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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2016
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Ren Hua Chung, Tainan, TW;
Ahdi El-Kahlout, Lexington, KY (US);
David Scott Franzen, Painted Post, NY (US);
Brendan William Glover, Corning, NY (US);
Paul Richard Grzesik, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Bulent Kocatulum, Horseheads, NY (US);
Gaozhu Peng, Horseheads, NY (US);
Michael John Stephenson, Bath, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and methods for making a glass ribbon includes a forming wedge with a pair of inclined forming surface portions converging along a downstream direction to form a root. The apparatus further includes an edge director intersecting with at least one of the pair of downwardly inclined forming surface portions, and a replaceable heating cartridge configured to direct heat to the edge director and thermally shield the edge director from heat loss. A replaceable heating cartridge is also provided for directing heat to the edge director and thermally shielding the edge director from heat loss.