Patent ID: 6298690
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: C03B,Y02P

Abstract:
A broken glass or cullet cleaning plant used to burn labels and debris from broken glass prior to reusing said glass, said plant comprising:a tumbler frame with a front and rear support system;a cylindrical tumbler having an outer surface and an inner surface, placed so as to be adjustable at an angle off of the horizontal on said tumbler frame, said cylindrical tumbler further having a high front side and a lower rear side,a means of suppling a stream of glass containing labels to be burned to the high side of said tumbler;a means of moving the glass within said tumbler;an elongate burner section in said cylindrical tumbler, said burner section defining a plurality of openings along the length of said burner section;a drive system for rotating said tumbler about said burner so that the stream of glass is carried partially around said cylinder before dropping through the flame produced by said burner;a cooling chamber on the low side of said tumbler containing an air cooling system; anda divider means between said cooling chamber and said burner section.