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R e c o m m e nn d<br />

C o m p a n yy s e c o n d<br />

PPaattentt no.. TT i tt l e / i nn v ee n t oo r / dd a tt ee 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 88 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 88 1 99 2 00 2 1 2 2 a ff f i l i a t e l o o k ? Commeents by Walter Scottt<br />

5,536,291 Method for melting glass in <strong>and</strong> a glass X X X X X X X X X X X Sorg Yes Furnace with dividing walls;<br />

melting furnace for the practice of<br />

bubblers; shallow refiner<br />

the method<br />

H. Sorg <strong>and</strong> H. Pieper<br />

July 16, 1996<br />

5,548,611 Method for the melting, combustion or<br />

X X X X X X X X Schuller Yes Waste vitrification with plasma<br />

incineration of materials <strong>and</strong><br />

torches<br />

apparatus therefor<br />

M. J. Cusick, M. A. Weinstein <strong>and</strong> L. E.<br />

Olds<br />

X X X X X X X X Edmistn Yes Cullet cleaning of exhaust with<br />

electrostatic bed<br />

X X Japan Atomic waste vit; cold crucible —<br />

induction<br />

X X X X Stir-Melter Electrode arrangements to<br />

minimize current on stirrer<br />

X X X St. Gobain Furnace with movable alloy<br />

barriers<br />

X X X Praxair Method for shield of O2 between<br />

glass <strong>and</strong> fires<br />

X X X X X X X X X X St. Gobain Oxy furnace <strong>and</strong> means to seal<br />

melter/refiner from condnr<br />

August 20, 1996<br />

5,556,443 Method for cullet preheating <strong>and</strong><br />

pollution emission reduction in the<br />

glass manufacturing process<br />

J. C. Alex<strong>and</strong>er<br />

September 17, 1996<br />

5,564,102 <strong>Glass</strong> melting treatment method<br />

H. Igarashi, H. Kobayashi <strong>and</strong> K. Noguchi<br />

October 8, 1996<br />

5,573,564 <strong>Glass</strong> melting method<br />

R. S. Richards<br />

November 12, 1996<br />

5,613,994 Electric furnace for melting glass<br />

J. A. C. Muniz, L. G. Goicoechea <strong>and</strong> M.<br />

Lemaille<br />

March 25, 1997<br />

5,628,809 <strong>Glass</strong> melting method with reduced<br />

volatilization of alkali species<br />

H. Kobayashi<br />

5,655,464 Apparatus for melting glass<br />

R. Moreau, R. Gobert <strong>and</strong> P. Jeanvoine<br />

August 12, 1997<br />

5,665,137 Method for controlling secondary foam<br />

during glass melting<br />

J. Huang<br />

September 9, 1997<br />

5,672,190 Pool separation melt furnace <strong>and</strong><br />

process<br />

A. F. Litka, J. A. Woodroffe, V. Goldfarb,<br />

A. W. McClaine <strong>and</strong> K. J. Keane<br />

September 30, 1997<br />

5,728,190 <strong>Melting</strong> furnace <strong>and</strong> process for the<br />

inertization of hazardous<br />

substances by vitrification<br />

H. Pieper, L. Rott <strong>and</strong> M. Bucar<br />

March 17, 1998<br />

230<br />

X X OCF Foam control with oxidation means<br />

X X X X X X X X X GRI Yes Vertical combuster with batch <strong>and</strong><br />

cullet<br />

X X X Sorg Waste vit with sidewall oxidizing<br />

nozzles

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