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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Andrey V Filippov, Houston, TX (US);
Chunhong Chelsie He, Horseheads, NY (US);
Bulent Kocatulum, Horseheads, NY (US);
Kathleen Elizabeth Morse, Painted Post, NY (US);
Liming Wang, Painted Post, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a glass sheet with reduced inclusions is disclosed. The method includes flowing molten glass over converging forming surfaces of a forming body positioned within an enclosure. The forming body is heated with a plurality of heating elements separated from the forming body by an inner wall of the enclosure. The temperature Tat the bottom of the forming body is decoupled from the temperature Tat the top of the forming body by an insulating thermal barrier positioned between two adjacent heating elements of the plurality of heating elements such that a change in Tdoes not cause a substantial change in T.