T i tt l e // i n v e n t o r / d a t e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 99 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 22 1 2 2 a ff f i l i a t e l o o k ? Comments by Walter Scott<br />
5,158,590 Process for melting <strong>and</strong> refining a X X X X X X X X X AirLiquide Yes Oxy burners with cyclic <strong>and</strong><br />
charge<br />
pulsating combustion<br />
D. Jouvaud, L. Pascarel <strong>and</strong> B. Genies<br />
October 27, 1992<br />
5,194,081 <strong>Glass</strong> melting process<br />
X X X X X X X X P. B. Yes Unique furnace configuration with<br />
R. E. Trevelyan <strong>and</strong> P. J. Whitfield<br />
riser<br />
March 16, 1993<br />
5,236,484 Method of firing glass-melting furnace X X X X X X X X X X X X Priv. Eng. Yes Vertical fusion with infrasound<br />
K. R. McNeill<br />
August 17, 1993<br />
5,241,558 Vertical glass melting furnace<br />
X X X X X X X X NSG Yes Verticle tabular electric melter<br />
Y. Nagashima, K. Sakaguchi, S.<br />
with stirrers<br />
Nakagaki, S. Manabe, Y. Inaka, T.<br />
Sunada <strong>and</strong> H. Tanaka<br />
August 31, 1993<br />
5,243,621 Method of feeding glass batch to a X X X X X X X X X X X X Priv. Eng. Yes Embodiments to 5,236,484 —<br />
glass-melting furnace<br />
batch feed<br />
K. R. McNeill<br />
September 7, 1993<br />
5,273,567 High shear mixer <strong>and</strong> glass melting<br />
X X X X GlasTec Radioactive waste vitrification<br />
apparatus <strong>and</strong> method<br />
melter with impeller<br />
R. S. Richards<br />
December 28, 1993<br />
5,304,701 <strong>Melting</strong> furnace for treating wastes <strong>and</strong><br />
X X X X Japan Waste vitrification<br />
a heating method of the same<br />
H. Igarashi<br />
April 19, 1994<br />
5,364,426 High shear mixer <strong>and</strong> glass melting<br />
X X X X Stir-Melter Yes Fiber waste vertical stir melter<br />
method<br />
R. S. Richards<br />
November 15, 1994<br />
5,370,723 <strong>Glass</strong> melting furnace with control of<br />
X X P.B. Similar to 5,194,081;<br />
the glass flow in the riser<br />
temperature control<br />
R. E. Trevelyan <strong>and</strong> P. J. Whitfield<br />
December 6, 1994<br />
5,399,181 Method <strong>and</strong> apparatus for preheating<br />
X X X X X Sorg Preheating glass with organic<br />
charging material having organic<br />
contamination<br />
contaminants for glass melting<br />
furnaces<br />
H. Sorg<br />
March 21, 1995<br />
5,445,661 <strong>Melting</strong> end for glass melting furnaces<br />
X X X Sorg KG Basinwall management — soldier<br />
with soldier blocks <strong>and</strong> operating<br />
course; patch blocks<br />
process therefor<br />
A. Knauer<br />
August 29, 1995<br />
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