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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Dennis William Buckley, Painted Post, NY (US);
Gary Lamont Hively, Addison, NY (US);
Michael Albert Joseph, II, Corning, NY (US);
Jason Rudolph Koch, Corning, NY (US);
Ritesh Satish Lakhkar, Sausalito, CA (US);
Mark Thomas Massaro, Murray, KY (US);
Robert Richard Quiel, Horseheads, NY (US);
Richard Alan Quinn, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for heating moving continuous glass ribbons at desired lines of separation and/or for separating glass sheets from continuous glass ribbons are disclosed. An apparatus includes a translatable support portion and a heating apparatus coupled to the support portion. The heating apparatus is configured to contact the continuous glass ribbon across at least a portion of a width of the continuous glass ribbon at the desired line of separation as the support portion moves in a draw direction, thereby preferentially applying heat to a first side of the continuous glass ribbon at the desired line of separation as the continuous glass ribbon moves in the draw direction.