FRANK J RAU
Engineers in Pittsburgh, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE002421E
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Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
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Pittsburgh, PA 15217
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Apparatus And Method For Circulating Molten Metal In A Bath Used In The Manufacture Of Glass
US Patent:
4116659, Sep 26, 1978
Filed:
Jan 31, 1977
Appl. No.:
5/764250
Inventors:
Joseph Michael Matesa - Pittsburgh PA
Frank John Rau - Pittsburgh PA
Frank John Rau - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
PPG Industries, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
C03B 1802
US Classification:
65 99A
Abstract:
Method and apparatus are provided for circulating molten metal in a glass-supporting pool of molten metal in a direction counter to the advance of freshly delivered molten glass and outwardly into marginal spaces between glass restraining members and the side walls of the bath where it is subjected to forces establishing wave action in the surface of the pool of molten metal and then through means for dampening those waves to return the flow of molten metal to the main portion of the glass-supporting pool of molten metal whereby the metal can be purified and desirable thermal conditions can be established in the vicinity of the molten glass delivery onto the pool of molten metal.