BENT GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:US20200325058A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-15

    申请号:US16849305

    申请日:2020-04-15

    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to an assembly for bending glass. The assembly includes a support extending along an x-direction and a y-direction. The support includes a support first major surface and opposed second major surface. The assembly further includes a bending ring attached to and extending vertically along a z-direction from the support first major surface substantially along an outer perimeter of the support first major surface. The assembly further includes a passive heat element disposed between the support first major surface and a top end of the bending ring.

    PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING CURVED GLASS VIA DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OF EDGE REGION

    公开(公告)号:US20200299175A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:US16753561

    申请日:2018-10-05

    Abstract: A process and system for forming a curved glass article from a sheet of glass material is provided. The process and system includes supporting a glass sheet on a shaping frame and then heating the sheet of glass material while supported by the shaping frame such that the central region of the sheet of glass material deforms into an open central cavity of the bending frame. The process and/or system are configured such that a steep, localized temperature differential is formed in the region adjacent the outer edge of the glass sheet during the heating stage of the shaping process.

    Methods and apparatus for producing a glass ribbon

    公开(公告)号:US12221373B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-11

    申请号:US17621273

    申请日:2020-06-26

    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.

    STIFF INTERLAYERS FOR LAMINATED GLASS STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20220219431A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17708471

    申请日:2022-03-30

    Abstract: A new laminated glass structure for automotive glazing, architectural window and other applications that includes two sheets of relatively thin, optionally chemically strengthened glass, such as Corning® Gorilla® Glass, with a composite interlayer structure that includes at least one relatively stiff layer having relatively high Young's modulus of 50 MPa or higher and a relatively softer polymer layer having a relatively low Young's modulus of 20 MPa or lower.

    INDUCTION HEATING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHAPING THIN GLASS

    公开(公告)号:US20170240453A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-24

    申请号:US15521795

    申请日:2015-11-06

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems for shaping glass structures, comprising a shaping mold; a magnetic field generator; and a susceptor plate positioned substantially between the shaping mold and the magnetic field generator. Also disclosed herein are systems for shaping a glass structures, comprising a magnetic field generator comprising at least one induction coil and a one power supply connected to the at least one induction coil; and a susceptor plate having a first surface proximate the at least one induction coil and an opposing second surface proximate the glass structure. Further disclosed herein are methods for heating glass structures, comprising positioning the glass structure on a shaping mold; introducing the shaping mold and glass structure into a furnace; and indirectly heating at least a portion of the glass structure using at least one induction heating source.

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