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Patent No.:

US 8540551 B1

PDFFull Text
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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2010

Glass edge finish system, belt assembly, and method for using same

Applicants:

James W. Brown, Painted Post, NY (US);

Jerome T. Firlik, Horseheads, NY (US);

Siva Venkatachalam, Painted Post, NY (US);

Liming Wang, Painted Post, NY (US);

Naiyue Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);

Inventors:

James W. Brown, Painted Post, NY (US);

Jerome T. Firlik, Horseheads, NY (US);

Siva Venkatachalam, Painted Post, NY (US);

Liming Wang, Painted Post, NY (US);

Naiyue Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Thomas R. Beall

William J. Tucker, Esq.

Primary Examiner:

George Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A glass edge finishing system, a belt assembly and a method are described herein for finishing an edge of a glass sheet. The glass edge finishing system comprises: (a) a base; and (b) one or more belt assemblies located on the base, where each belt assembly includes: (i) a support frame; (ii) a motor; (iii) a pair of pulleys rotatably mounted on the support frame and driven by the motor; (iv) a belt engaged to and driven by the pair of pulleys, where the belt contacts and finishes the edge of the glass sheet; (v) a belt cleaning device that removes glass debris from the belt as the belt moves past the belt cleaning device; and (vi) a cleaning containment enclosure within which there is located the belt cleaning device, where the cleaning containment enclosure contains the glass debris removed from the belt by the belt cleaning device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Brown, James. (2013). Glass edge finish system, belt assembly, and method for using same (U.S. Patent No. 8540551). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8540551

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