公开(公告)号：US20200325061A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-15

申请号：US16093806

申请日：2017-04-18

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Suzette Kimmel ,  Mark Thomas Massaro ,  Joel David Millett ,  Robert Richard Quiel

IPC: C03B33/02 ,  C03B17/06 ,  C03B33/07 ,  B65G49/06

Abstract: Bead removal apparatus and methods of separating beads from glass sheets with glass engaging units are disclosed. The bead removal apparatus includes a forming body from which a continuous glass ribbon is drawn in a draw direction and a bead removal station adjacent to and laterally offset from the forming body. The bead removal station includes a heating element configured to heat a desired line of bead separation of a glass sheet to a temperature within a range of about 400° C. to about 600° C., and a crack initiation device configured to initiate a crack in the glass sheet at the desired line of bead separation. The bead removal apparatus further includes a glass engaging unit configured to move the glass sheet from the continuous glass ribbon to the bead removal station.