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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2008
Andrey V Filippov, Painted Post, NY (US);
Chunhong (Chelsie) C He, Horseheads, NY (US);
Bulent Kocatulum, Horseheads, NY (US);
Kathleen Elizabeth Morse, Painted Post, NY (US);
Liming Wang, Horseheads, NY (US);
Andrey V Filippov, Painted Post, NY (US);
Chunhong (Chelsie) C He, Horseheads, NY (US);
Bulent Kocatulum, Horseheads, NY (US);
Kathleen Elizabeth Morse, Painted Post, NY (US);
Liming Wang, Horseheads, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for forming a glass sheet with reduced zircon inclusions in the glass sheet is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises heating elements distributed vertically between the weirs of a forming wedge and the root of the forming wedge, and wherein a thermal barrier is disposed between adjacent heating elements. A method of using the apparatus is also disclosed.