The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Tomonori Kano, Otsu, JP;
Noritomo Nishiura, Otsu, JP;
Koki Ueda, Otsu, JP;
Takahide Nakamura, Otsu, JP;
Daisuke Nagata, Otsu, JP;
Hidetaka Oda, Otsu, JP;
Yuji Iwama, Otsu, JP;
Tomonori Kano, Otsu, JP;
Noritomo Nishiura, Otsu, JP;
Koki Ueda, Otsu, JP;
Takahide Nakamura, Otsu, JP;
Daisuke Nagata, Otsu, JP;
Hidetaka Oda, Otsu, JP;
Yuji Iwama, Otsu, JP;
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd., Shiga, JP;
Abstract
A manufacturing apparatus for a thin glass sheet includes a forming member main body configured to form the thin glass sheet by fusing together, at a lower end portion of the forming member main body, streams of molten glass, which have overflown from an overflow trough to both sides of the forming member main body, under a state in which the streams of the molten glass are caused to flow down along outer surface portions having a substantially wedge shape. The manufacturing apparatus also includes a pair of covering members fitted onto both widthwise end portions of the forming member main body, respectively, the pair of covering members forming restricting wall portions for restricting widthwise spread of the streams of the molten glass flowing down along the outer surface portions of the forming member main body.