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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Monty Eugene Barnes, Woodhull, NY (US);
Dennis William Buckley, Painted Post, NY (US);
Ritesh Satish Lakhkar, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2006.01); B23K 37/02 (2006.01); B23K 37/04 (2006.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); C03B 33/033 (2006.01); C03B 33/08 (2006.01); B23K 103/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/003 (2013.01); B23K 10/00 (2013.01); B23K 26/0869 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); B23K 37/0235 (2013.01); B23K 37/0408 (2013.01); C03B 33/033 (2013.01); C03B 33/08 (2013.01); B23K 37/0211 (2013.01); B23K 2103/50 (2018.08); B23K 2103/54 (2018.08);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses for scoring a glass article, including positioning a plasma flame of a plasma torch and the glass article in close proximity to one another; and moving the plasma torch across a surface of the glass article to form at least one indentation in the surface, wherein the at least one indentation is formed from the plasma flame melting at least a portion of the glass surface to form a scoring line, without penetrating through a total thickness of the glass article.