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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2015
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Michael Thomas Gallagher, Painted Post, NY (US);
Patrick Joseph Cimo, Corning, NY (US);
Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Corning, NY (US);
Frank Coppola, Horseheads, NY (US);
Irene Mona Peterson, Elmira Heights, NY (US);
Richard Curwood Peterson, Elmira Heights, NY (US);
Olus Naili Boratav, Ithaca, NY (US);
George Clinton Shay, Hardy, VA (US);
Paul D Albee, Hammondsport, NY (US);
Laurent Joubaud, Paris, FR;
Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Corning, NY (US);
Glen Bennett Cook, Elmira, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for forming glass tubing is described. The apparatus for forming glass tubing comprises an endless former with an outer surface and an inner passage defining an inner surface. The apparatus for forming glass tubing further comprises two chambers from which molten glass may flow. One chamber flows molten glass to the outer surface of the endless former and another chamber flows molten glass to the inner surface of the endless former. The two flows of molten glass meet at the bottom of the former to form glass tubing.