Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for cutting a glass sheet
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Application No.: US15507088Application Date: 2015-08-25
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Publication No.: US10479719B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Monty Eugene Barnes , Dennis William Buckley , Ritesh Satish Lakhkar
- Applicant: Corning Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US NY Corning
- Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Corning
- Agent Michael A. Hood; Svetlana Z. Short
- International Application: PCT/US2015/046688 WO 20150825
- International Announcement: WO2016/033040 WO 20160303
- Main IPC: C03B33/09
- IPC: C03B33/09 ; B65G49/06 ; C03B33/07 ; C03B33/10 ; C03B33/12

Abstract:
A method of cutting a glass sheet is disclosed. The method comprises heating a heating element to a heat temperature, which in turn heats a glass sheet along a desired cutting line, to a separation temperature. The glass sheet is subjected to non-destructive pressure at an edge on the cutting line. The non-destructive pressure may be applied by a tool with opposed sharp edges so long as the edges do not nick or otherwise score the glass sheet. A diagonal cutter may be utilized as the sharp-edged tool. After an adequate amount of heating time, the glass sheet will achieve the separation temperature and spontaneously separate along the heated cutting line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170283300A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A GLASS SHEET Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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