Versatile glass forming conveyor with 3-D vacuum forming capability
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsDouglas Dale Bressler, David Alan Deneka, William Edward Lock, Phillip Richard MacCormack, Thomas Matthew Sonner
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Abstract
Various aspects of methods and systems are provided, which detail: a method, comprising: depositing a hot, flexible glass-containing ribbon along a plurality of sequentially conveyed molds; rolling a pinch roller over the surface of the glass-containing ribbon, such that at least one pinch region is actuated in the glass ribbon as the glass ribbon is pinched between a pinch edge of the pinch roller and the surface of the mold; and cooling the glass ribbon, separating the glass ribbon along the pinch region into discrete glass parts.
Claims6
A method, comprising:
- depositing a hot flexible glass-containing ribbon along a plurality of sequentially conveyed molds;
- rolling a pressure roller over a surface of the glass-containing ribbon, such that at least one pinch region is actuated in the glass-containing ribbon as the glass-containing ribbon is pinched between a protruding pinch edge of the pressure roller and a surface of the mold, wherein the at least one pinch region has a cross-sectional thickness that is not greater than 75% of a cross-sectional thickness of the glass-containing ribbon;
- cooling the glass-containing ribbon;
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- separating the glass-containing ribbon along the at least one pinch region into discrete glass parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.