Claims
- 1. Glass fiberizing equipment comprising a hollow spinner arranged on an upright axis and having a peripheral wall having an area perforated with a plurality of rows of orifices for centrifugal projection of streams of molten glass and a blower generating an annular gas current downwardly around the spinner, characterized by the provision of a wall bracing structure positioned inside of the spinner and having means connecting the bracing structure with the mid region of the perforated area of the peripheral wall at circumferentially spaced points.
- 2. Equipment as defined in claim 1 and further including glass supply means within the spinner including a feed device for feeding streams of glass to the perforated spinner wall close to the top edge thereof.
- 3. Glass fiberizing equipment comprising a downwardly open hollow spinner arranged on an upright axis and having a peripheral wall having an area perforated with a plurality of rows of orifices for centrifugal projection of streams of molten glass and a blower generating an annular gas current directed downwardly around the spinner, characterized by the provision of bracing means for the peripheral wall of the spinner, the bracing means comprising structural bracing elements within the spinner connected with the inside of said wall at circumferentially spaced points and being spaced from the spinner wall between said spaced points.
- 4. Equipment as defined in claim 3 in which the bracing means is connected with the wall in the mid region of the perforated area thereof.
- 5. Equipment as defined in claim 3 in which the bracing means is connected with the wall below the perforated area.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Serial No. 27,617, filed Apr. 6, 1979, issued May 20, 1980, as U.S. Pat. No. 4,203,745.
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Divisions (1)
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