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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Olus Naili Boratav, Ithaca, NY (US);
Steven Roy Burdette, Big Flats, NY (US);
Gaozhu Peng, Horseheads, NY (US);
William Anthony Whedon, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 17/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for downwardly drawing a glass ribbon includes a forming vessel including an upper portion including a pair of outside surfaces and a forming wedge portion including a pair of downwardly inclined forming surfaces converging along a downstream direction to form a bottom edge. An edge director is provided that includes a flow directing portion formed from a portion of a frustoconical or conical shape.