PLANT FOR PRODUCING SHEET GLASS Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: glass manufacture industry. SUBSTANCE: plant has body 1 with metal melt 2, side pockets 3, bypass channels 4 situated next to outlet threshold 5, barriers 6 situated near the side wall and reaching glass strip 7. Above barriers, gates 10 are hung on supports 9. On the bottom of bath, longitudinal bars 11 are mounted to which deflecting bars 12 border at an angle. Due to presence of deflecting bars and also to joined bars 13 placed the latest in series in the direction of glass strip travel, the greater part of oxides is conveyed into side pockets 3 thereby improving the quality of sheet glass. EFFECT: improved quality of product. 2 dwg, 1 tbl