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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Robert Delia, Horseheads, NY (US);
Keith R. Gaylo, Painted Post, NY (US);
Vladislav Y. Golyatin, Avon, FR;
Bulent Kocatulum, Horseheads, NY (US);
Barry P. Lalomia, Corning, NY (US);
William A. Whedon, Corning, NY (US);
Robert Delia, Horseheads, NY (US);
Keith R. Gaylo, Painted Post, NY (US);
Vladislav Y. Golyatin, Avon, FR;
Bulent Kocatulum, Horseheads, NY (US);
Barry P. LaLomia, Corning, NY (US);
William A. Whedon, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
In the formation of sheet material from molten glass, a cooling tube is positioned in the forming area for directing a flow of cooling gas on discrete portions of the molten glass proximate a draw line or root to control local thickness variations in the sheet and thereby provide a uniform glass sheet thickness across the width of the sheet. The cooling tube is disposed in a pivot member configured to rotate about at least one axis, thereby causing an end of the cooling tube to direct the cooling gas over a wide range of angular positions across a portion of the width of the molten glass flowing over and from a forming body.