US 12,006,243 B2
Methods and systems for processing glass and methods for reinforcing glass products
Gregory David Willis, Wollongong (AU); Graeme Lindsay White, Wagga Wagga (AU); and Michael Vincent Maher, Wagga Wagga (AU)
Assigned to LCRT Pty Ltd, Rockdale (AU)
Appl. No. 16/467,952
Filed by LCRT Pty Ltd, Rockdale (AU)
PCT Filed Dec. 8, 2017, PCT No. PCT/AU2017/051351
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/102878, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2016905109 (AU), filed on Dec. 10, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0071221 A1, Mar. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. C03B 19/09 (2006.01); B32B 15/02 (2006.01); B32B 17/06 (2006.01); C03C 1/00 (2006.01); C03C 3/078 (2006.01); C03C 14/00 (2006.01); E04C 2/02 (2006.01); F41H 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 19/09 (2013.01) [B32B 15/02 (2013.01); B32B 17/061 (2013.01); C03C 1/002 (2013.01); C03C 3/078 (2013.01); C03C 14/002 (2013.01); C03C 14/004 (2013.01); E04C 2/02 (2013.01); F41H 5/0407 (2013.01); F41H 5/0421 (2013.01); C03C 2214/04 (2013.01); C03C 2214/08 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for forming a glass product, the process comprising:
providing a containment system;
locating a mixture in said containment system, said mixture comprising glass fragments and locating at least one layer of reinforcement, adapted to mechanically interlock with said mixture when heated; and
applying at least one heating process and at least one cooling process to said mixture, wherein the at least one heating process comprises a first heating process of heating the one or more materials to a soaking temperature being a temperature between the glass transition point temperature and 1100° C. such that said glass fragments slump to form the product;
wherein said mixture comprises at least two cullet types being a first cullet type and a second cullet type, and wherein said at least two cullet types are different size categories or different colours;
wherein said locating of said mixture in said containment system comprises locating at least a first layer of cullet of said first cullet type and a second layer of cullet of said second cullet type; and
wherein a layer of said at least one layer of reinforcement is disposed intermediate said first layer and said second layer.