Glass flow management by thermal conditioning

US8578737B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Olus Naili Boratav · Ithaca, US
• Keith Raymond Gaylo · Corning, US
• Kiat Chyai Kang · Taichung, TW
• Bulent Kocatulum · Horseheads, US
• Steven Michael Milillo · State College, US
• Douglas Gregg Neilson · Wilmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P40/57
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for controlling glass flow in, for example, a downdraw glass manufacturing process (e.g., the fusion downdraw process). The methods and apparatus are particularly well-suited for use in the manufacture of glass sheets such as the glass sheets used as substrates in display devices, e.g., liquid crystal displays (LCDs).