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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
James William Brown, Painted Post, NY (US);
Marvin William Kemmerer, Odessa, NY (US);
Jonathan Michael Mis, Horseheads, NY (US);
Dean George Sakona, Corning, NY (US);
Zheming Zheng, Horseheads, NY (US);
Naiyue Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods of producing a glass sheet each comprise the step of creating a vacuum to force the entire lateral portion of the glass ribbon to engage an anvil portion of a breaking device in the elastic zone. The vacuum is provided by a plurality of pressure zones that are operated independent from one another, wherein each pressure zone is provided with a set of suction cups. In further examples, glass ribbon breaking devices each include a plurality of pressure zones that are configured to be operated independent from one another with each pressure zone being provided with set of suction cups.