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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kousuke Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 23/037 (2006.01); G01B 5/00 (2006.01); G01B 21/08 (2006.01); G01B 5/06 (2006.01); C03B 21/00 (2006.01); C03B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 23/037 (2013.01); C03B 21/00 (2013.01); C03B 21/04 (2013.01); G01B 5/00 (2013.01); G01B 5/06 (2013.01); G01B 21/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a sheet glass includes: a re-draw process forming a sheet glass by, heating and softening a glass preform manufactured by float method, and extending the glass preform to a desirable plate thickness. An extension direction in which the glass preform is extended by the re-draw process is 90 degrees with respect to a direction in which molten glass is fed in the float method.