公开(公告)号：US11554982B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US16613886

申请日：2018-05-15

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Douglas Dale Bressler ,  Theresa Chang ,  Allan Mark Fredholm ,  Michele Marie-Louise Fredholm ,  Louis Mattos, Jr. ,  Jason Scott Stewart

IPC: C03B40/033 ,  B32B7/06 ,  B32B17/06 ,  C03B23/025

Abstract: A system and process for forming a curved glass laminate article is provided. The process and system utilizes a separation material, such as solid lubricating material and/or a spray applied separation material that Applicant has determined reduces bending dot formation during co-sagging shaping of glass sheets. The bending dot reduction provided by the separation materials discussed herein is particularly seen when the pair of glass sheets have significantly different thicknesses and/or viscosities from each other.

公开(公告)号：US20220388888A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17828733

申请日：2022-05-31

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Olivier Fournel ,  Allan Mark Fredholm ,  Cesar Bravo Huerta ,  Aniello Mario Palumbo ,  Christophe Pierron ,  Boris Nikolayevich Tsvetkov

IPC: C03B23/045 ,  C03B23/09 ,  C03B40/027

Abstract: A forming tool for use during a process of converting a glass tube into a glass container, includes a base portion comprising a fluid cavity for containing a fluid and an insertion portion extending from the base portion. The insertion portion includes an external surface sized to fit into an opening of the glass tube. In embodiments, the insertion portion comprises a fluid opening extending from an interior surface thereof to the external surface, the fluid opening configured to deliver the fluid from the fluid cavity between the insertion portion and the glass tube. In embodiments, the forming tool comprises a thermally conductive insert extending through the base portion and the insertion portion, the thermally conductive insert extending through the fluid cavity such that the fluid in the fluid cavity regulates a temperature of the thermally conductive insert.

公开(公告)号：US11420895B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US16332670

申请日：2017-09-11

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Olivier Fournel ,  Allan Mark Fredholm

IPC: C03B35/24 ,  C03B17/06 ,  C03B25/093 ,  C03B23/035

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for non-contact processing a substrate, for example a glass substrate, overtop a gas layer. The support apparatus includes a plurality of gas bearings positioned on a pressure box supplied with a pressurized gas. Some embodiments are directed to a method of supporting and transporting softened glass. The method includes placing the glass in proximity to a gas bearing device having a support surface with a plurality of outlet ports disposed therein. Some embodiments are directed to a glass processing apparatus comprising an air table configured to continuously transport and support a stream of glass and a plurality of modular devices supported by a support structure and disposed above the air table. Some embodiments are directed to a method for flattening viscous glass using a two-sided gas bearing device or a one-sided gas bearing device.

公开(公告)号：US20210355016A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-18

申请号：US17307315

申请日：2021-05-04

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Allan Mark Fredholm

IPC: C03B17/06

Abstract: A molding apparatus for forming a glass article comprises a mold shell comprising a cooling surface comprising at least a first zone and a second zone; an adjustable nozzle system comprising a mold-facing surface having a plurality of apertures sized to receive a nozzle or a plug; a plurality of nozzles, each coupled to one of the apertures to direct a stream of fluid onto the cooling surface; and a fluid supply providing a fluid through the plurality of nozzles. The fluid is jetted through the nozzles to impinge against the first zone or the second zone of the cooling surface, and a number of nozzles through which the fluid is jetted to impinge against the first zone of the cooling surface is different than a number of nozzles through which the fluid is jetted to impinge against the second zone of the cooling surface.

公开(公告)号：US20210292221A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US16332670

申请日：2017-09-11

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Olivier Fournel ,  Allan Mark Fredholm

IPC: C03B35/24 ,  C03B17/06 ,  C03B23/035 ,  C03B25/093

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for non-contact processing a substrate, for example a glass substrate, overtop a gas layer. The support apparatus includes a plurality of gas bearings positioned on a pressure box supplied with a pressurized gas. Some embodiments are directed to a method of supporting and transporting softened glass. The method includes placing the glass in proximity to a gas bearing device having a support surface with a plurality of outlet ports disposed therein. Some embodiments are directed to a glass processing apparatus comprising an air table configured to continuously transport and support a stream of glass and a plurality of modular devices supported by a support structure and disposed above the air table. Some embodiments are directed to a method for flattening viscous glass using a two-sided gas bearing device or a one-sided gas bearing device.

公开(公告)号：US10273179B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-30

申请号：US14295848

申请日：2014-06-04

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Allan Mark Fredholm

IPC: C03B17/06

Abstract: A glass manufacturing system and method are described herein for forming a high quality thin glass sheet. In one embodiment, the glass manufacturing system and method use at least one of a compensated rolling roll, a temperature controlled environment and edge rolls to form a high quality thin glass sheet that has a thickness less than about 2 mm and more preferably less than about 100 μm.

公开(公告)号：US10259736B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-16

申请号：US15470251

申请日：2017-03-27

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Allan Mark Fredholm

IPC: C03B13/04 ,  C03B13/16

Abstract: A roll forming apparatus includes at least one forming roll being spaced from a forming body to define a gap. The forming roll includes a working zone portion having a working zone surface with a length extending along a rotation axis of the forming roll and a thermal resistance boundary extending at an acute angle relative to the rotation axis. In further examples, methods include the step of feeding a stream of molten glass through the gap to form a glass ribbon including a formed thickness. The thermal resistance boundary facilitates substantial uniform radial expansion of the working zone surface relative to the rotation axis across the length of the working zone surface in response to heating of the working zone portion by the molten glass.

公开(公告)号：US20150232365A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-20

申请号：US14422579

申请日：2013-08-29

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson ,  Patrick Joseph Cimo ,  Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux ,  Allan Mark Fredholm

IPC: C03B17/04 ,  C03B23/047 ,  C03B40/04

CPC classification number: C03B17/04 ,  C03B23/047 ,  C03B40/04

Abstract: A glass tube making apparatus comprises a forming device with a shaping member positioned within a downstream portion of an outer tube. In further examples, methods of making a glass tube include the steps of passing a quantity molten glass through an upstream portion of the outer tube, wherein the molten glass includes a first cross-sectional shape. The method further includes the step of passing the quantity of molten glass through a downstream portion of the outer tube, wherein the first cross-sectional shape is transitioned to a second cross-sectional shape. In still further examples, methods of making a glass tube include the step of modifying a cross-sectional shape of the glass tube with an air bearing.

Abstract translation: 玻璃管制造装置包括具有定位在外管的下游部分内的成形构件的成形装置。 在其他实施例中，制造玻璃管的方法包括使量的熔融玻璃通过外管的上游部分的步骤，其中熔融玻璃包括第一横截面形状。 该方法还包括使熔融玻璃量通过外管的下游部分的步骤，其中第一横截面形状转变到第二横截面形状。 在另外的实施例中，制造玻璃管的方法包括用空气轴承改变玻璃管的横截面形状的步骤。

公开(公告)号：US20140026621A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-30

申请号：US14044317

申请日：2013-10-02

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux ,  Allan Mark Fredholm ,  Laurent Joubaud ,  Sophie Peschiera ,  Stephane Poissy

IPC: C03B23/025

CPC classification number: C03B23/023 ,  C03B23/0256 ,  C03B23/0258 ,  C03B35/202

Abstract: Please replace the originally filed abstract with the following amended abstract: An apparatus and method for precision bending a glass sheet that includes an oven for heating the glass sheet to a temperature near the softening temperature of the glass sheet. A stage for supporting the glass sheet. A pair of reference surfaces on the stage for precisely locating the glass sheet on the stage. At least one bending mechanism on a pair of arms inside the oven for bending an edge portion of the glass sheet. Inward facing first stop surfaces on the arms that contact reference surfaces on the stage for precisely locating the bending mechanism on the arms relative to the stage and the glass sheet.

Abstract translation: 请用以下修改的摘要替换原始摘要：一种用于精确弯曲玻璃板的装置和方法，该玻璃板包括用于将玻璃板加热到接近玻璃板的软化温度的温度的炉。 支撑玻璃板的舞台。 舞台上的一对参考表面，用于将玻璃板精确定位在舞台上。 在烤箱内的一对臂上的至少一个弯曲机构，用于弯曲玻璃板的边缘部分。 向内面对臂上的第一止动表面，该表面接触平台上的参考表面，用于将弯曲机构相对于平台和玻璃板精确地定位在臂上。

公开(公告)号：US12234175B1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US18677404

申请日：2024-05-29

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Richard Dominic Bomba ,  Cyril Rémy André Dedieu ,  Arnaud Dominique Dejean ,  Allan Mark Fredholm ,  Anne-Claire Jeanson ,  David John McEnroe ,  Mathieu Mondésir ,  Galan Gregory Moore ,  Aniello Mario Palumbo ,  David Sampaio ,  Thomas Matthew Sonner ,  Joseph William Soper

IPC: C03B11/10 ,  C03B11/12 ,  C03C3/083

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and techniques for gob-pressing a glass part of challenging geometries, such as large surfaces with thin thickness as well as features positioned far from a centroid of the part.