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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Heraeus Quartz North America Llc, Buford, GA (US);
Heraeus Quarzglas Gmbh & Co. KG, Hanau, DE;
Georges Levon Fattal, Suwanee, GA (US);
James E. Beavers, Jr., Flowery Branch, GA (US);
Oliver Ganz, Bruchköbel, DE;
Kai Huei Chang, Decatur, GA (US);
HERAEUS QUARTZ NORTH AMERICA LLC, Buford, GA (US);
HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KG, Hanau, DE;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for producing elongated glass components with low bow. The apparatus may include a heating element to heat a bulk glass component where a strand may be drawn from the bulk glass component in a downward direction and a gripper device including a clamping element to support the strand while pulling or drawing it from the bulk glass component in a linear motion, and a low-friction mounting element attached to the clamping element which allows translational movement of the clamping element in an x-y plane. The gripper device may further be used to reduce bow in the strand while it is being drawn by moving the clamping element on the mounting element in a direction opposite the direction of any measured transverse acceleration.