US 12,084,378 B2
Feeder tank for a glass melter
Liming Shi, Perrysburg, OH (US)
Assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US)
Filed by Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/232,216.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332622 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. C03B 5/16 (2006.01); C03B 5/033 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 5/0332 (2013.01) [C03B 5/16 (2013.01); C03B 2211/23 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass melting furnace, comprising:
a glass melter tank that defines at least one melter tank inlet, a molten glass outlet, and an exhaust gas outlet, the glass melter tank containing a first portion of a glass melt having a melt level rising above the melter tank inlet;
a feeder tank that defines a batch feed inlet and a feeder tank outlet located below the melt level and that contains a second portion of the glass melt; and
at least one conduit in fluid communication with the feeder tank outlet of the feeder tank and the melter tank inlet of the glass melter tank, and wherein a second portion of the glass melt at least partially fills the at least one conduit and also partially fills the feeder tank.