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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Corning, NY (US);
Olivier Fournel, Yerres, FR;
Allan Mark Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine, FR;
Laurent Joubaud, Paris, FR;
Jean-pierre Henri René Lereboullet, Bois le Roi, FR;
Xavier Tellier, Cheroy, FR;
Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Corning, NY (US);
Olivier Fournel, Yerres, FR;
Allan Mark Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine, FR;
Laurent Joubaud, Paris, FR;
Jean-Pierre Henri René Lereboullet, Bois le Roi, FR;
Xavier Tellier, Cheroy, FR;
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method for forming a laminated glass sheet includes forming a multi-layer glass melt () from a molten core glass () and at least one molten cladding glass (). The multi-layer glass melt () has a width W, a melt thickness Tand a core to cladding thickness ratio T:T. The multi-layer glass melt () is directed onto the surface of a molten metal bath () contained in a float tank (). The width Wof the multi-layer glass melt () is less than the width Wof the float tank () prior to the multi-layer glass melt () entering the float tank (). The multilayer glass melt () flows over the surface of the molten metal bath () such that the width Wof the multi-layer glass melt () increases, the melt thickness Tdecreases, and the core to cladding thickness ratio T:Tremains constant as the multi-layer glass melt () solidifies into a laminated glass sheet. The invention also relates to the associated apparatus.