公开(公告)号：US09038414B2

公开(公告)日：2015-05-26

申请号：US13627455

申请日：2012-09-26

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Todd Benson Fleming ,  Richard Jonathan Kohler ,  Dale Charles Marshall ,  Robert L Walton

IPC: C03B17/06 ,  C03B35/24 ,  B65H23/02 ,  C03B33/02 ,  C03B33/09

CPC classification number: C03B35/246 ,  B65H20/14 ,  B65H23/02 ,  B65H23/0204 ,  B65H23/0212 ,  B65H23/032 ,  B65H23/24 ,  B65H2404/511 ,  B65H2406/1115 ,  B65H2801/61 ,  C03B17/064 ,  C03B33/0215 ,  C03B33/091

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for steering flexible glass webs are disclosed. In one embodiment, a steering device for non-contact steering of a glass web having a conveyance direction and a cross direction normal to the conveyance direction includes a fluid injection bar having an elongate axis oriented in a cross direction of the glass web. The steering device also includes a pivot bearing assembly coupled to the fluid injection bar such that the fluid injection bar is pivotable in a plane perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the glass web, an actuator coupled to the fluid injection bar for adjusting the orientation of the fluid injection bar with respect to the glass web, and an edge detection device positioned proximate to an edge of the glass web for evaluating a position of an edge of the glass web.

Abstract translation: 公开了用于转向柔性玻璃纤维网的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中，用于具有与输送方向垂直的输送方向和交叉方向的玻璃纤维网非接触转向的转向装置包括具有沿玻璃纤维网的横向方向定向的细长轴线的流体注入杆。 转向装置还包括枢转轴承组件，其联接到流体注入杆，使得流体注入杆可在垂直于玻璃纤维网的输送方向的平面中枢转，联接到流体注入杆的致动器，用于调节 相对于玻璃纤维网的流体注入杆，以及靠近玻璃纤维网的边缘定位的边缘检测装置，用于评估玻璃纤维网的边缘的位置。