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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Tomohiro Aburada, Painted Post, NY (US);
Douglas Edward Brackley, Horseheads, NY (US);
Gautam Narendra Kudva, Horseheads, NY (US);
Shawn Rachelle Markham, Harrodsburg, KY (US);
Gary Edward Merz, Rochester, NY (US);
Eric Lee Miller, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing glass comprising a forming apparatus in a first processing zone, the forming apparatus configured to form a glass ribbon having a first direction of travel in the first processing zone. The apparatus also includes a first cutting apparatus in a second processing zone, the first cutting apparatus configured to separate one or more portions of the glass ribbon, the glass ribbon having a second direction of travel. The apparatus includes a first buffer zone between the first processing zone and the second processing zone in which the glass ribbon is supported in a first catenary between two, spaced-apart payoff positions. The second direction of travel in the second processing zone can be orthogonal to the first direction of travel in the first processing zone.