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An apparatus for melting glass batch material, the apparatus forming glass batch material into a pile having an elongate sloping surface, having a feed device for feeding batch material to an upper part of the pile and a pushing device which is located beneath the feed device to push batch material

An apparatus for melting glass batch material, the apparatus forming glass batch material into a pile having an elongate sloping surface, having a feed device for feeding batch material to an upper part of the pile and a pushing device which is located beneath the feed device to push batch material in the pile towards the elongate sloping surface. There is also disclosed a method of melting glass batch material, the method having the steps of (a) forming glass batch material into a pile having an elongate sloping surface by feeding batch material to an upper part of the pile and pushing batch material in a lower part of the pile towards the elongate sloping surface; and (b) heating the batch material in the elongate sloping surface.

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Apparatus for melting glass batch material, the apparatus comprising: a heating chamber including a floor, means for forming and maintaining of glass batch material into a pile having an elongate continuous sloping surface extending in the chamber from the floor to an elevated remote position in the

Apparatus for melting glass batch material, the apparatus comprising: a heating chamber including a floor, means for forming and maintaining of glass batch material into a pile having an elongate continuous sloping surface extending in the chamber from the floor to an elevated remote position in the chamber, said forming and maintaining means comprising: feeding means disposed remote from the floor to feed glass batch material into the heating chamber by feeding batch material into the pile in the chamber, and at least one pushing means disposed beneath the feeding means to push batch material which is in the pile toward the elongate continuous sloping surface, burner means located and operable to melt the batch material along the elongate continuous sloping surface to cause the melting batch material to flow downwardly onto the floor, the feeding means and pushing means being operable to replenish the pile from behind the elongate sloping surface to maintain the slope configuration during melting and establish a continuous flow of melting batch material which passes along the sloping surface onto the floor.