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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Jufe Adam Brown-Tsai, Nashville, TN (US);
Frank Coppola, Horseheads, NY (US);
Hung Cheng Lu, Ithaca, NY (US);
William Anthony Whedon, Corning, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes an overflow distributor () including a weir (). The system further includes a thermal exchange unit positioned in proximity to the weir. The thermal exchange unit () includes a tubular focusing member () and a thermal member () disposed at least partially within a lumen of the focusing member. The focusing member extends distally beyond a distal end of the thermal member by a distance It. In an embodiment the thermal exchange unit comprises several focusing members and thermal members to control a thermal profile of a glass stream flowing over the weir, particularly of a portion of the glass stream in contact with the weir.