Patents by Inventor Kevin Siess

Kevin Siess 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).

  • Water cooled oxygen lance for use in a float glass furnace and/or float glass furnace using the same
    Patent number: 9016094
    Abstract: A float glass furnace includes a melting furnace which heats raw materials to form a molten glass batch, a working end where the molten glass batch is cooled, at least one regenerator which introduces heated combustion air into the melting furnace through a port neck, and at least one oxygen lance in or proximate the port neck. The oxygen lance includes a lance pipe in fluid communication with the port neck, an outer shell surrounding the lance pipe, an inlet water passageway in fluid communication with a channel(s) between an exterior surface of the lance pipe and an interior surface of the outer shell, and an outlet water passageway in fluid communication with the channel(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin Siess, David Doerschug, Russell Parker