Corning Incorporated

Jufe Adam Brown-Tsai

Frank Thomas Coppola

Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin

William Anthony Whedon

Bruno Le Gallic

Hung Cheng Lu

Shaan Leslian Yeershen Polius

Bruno Legallic

A system includes an overflow distributor () including a weir (). The system further includes a thermal exchange unit positioned in proximity to the weir. The thermal exchange unit () includes a tubular focusing member () and a thermal member () disposed at least partially within a lumen of the focusing member. The focusing member extends distally beyond a distal end of the thermal member by a distance It. In an embodiment the thermal exchange unit comprises several focusing members and thermal members to control a thermal profile of a glass stream flowing over the weir, particularly of a portion of the glass stream in contact with the weir.

Method and apparatus for controlling thickness of glass sheet

A flexible seal positioned between two muffles of a glass laminate fusion draw machine comprises, in order from the interior to the exterior of the muffles, a radiation shield comprising overlapping rows of refractory material, a thermal seal comprising a blanket of temperature resistance material, and an air seal comprising a sheet of high temperature elastomeric material. The seal may further comprising a secondary radiation shield positioned between the thermal seal and the air seal.

Muffle gap seal for glass laminate machine

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Lindley, NY, United States of America

Jufe Adam Brown-Tsai