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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2023
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Siyuan Chang, Corning, NY (US);
Gilbert De Angelis, Lindley, NY (US);
Chunhong Chelsie He, Horseheads, NY (US);
Juan Camilo Isaza, Corning, NY (US);
Bulent Kocatulum, Horseheads, NY (US);
Timothy L Lansberry, Watkins Glen, NY (US);
Kyung-Jin Lee, Chungcheongnam-do, KR;
Gaozhu Peng, Horseheads, NY (US);
Andrew Voss Welles, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A glass manufacturing apparatus including a forming apparatus having a forming body and a directly electrically heated edge director assembly attached thereto, the edge director assembly configured to direct a flow of molten glass from the forming body. The edge director assembly includes a plurality of bus bar assemblies connected thereto and configured to receive an electrical current. The electrical current may be a three-phase electrical current. The bus bar assemblies are supported by three-axis support assemblies that support movement of the bus bar assemblies along three orthogonal axes.