US 12,151,965 B2
Glass manufacturing apparatus and methods
Alexey Sergeyevich Amosov, Avon (FR); Michael Charles Gerrish, Corning, NY (US); Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin, Avon (FR); Bulent Kocatulum, Horseheads, NY (US); Steven Howard Tarcza, Painted Post, NY (US); and William Anthony Whedon, Corning, NY (US)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/420,591
Filed by Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/067305
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/146112, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/789,557, filed on Jan. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0081340 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. C03B 7/07 (2006.01); C03B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 7/07 (2013.01) [C03B 17/064 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a conduit connected to a delivery vessel and an inlet of a forming vessel, the conduit comprising a closed sidewall surrounding a channel extending in a flow direction of the conduit, the closed sidewall continuous from the delivery vessel to the inlet of the forming vessel to define a closed atmosphere from the delivery vessel, through the conduit, and through the inlet of the forming vessel; and
a heating enclosure comprising a first heating element and a plurality of walls surrounding a chamber within which the conduit extends, the first heating element positioned within the chamber between a heating wall of the plurality of walls and the conduit to increase a temperature within the channel, the heating wall and the first heating element configured to be removable to expose the chamber to an exterior of the heating enclosure.