Plate Fins Formed With Tubular Projections Which Join With Projections Of Adjacent Plates To Form Parallel Conduits Patents (Class 165/DIG461)

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Tapering, nested projections (Class 165/DIG462)
  • Finshield assemblies for fiber-forming apparatus
    Patent number: 5925164
    Abstract: A heat-absorbing finshield assembly, which is located adjacent the discharge area of a furnace for producing glass fibers, includes fins spaced along a fluid-cooled manifold such that the fins extend between, but not in contact with, the molten glass fibers emerging from the furnace. The fins may have microfins in their bases which are in contact with the cooling fluid. The fins also may be of variable thicknesses relative to each other along the manifold to absorb different quantities of heat from the emerging fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramin Dowlati, Timothy A. Sullivan, Jack L. Emerson, James L. Hare