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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gilbert De Angelis, Lindley, NY (US);
Robert Jennings Meadows, Jr., Danville, VA (US);
David Posada-Pineda, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 17/04 (2013.01); Y02P 40/57 (2015.11);
Abstract
A bell assembly for a glass tubing manufacturing apparatus includes a bell head and a support connected to the bell head. The support includes a bell shaft with an inner bore and an outer surface, and a liner positioned in the inner bore of the bell shaft. A thermal shield extends along the outer surface of the bell shaft and reduces temperature variation across a width of the bell shaft during glass tubing manufacturing.