US 12,017,945 B2
Assembly for supporting an electrical flange in a glass manufacturing apparatus
Gilbert De Angelis, Lindley, NY (US); Raymond Eugene Fraley, Waverly, NY (US); Benjamin Pelham Schrock, Wilmington, NC (US); and Tytus Lee Zimmerman, Columbia Cross Roads, PA (US)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/277,980
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/052075
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/068570, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,900, filed on May 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/737,498, filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0371318 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. C03B 7/07 (2006.01); C03B 5/167 (2006.01); C03B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 7/07 (2013.01) [C03B 5/167 (2013.01); C03B 17/064 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass manufacturing apparatus, comprising:
a metallic vessel configured to convey molten glass;
an enclosure disposed about the metallic vessel;
an electrical flange attached to the metallic vessel, the electrical flange comprising an electrode portion extending away from the metallic vessel and through the enclosure; and
an electrical flange support apparatus comprising a support bracket assembly mounted to the enclosure and comprising opposing attachment plates and a clamping member disposed between and engaged with the opposing attachment plates, the clamping member coupled to the electrode portion.