Patent ID: 6848271
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
1. An automated method for producing a blown glass body with which an immersion tube, through which air or gas can flow, is immersed into a molten glass mass and subsequently withdrawn to remove an amount of molten glass from the molten glass mass and the removed glass is blown, by means of the air or gas flowing through the immersion tube, into a shape of a glass body to be produced, the method comprising the steps of: a) determining a position of a surface of the molten glass in an adjustment direction of the immersion tube; b) controlling an adjustment means in accordance with said determined position of the surface to immerse a free end of the immersion tube into the molten glass up to a defined predetermined immersion depth; c) removing said free end of the immersion tube from the molten glass thereby retaining a predetermined amount of molten glass; and d) loading the immersion tube with a blow pressure following a blow pressure curve stored in a computer, thereby blowing the glass body into a desired shape.