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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2021
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Douglas Dale Bressler, Julian, PA (US);
David Alan Deneka, Corning, NY (US);
William Edward Lock, Horseheads, NY (US);
Phillip Richard Maccormack, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas Matthew Sonner, Corning, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Various aspects of methods and systems are provided, which detail: a method, comprising: depositing a hot, flexible glass-containing ribbon along a plurality of sequentially conveyed molds; rolling a pinch roller over the surface of the glass-containing ribbon, such that at least one pinch region is actuated in the glass ribbon as the glass ribbon is pinched between a pinch edge of the pinch roller and the surface of the mold; and cooling the glass ribbon, separating the glass ribbon along the pinch region into discrete glass parts.