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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Keith Mitchell Hill, Horseheads, NY (US);
Ritesh Satish Lakhkar, Painted Post, NY (US);
Mark Thomas Massaro, Murray, KY (US);
Liming Wang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Naiyue Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);
Keith Mitchell Hill, Horseheads, NY (US);
Ritesh Satish Lakhkar, Painted Post, NY (US);
Mark Thomas Massaro, Murray, KY (US);
Liming Wang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Naiyue Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for separating sheets of brittle material are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a separation apparatus for separating a sheet of brittle material includes a first separation cam positioned adjacent to a sheet conveyance pathway and a second separation cam positioned opposite from and downstream of the first separation cam. The first and second separation cams may be rotated such that the contact faces of the separation cams periodically extend across a centerline of the conveyance pathway. Rotation of the first and second separation cams may be synchronized such that at least the portion of the contact face of the first separation cam and at least the portion of the contact face of the second separation cam periodically extend across the centerline of the conveyance pathway at a separation time and periodically do not extend across the centerline of the conveyance pathway at a non-separation time.