Apparatus and a method for manufacturing a multi-pane glass unit
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsJae-Young Choi, Joon Hoi Kim, Young-ki Oh, Cheolsoon Park, Jin-Wook Song
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Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a multi-pane glass unit is provided. The apparatus includes a first plate, a second plate, and a conveyor. The first plate is configured to hold a first glass pane. The second plate is configured to hold a second glass pane such that the second glass pane faces the first glass pane. The conveyer includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to convey the first glass pane onto the first plate and the second portion configured to convey the second glass pane onto the second plate.
Claims20
An apparatus for manufacturing a multi-pane glass unit, the apparatus comprising:
- a first plate configured to hold a first glass pane;
- a second plate configured to hold a second glass pane such that the second glass pane faces the first glass pane;
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- a conveyer comprising a belt having a first portion configured to convey the first glass pane onto the first plate and a second portion configured to convey the second glass pane onto the second plate,
- wherein a surface of the first portion of the belt and a surface of the second portion of the belt are located at different heights in a first direction to locate an edge surface of the second glass pane adjacent to the second portion of the belt of the conveyer to be higher in the first direction than an edge surface of the first glass pane adjacent to the first portion of the belt of the conveyer, and
- at least one of the first plate and the second plate is further configured to be movable in a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction such that the second glass pane is attached to the first glass pane.
An apparatus for manufacturing a multi-pane glass unit, the apparatus comprising:
- a first plate configured to be movable in a first direction;
- a second plate spaced apart from the first plate in the first direction;
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- a conveyer running in a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction and passing below a space between the first plate and the second plate,
- wherein the conveyer comprises a belt comprising a first portion and a second portion running in parallel in the second direction, and
- a height of a top surface of the first portion of the belt in a vertical direction is different from a height of a top surface of the second portion of the belt in the vertical direction.
A method of manufacturing a multi-pane glass unit, the method comprising:
- conveying a first glass pane onto a first plate by using a first portion of a conveyer;
- holding the first glass pane on the first plate;
- conveying a second glass pane onto a second plate by using a second portion of the conveyer;
- holding the second glass pane on the second plate;
- attaching the second glass pane to the first glass pane by moving at least one of the first plate and the second plate in a first direction;
- separating the second plate from the second glass pane;
- conveying a third glass pane onto the second plate by using the first portion of the conveyer;
- holding the third glass pane on the second plate;
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- attaching the third glass pane to the second glass pane by moving at least one of the first plate and the second plate in the first direction,
- wherein the conveyer is configured to locate an edge surface of the second glass pane adjacent to the conveyer to be higher in a second direction than an edge surface of the first glass pane adjacent to the conveyer and an edge surface of the third glass pane adjacent to the conveyer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.