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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2009
Anatoli Anatolyevich Abramov, Painted Post, NY (US);
George Davis Treichler, Hammondsport, NY (US);
Naiyue Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);
Anatoli Anatolyevich Abramov, Painted Post, NY (US);
George Davis Treichler, Hammondsport, NY (US);
Naiyue Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for forming an initiation flaw () in the surface () of a glass sheet or glass ribbon (). The initiation flaw () is used in connection with a laser light beam () and a cooling area produced by a cooling nozzle () to from a score line () in the surface () of the sheet or ribbon (). The initiation flaw () is formed by a mechanical scoring head () which is carried by moving carriage () and which undergoes retrograde motion () relative to the carriage () so as to increase the time available for forming the initiation flaw ().