PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING AND HOMOGENIZING GLASS MELTS - Patent 0853597

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EP 0 853 597 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	22.07.1998 Bulletin 1998/30

(21)	Application number: 97933779.0

(22)	Date of filing: 25.07.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C03B 18/ 12^{( . )}
C03B 5/ 173^{( . )}

C03B 3/ 00^{( . )}
C03B 5/ 187^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB1997/002034

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/005599 (12.02.1998 Gazette 1998/06)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE ES FI FR GB IT LU NL PT SE

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Priority:

03.08.1996 GB 19960016364
23.04.1997 GB 19970008184

(71)	Applicant: PILKINGTON PLC
	St. Helens, Merseyside WA10 3TT (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	MARTLEW, David St. Helens, Merseyside WA10 5DF (GB) TREVELYAN, Robert, Emmett Wigan, Lancashire WN8 7PD (GB) WHITFIELD, Peter, James St. Helens, Merseyside WA10 4NR (GB) LYTHGOE, Stanley Wigan, Lancashire WN8 7LY (GB) CAINES, John Southport, Merseyside PR8 1LQ (GB)

(74)	Representative: Halliwell, Anthony Charles, et al
	Pilkington plc, Group Patents Department, Pilkington Technology Centre, Hall Lane, Lathom Ormskirk, Lancashire L40 5UF Ormskirk, Lancashire L40 5UF (GB)

(54)	PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING AND HOMOGENIZING GLASS MELTS