Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Glass manufacturing apparatus and methods
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Application No.: US15064885Application Date: 2016-03-09
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Publication No.: US09670086B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: James Gary Anderson , Steven Roy Burdette , Liam Ruan de Paor , Lewis Kirk Klingensmith , Gautam Narendra Kudva , Gary Graham Squier , David John Ulrich
- Applicant: Corning Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US NY Corning
- Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Corning
- Agent Matthew J. Mason
- Main IPC: C03B17/06
- IPC: C03B17/06

Abstract:
A glass manufacturing apparatus comprises a forming device configured to produce a glass ribbon and a control device configured to independently operate a first pull roll apparatus and a second pull roll apparatus such that at least one of a first upstream pair of draw rolls rotates with a substantially constant torque and at least one of a first downstream pair of draw rolls rotates with a substantially constant angular velocity. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a glass ribbon are provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160185644A1 GLASS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2016-06-30
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