AGITATION STIRRER AND MOLTEN GLASS AGITATION DEVICE

• Main Authors: YAMAGA YUYA, ODAWARA SHUNYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.06.2021
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS,IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KINDOF FURNACE; FURNACES; GLASS; HEATING; KILNS; LIGHTING; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; OVENS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; RETORTS; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

To enhance agitation performance for molten glass flowing nearby a shaft of an agitation stirrer in an agitation tank by improving the agitation stirrer.SOLUTION: An agitation stirrer 3 which comprises a shaft 4 and an agitation blade 5 extending from the shaft 4 in a shaft radius direction, and agitates molten glass G in a cylindrical agitation tank 2 comprises: an auxiliary blade 7 which extends circumferentially around the shaft 4 and is coupled to a tip part 6b of the agitation blade 5 (blade body 6), and a coupling member 8 which couples together the shaft 4 and auxiliary blade 7 in the shaft-radius directionally extended state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】撹拌スターラーを改良することで、撹拌槽内において撹拌スターラーの軸付近を流れる溶融ガラスの撹拌性能を向上させること。【解決手段】軸４と、軸４から軸径方向に延びた撹拌翼５とを備え、円筒状の撹拌槽２内で溶融ガラスＧを撹拌するための撹拌スターラー３について、軸４の周りで周方向に延びると共に撹拌翼５（翼体６）の先端部６ｂに連結された補助翼７と、軸径方向に延びた状態で軸４と補助翼７とを連結する連結部材８とを備える構成とした。【選択図】図１