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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Voss Welles, Horseheads, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 17/067 (2013.01); C03B 17/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus for producing a glass ribbon includes a convection cooling device including at least one vacuum source configured to promote convection cooling of the glass ribbon by forcing a cooling fluid to flow along the glass ribbon. In further examples, methods of producing glass ribbon include the step of creating a vacuum to promote convection cooling of the glass ribbon by forcing a cooling fluid to flow along the glass ribbon.