Corning Incorporated

Thomas Achille Yorio

Naiyue Zhou

Michael Albert Joseph, Ii

Scott Winfield Deming

Mohamed Dahroug

Ljerka Ukrainczyk

Michael George Shultz

Kevin Thomas Morris

Kevin William Uhlig

Matthew John Towner

Andrew Nathan Nassau

An apparatus for locating a preform on a mold includes a preform handling tool and a force sensor coupled to the preform handling tool such that the force sensor is capable of sensing forces applied to the preform during handling of the preform by the preform handling tool. The apparatus includes a control device that is arranged and operable to move the preform handling tool relative to the mold. A method of locating the preform on the mold includes picking up the preform using the preform handling tool and placing the preform in a vicinity of the mold. Positions on the mold are mapped with an edge of the preform with the aid of the force sensor. The preform is paced on the mold according to the mapped positions.

Method and apparatus for locating a preform on a mold

A scoring device is described herein that applies a constant force while scoring a piece of material so that there is a consistent score quality (or vent depth) within the scored piece of material. In one embodiment, the piece of material is a bowed shaped glass sheet that is supported by a conformable nosing device which has been configured to have a bowed shape that substantially matches the bowed shape of the glass sheet.

Constant force scoring device and method for using same

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Painted Post, NY, United States of America

Thomas Achille Yorio