Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for producing a glass ribbon
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Application No.: US17621273Application Date: 2020-06-26
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Publication No.: US12221373B2Publication Date: 2025-02-11
- Inventor: Anmol Agrawal , Douglas Dale Bressler , Matthew John Cempa , Frank Coppola , Anurag Jain , Francisco Javier Moraga , Shyam Prasad Mudiraj , Ibraheem Rasool Muhammad , Rui Zhang
- Applicant: Corning Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US NY Corning
- Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Corning
- Agent Kevin M. Able
- International Application: PCT/US2020/039751 WO 20200626
- International Announcement: WO2020/264252 WO 20201230
- Main IPC: C03B17/06
- IPC: C03B17/06

Abstract:
A glass manufacturing apparatus includes a forming apparatus defining a travel path extending in a travel direction. The forming apparatus conveys a ribbon of glass-forming material along the travel path in the travel direction of the forming apparatus. The glass manufacturing apparatus includes a cooling tube extending substantially parallel to the travel path and extending across the travel direction. The cooling tube includes a plurality of orifices spaced apart along the cooling tube and facing the travel path. Methods of manufacturing glass can comprise flowing a coolant from an outlet of a conduit in a direction toward a target location of a flowing ribbon of molten material. Methods can also include changing a phase of the coolant while the coolant is flowing towards the target location. The change in phase can cool the target location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220411309A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A GLASS RIBBON Public/Granted day:2022-12-29
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