US 11,993,533 B2
Bus bar design to enable high current input for low resistivity glasses
Brian Douglas Burns, Harrodsburg, KY (US); Gilbert De Angelis, Lindley, NY (US); Chunhong Chelsie He, Horseheads, NY (US); Edward Lee Kimble, III, Corning, NY (US); Yuehao Li, Painted Post, NY (US); Benjamin Pelham Schrock, Wilmington, NC (US); and Matthew Nicholas Tammaro, Painted Post, NY (US)
Assigned to Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/415,778
Filed by Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/064095
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/131346, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/783,614, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0064045 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. C03B 5/03 (2006.01); F27D 11/04 (2006.01); H02G 5/10 (2006.01); H05B 3/03 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 5/03 (2013.01) [F27D 11/04 (2013.01); H02G 5/10 (2013.01); H05B 3/03 (2013.01); H05B 2203/025 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for providing electrical current to molten glass in a glass melting tank, comprising:
a structure comprising:
a fluid-cooled connection apparatus comprising:
a first connection element and a second connection element, said first and second connection elements in electrical communication with a current source and spaced apart from each other; and
an electrical cross-connect strut having a first end secured to said first connection element and a second end secured to said second connection element;
and
a bus bar in electrical communication with the fluid-cooled connection apparatus and an electrode;
said electrode disposed so as to be in contact with the molten glass; and
wherein the current source provides a current to the molten glass via the structure and the electrode for heating the molten glass through resistive heating.