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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Ahdi El Kahlout, Lexington, KY (US);
Soongyup Jason Lee, Elgin, IL (US);
Shinya Sakamoto, Kakegawa, JP;
Inventors:
Ahdi El Kahlout, Lexington, KY (US);
Soongyup Jason Lee, Elgin, IL (US);
Shinya Sakamoto, Kakegawa, JP;
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 13/00 (2006.01); C03B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for making a glass sheet includes a forming wedge with a pair of inclined forming surface portions converging along a downstream direction to form a root. The apparatus further includes an edge director intersecting with at least one of the pair of downwardly inclined forming surface portions, and a thermal shield configured to reduce heat loss from the edge director. Methods are also provided for reducing heat loss from the edge director with a thermal shield.