Title:
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAXIMIZING ENERGY COUPLING WHILE MAINTAINING FLOTATION OF AN EXTRUDED LOG
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/049738
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Systems for heating an extrudate including a shield transmissive to radiant heat, wherein the shield is configured to minimize interaction between a radiative heat assembly and the air bearing, are provided. Methods for heating an extrudate, including minimizing, via the shield, an interaction between the radiative heat assembly and the air bearing, are further provided. Methods for manufacturing an extruded body from an extrudate are further provided.
Inventors:
AKARAPU RAVINDRA KUMAR (US)
JAIN PRIYANK PARAS (US)
LI XINGHUA (US)
MAINVILLE AMOS JAMES (US)
PANIDES ELIAS (US)
SARIEGO KENNETH CHARLES (US)
ZHANG JIA (US)
JAIN PRIYANK PARAS (US)
LI XINGHUA (US)
MAINVILLE AMOS JAMES (US)
PANIDES ELIAS (US)
SARIEGO KENNETH CHARLES (US)
ZHANG JIA (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2023/031241
Publication Date:
April 18, 2024
Filing Date:
August 28, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CORNING INC (US)
International Classes:
B28B11/24; B29C48/11; B29C48/355; B29C48/91; B29C48/92; B29C35/08
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2021030177A1 | 2021-02-18 |
Foreign References:
| US20050093209A1 | 2005-05-05 | |||
| US20090166355A1 | 2009-07-02 | |||
| US6455826B1 | 2002-09-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HOMA, Joseph M. (US)
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