Invention Application
- Patent Title: GLASS TUBE BI-DIRECTIONAL STRETCHING METHOD, TOOL AND FINE TUNING SYSTEM
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Application No.: US15784674Application Date: 2016-04-07
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Publication No.: US20180155233A1Publication Date: 2018-06-07
- Inventor: Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux , Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin , Stephane Poissy
- Applicant: Corning Incorporated
- International Application: PCT/US2016/026384 WO 20160407
- Main IPC: C03B23/045
- IPC: C03B23/045 ; C03B23/049

Abstract:
A method of reforming a glass sleeve and a shaping tool is disclosed. The method for reforming a glass sleeve may be carried out by providing a tube made of glass. The tube may have a longitudinal axis and an inner curved surface enclosing a space. The tube may be heated to a temperature within the soften range of the glass. A shaping tool may be introduced. The shaping tool may have at least two opposing fingers into the enclosed space. The at least two opposing fingers may extend generally radially. The at least two opposing fingers may be moved against the inner curved surface along a radial axis to reform the tube to form the first portion.
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