Method for forming glass rib structures

US5853446A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Alain R. E. Carre · Vaux-le-Pénil, FR
• Bernard Eid · Corning, US
• Mark Stephen Friske · Corning, US
• Ronald E. Johnson · Tioga, US
• Candace J. Quinn · Corning, US
• Frances M. Smith · Elmira, US
• Jean-Pierre Themont · Fontainebleau, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 1997
• Grant date: Dec 29, 1998
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01J2211/36
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for making formed glass structures. A glass frit containing material is deposited within a recessed pattern, hardened in the recessed pattern, and transferred to a substrate. The method and apparatus of the invention are particularly useful for forming barrier rib structures for use in plasma display panels.