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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 13, 2022
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Amit Bachar, Rockville Centre, NY (US);
Olus Naili Boratav, Ithaca, NY (US);
Brendan William Glover, Corning, NY (US);
Jiandong Meng, Painted Post, NY (US);
Vinay A Patel, Lexington, KY (US);
Adam Scott Regula, Horseheads, NY (US);
Justin Shane Starkey, Painted Post, NY (US);
Jeremy Walter Turner, Beaver Dams, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Glass manufacturing apparatus comprise a forming body configured to draw a glass forming ribbon and positioned within an enclosure. Glass manufacturing apparatus comprise a first diffuser comprising a first inlet comprising a first inlet cross-sectional area and a first outlet comprising a first outlet cross-sectional area. The first outlet cross-sectional area is greater than the first inlet cross-sectional area. The first outlet is positioned within the enclosure. Methods of manufacturing a glass ribbon comprise flowing a glass-forming ribbon. Methods comprise flowing a first gas through the first inlet of a first diffuser at a first average inlet velocity. Methods comprise flowing the first gas from the first diffuser through a first outlet of the first diffuser at a first average outlet velocity. The first average inlet velocity is greater than the first average outer velocity.