Patents by Inventor James Alan MACPHEE

James Alan MACPHEE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Glass melter with oxygen/gas heat-up burner system
    Patent number: 10759688
    Abstract: A submerged combustion melting system (90) includes a submerged combustion melter (100) having a housing with one or more side walls (104), a floor (106), and a ceiling (108) which at least partially define a melt chamber (110). The melter has one or more main burners (128) positioned along the floor of the housing and an oxygen/gas burner in a preheat burner system (300) removably attached to one of the sidewalls or the ceiling, the oxygen/gas burner arranged such that a flame from the oxygen/gas burner is directed downward into the melt chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: James Alan MacPhee, Steven James Mighton, Daniel A. Ertl
  • BATCH INLET SPOOL
    Publication number: 20180244554
    Abstract: An inlet spool for controlling the back flow of molten glass from a submerged combustion melter. The inlet spool includes a pipe having a first end, a second end, and an inner wall defining a passageway between the first end and the second end. A cross-sectional area of the passageway increases along a length of the passageway from the first end to the second end toward the melter. The passageway may be conical-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Steven James Mighton, James Alan MacPhee, Douglas Cecil Clark
  • GLASS MELTER WITH OXYGEN/GAS HEAT-UP BURNER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180111866
    Abstract: A submerged combustion melting system (90) includes a submerged combustion melter (100) having a housing with one or more side walls (104), a floor (106), and a ceiling (108) which at least partially define a melt chamber (110). The melter has one or more main burners (128) positioned along the floor of the housing and an oxygen/gas burner in a preheat burner system (300) removably attached to one of the sidewalls or the ceiling, the oxygen/gas burner arranged such that a flame from the oxygen/gas burner is directed downward into the melt chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: James Alan MACPHEE, Steven James MIGHTON, Dan ERTL