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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
James William Brown, Painted Post, NY (US);
Shawn Rachelle Markham, Harrodsburg, KY (US);
Naiyue Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);
Zepei Zhu, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 35/00 (2006.01); C03B 33/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); C03B 18/04 (2006.01); C03B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 35/005 (2013.01); B25J 15/00 (2013.01); C03B 18/04 (2013.01); C03B 21/00 (2013.01); C03B 33/0215 (2013.01); B65G 2249/04 (2013.01); C03B 2225/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A glass ribbon engagement system is described herein that includes a robot tooling device with suction cups configured to engage a first side of a glass ribbon, and a guidance device with one or more devices (e.g., air nozzles, cylinder-wheel units) which are configured to apply one or more local forces to a second side of the glass ribbon to shift the glass ribbon towards the suction cups to assist the suction cups in engaging and securing the first side of the glass ribbon.