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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2011
Anatoli Anatolyevich Abramov, Painted Post, NY (US);
James William Brown, Painted Post, NY (US);
Chester Hann Huei Chang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Sean Matthew Garner, Elmira, NY (US);
Xinghua LI, Horseheads, NY (US);
Anatoli Anatolyevich Abramov, Painted Post, NY (US);
James William Brown, Painted Post, NY (US);
Chester Hann Huei Chang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Sean Matthew Garner, Elmira, NY (US);
Xinghua Li, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods of fabricating a glass ribbon comprise the step of bending a glass ribbon in a cutting zone to provide a bent target segment with a bent orientation in the cutting zone. The methods further include the step of severing at least one of the edge portions from the central portion of the bent target segment within the cutting zone. Further methods are provided including the step of bending a glass ribbon in a bending zone downstream from a downward zone, wherein the glass ribbon includes an upwardly concave surface through the bending zone. The methods further include the step of severing at least one of the edge portions from the central portion of a target segment within the bending zone.