MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617074077 A) filed by Nippon Electric Glass Co. , Ltd. on June 15, 2026, for Electrode, Glass Melting Furnace, And Method For Producing Glass Article.
Inventor includes Fujiwara Masaki.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: An electrode 4 is disposed on a bottom wall 1d or a side wall 1c of a glass melting furnace 1, in a state of being immersed in a molten glass Gm inside the glass melting furnace 1. The electrode comprises: an electrode head 5 that comes into contact with the molten glass Gm; a support body 6, one end of which is attached to the electrode head 5 and the other end of which is disposed outside the glass melting furnace 1; and a connection member 7 that connects the electrode head 5 to the support body 6. The support 6 includes: a large-diameter part 8 to which the electrode head 5 is attached via the connection member 7; and a small-diameter part 9 located closer to the outside of the glass melting furnace 1 than the large-diameter part 8. Outer diameters D1, D2 of the electrode head 5 and the large-diameter part 8 are larger than the outer diameter D3 of the small-diameter part 9.
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