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US 11,384,011 B2Granted
Glass sheet and system and method for making glass sheet
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsDaniel Warren Hawtof, Nathan Michael Hill, Eric Yun Kuei Lynn, Catherine Michiko Magee, Brenton Allen Noll, Daniel Roberto Shneyer, Steven Bryan Shooter
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Abstract
A method includes impregnating a region of a glass sheet with a filler material in a liquid state. The glass sheet includes a plurality of glass soot particles. The filler material is solidified subsequent to the impregnating step to form a glass/filler composite region of the glass sheet.
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A composite sheet, comprising:
- a glass soot sheet comprising glass soot particles bonded with other glass soot particles proximate thereto, wherein the glass soot particles are partially melted or sintered together with the other glass soot particles proximate thereto such that boundaries of at least some of the glass soot particles define voids in the glass soot sheet;
- and
- filler material filling at least some of the voids to thereby form the composite sheet, wherein the filler material comprises a polymeric material;
- wherein the composite sheet is a ribbon that comprises edge surfaces and two major surfaces, wherein the two major surfaces have surface areas larger than the edge surfaces such that surface areas of the two major surfaces are each at least 5 times that of a third largest surface of the ribbon, and
- wherein the filler material extends from the major surfaces of the glass soot sheet into the interior of the glass soot sheet and the filler material extends substantially through a thickness of the glass soot sheet.
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A composite sheet, comprising:
- a glass soot sheet comprising glass soot particles bonded with other glass soot particles proximate thereto, wherein the glass soot particles are partially melted or sintered together with the other glass soot particles proximate thereto,
- wherein boundaries of at least some of the glass soot particles define voids in the soot sheet;
- and
- filler material filling at least some of the voids, wherein the filler material comprises a polymeric material, wherein the filler material is at a temperature of at least 100° C. and is in a liquid state,
- wherein the voids of the glass soot sheet are sized and positioned such that the voids draw in the filler material in the liquid state.
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A composite sheet, comprising:
- a soot sheet comprising soot particles bonded with other soot particles proximate thereto, wherein the soot particles are partially melted or sintered together with the other soot particles proximate thereto such that boundaries of at least some of the soot particles define voids in the soot sheet;
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- filler material filling at least some of the voids to thereby form the composite sheet, wherein the filler material comprises a polymeric material, wherein the filler material is in a solid state;
- wherein the composite sheet is a ribbon that comprises edge surfaces and two major surfaces, wherein the two major surfaces have surface areas larger than edge surfaces such that surface areas of the two major surfaces are at least 5 times that of a third largest surface of the ribbon, and
- wherein the filler material extends from the major surfaces of the soot sheet into the interior of the soot sheet and the filler material extends substantially through a thickness of the soot sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.