Abstract: A process for feeding scrap glass to a glass melting furnace is disclosed. The scrap glass is fed onto a blanket of batch in the furnace so that organics are burned off before the scrap melts.

Abstract: A water-cooled skimmer is provided for a glass-melting furnace. The skimmer includes a platinum plate which is designed to fit closely within the interior of the throat of a glass-melting furnace and extend transversely thereof. The plate is rectangular and is peripherally cooled, with a coolant passage extending along the lower edge and side edge portions of the plate and having end portions extending outside the throat for connection with a coolant inlet and outlet. A supporting member is affixed to the plate and extends horizontally therefrom, being supported by the side walls of the throat, and an additional coolant passage preferably extends along the support and is in heat-exchange relationship with the upper edge of said plate.