Patent ID: 8806900
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for manufacturing from heat softenable material to form continuous fibers, comprising: (a) at least one melting chamber for heating the heat softenable material to facilitate flow of the heat softenable material; (b) at least one sloped valley oriented for providing melted rock turbulence to the flow of the heat softenable material from the at least one melting chamber; (c) a platform in a position for receiving the heat softenable material from the at least one sloped valley; (d) a collector in a position to receive the flow of the heat softenable material from the platform; (e) a feeder in a position to receive the flow of the heat softenable material from the collector; (f) a ceramic bushing in a position to receive the flow of the heat softenable material from the feeder, the ceramic bushing comprising: (g) the discharge floor comprising one or more ceramic orificed plates attached to said bushing at a bottom of said bushing to receive the flow of the heat softenable material and forming a lower boundary of the lower chamber; and (h) a first heater in a position to heat the heat softenable material in the upper chamber of the bushing, wherein the heater plate is configured to maintain a temperature inside the lower chamber of the bushing in a range of 1450 C to 1550 C.