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US 11,440,831 B2Granted
Conveying apparatus and conveying ribbon
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsAntoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Keith Raymond Gaylo, Jacob Immerman, Rohit Rai
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Abstract
A conveying apparatus can comprise one or more support members defining an interior passage and a first plurality of apertures. A first cross-sectional area of the interior passage at a first end portion of a support area can be greater than a second cross-sectional area of the interior passage at a second end portion of the support area. A tube can extend within the interior passage and comprises a second plurality of apertures. Methods are also provided for conveying a ribbon with one or more support members.
Claims6
A conveying apparatus comprising:
- one or more support members comprising an interior surface defining an interior passage and a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the interior passage and extending through a support surface of the support member, openings of the plurality of apertures at the support surface define a support area of the support surface, the support area comprises a length, a direction of the length extends along a flow path of the interior passage, and the support area further comprises a width extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the length, the length is greater than the width, an inlet port positioned to direct a gas stream along the flow path of the interior passage, wherein a first cross-sectional area of the interior passage along a first plane perpendicular to the direction of the length at a first end portion of the support area closest to the inlet port is greater than a second cross-sectional area of the interior passage along a second plane perpendicular to the direction of the length at a second end portion of the support area farthest from the inlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.