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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2023
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Jeffrey Robert Amadon, Lexington, KY (US);
Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Painted Post, NY (US);
Norman Bradley Dunning, Salvisa, KY (US);
Romain Jeanson, Fleury en Biere, FR;
Rohit Rai, Painted Post, NY (US);
Seung Hee Won, Asan-si, KR;
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods for processing a glass ribbon. A glass ribbon is supplied to an upstream side of a conveying apparatus comprising a conveyor device and a pulling device. The conveyor device establishes a primary plane of travel from the upstream side to a downstream side. The pulling device is located at the downstream side and applies a pulling force on the glass ribbon to convey the glass ribbon along a travel path that includes first, second and third bends, and into the primary plane of travel from a location downstream of the third bend and to the pulling device. At least one of the first, second, and third bends imparts a stress into a surface of the glass ribbon to flatten the glass ribbon. A viscosity of the glass ribbon at the third bend is greater than a viscosity of the glass ribbon at the first bend.