Abstract: An apparatus for preheating a batch (12) of glass cullet which is preferably enriched with raw materials for glass production, comprising a bunker (14) preferably having flow ducts for the passage of warm (off)gas. To discharge the preheated batch of glass cullet from the bunker, the apparatus has one or more discharge worms (26), by way of which the batch of glass cullet can be conveyed to at least one outflow opening (28) in the base region of the bunker (14).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2010
Date of Patent:
January 24, 2012
Assignee:
Ardagh Glass GmbH
Inventors:
Hansjurgen Barklage, Wolfgang Cieleback, Rolf Schaper
Abstract: An apparatus for preheating a batch (12) of glass cullet which is preferably enriched with raw materials for glass production, comprising a bunker (14) preferably having flow ducts for the passage of warm (off)gas. To discharge the preheated batch of glass cullet from the bunker, the apparatus has one or more discharge worms (26), by way of which the batch of glass cullet can be conveyed to at least one outflow opening (28) in the base region of the bunker (14).
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 3, 2010
Publication date:
November 4, 2010
Applicant:
Ardagh Glass GmbH
Inventors:
Hansjürgen Barklage, Wolfgang Cieleback, Rolf Schaper
Abstract: An apparatus for preheating a batch (12) of glass cullet which is preferably enriched with raw materials for glass production, comprising a bunker (14) and flow ducts (22) formed therein, wherein the bunker (14) comprises a plurality of flow ducts (22) which are arranged vertically, and if appropriate offset, one above another and extend at an angle in relation to the vertical, in particular horizontally, wherein each flow duct (22) is composed of a profiled section (34) for forming an upper half thereof and also a heap of the batch (12) of glass cullet which is formed underneath the profiled section and forms the lower half of the flow duct (22), and wherein the profiled section has at least two limbs (36a, b) which laterally delimit the space between them.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 3, 2010
Publication date:
November 4, 2010
Applicant:
Ardagh Glass GmbH
Inventors:
Hansjürgen Barklage, Wolfgang Cieleback, Rolf Schaper