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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Steven Michael Milillo, State College, PA (US);
Randy Lee Rhoads, Horseheads, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 17/06 (2006.01); C03B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 17/064 (2013.01); C03B 7/02 (2013.01); Y02P 40/57 (2015.11);
Abstract
An apparatus for making a glass sheet using overflow fusion down-draw process comprising an inlet assembly having an elliptic cylindrical section coupled to a transition section which is, in turn, coupled to an open end of an open channel of an isopipe, and an overflow fusion down-draw process for making glass sheet. The glass melt flow has a high surface velocity profile conducive to the formation of a glass ribbon over the surface of the weirs and the wedge side surfaces with the desired mass distribution.