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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Chester Hann Huei Chang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Todd Benson Fleming, Elkland, PA (US);
Dale Charles Marshall, Brockport, NY (US);
Gary Edward Merz, Rochester, NY (US);
Christopher Michael Rhoads, Seattle, WA (US);
John Earl Tosch, Wellsburg, NY (US);
Thaddeus Francis Trzeciak, Naples, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods of processing a glass ribbon are provided. The method includes the step of traversing the glass ribbon through a travel path at a predetermined velocity and severing the glass ribbon to create an upstream web and a downstream web. The method further includes the step of increasing a relative velocity of a downstream edge portion with respect to an upstream edge portion to create a gap between an upstream severed edge and a downstream severed edge. In other example methods, a segment of the glass ribbon is removed to create a gap between an upstream severed edge and a downstream severed edge. In still further example methods, an upstream severed edge is directed along a second travel path to create a gap between the upstream severed edge and a downstream severed edge.