Global Patent Index - EP 0944555 A1

EP 0944555 A1 19990929 - GLASS FURNACE AND INSTALLATION COMPRISING SAME

Title (en)

GLASS FURNACE AND INSTALLATION COMPRISING SAME

Title (de)

GLASSCHMELZOFEN UND VORRICHTUNG DIE DEN OFEN UMFASST

Title (fr)

FOUR A VERRE ET INSTALLATION COMPRENANT LE FOUR

Publication

EP 0944555 A1 19990929 (FR)

Application

EP 98939727 A 19980721

Priority

  • FR 9801597 W 19980721
  • FR 9709302 A 19970722
  • FR 9806323 A 19980519

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9905068A1] The invention concerns the technique of electric melting wherein the melting energy is dissipated by Joule effect in the molten glass bath by means of electrodes dipping through the bath surface. The invention is characterised in that the electrodes are immersed into a molten glass bath from a height h less than 800 mm and from a surface S such that the ratio h/S is less than 0.5 m/m<2>. In another embodiment, the exchange surface between the electrodes and the bath is more than 0.075 m<2>/m<3> of glass. The invention is useful for making glass-based products such as fibre glass insulating materials.

IPC 1-7

C03B 5/03; C03B 37/08; C03B 5/027; H05B 3/03

IPC 8 full level

C03B 5/027 (2006.01); C03B 5/03 (2006.01); C03B 37/04 (2006.01); C03B 37/08 (2006.01); H05B 3/03 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

C03B 5/027 (2013.01 - EP US); C03B 5/03 (2013.01 - KR); C03B 5/031 (2013.01 - EP US); C03B 37/08 (2013.01 - EP US); H05B 3/03 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02P 40/57 (2015.11 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9905068A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9905068 A1 19990204; AR 016528 A1 20010725; AU 746124 B2 20020418; AU 746124 C 20050602; AU 8813998 A 19990216; BR 9806062 A 19990831; CA 2266648 A1 19990204; CN 1234784 A 19991110; CZ 101099 A3 19991117; EP 0944555 A1 19990929; IS 4994 A 20000123; JP 2001501167 A 20010130; KR 20000068601 A 20001125; NO 991187 D0 19990311; NO 991187 L 19990311; PL 332381 A1 19990913; TR 199900631 T1 19990921; US 6125658 A 20001003

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9801597 W 19980721; AR P980103583 A 19980722; AU 8813998 A 19980721; BR 9806062 A 19980721; CA 2266648 A 19980721; CN 98801038 A 19980721; CZ 101099 A 19980721; EP 98939727 A 19980721; IS 4994 A 19990310; JP 50941599 A 19980721; KR 19997002403 A 19990320; NO 991187 A 19990311; PL 33238198 A 19980721; TR 9900631 T 19980721; US 14785499 A 19990607