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US 2012/0258584 A1Published application
Glass substrate comprising an edge web portion
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsSean M. Garner, Gary E. Merz
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Abstract
A glass ribbon coated with a flexible material, the flexible coating forming a flexible web portion that extends from an edge of the glass ribbon at least one millimeter. The flexible web portion can be used to facilitate handling of the glass ribbon in a manufacturing process, and may include registration markings, or perforations, that further facilitate precise positioning of the ribbon.
Claims18
A method of processing a glass ribbon comprising:
- dispensing a length of a glass ribbon wound on a first spool, the glass ribbon having a thickness equal to or less than 0.3 mm and polymeric web portions extending from edges of the glass ribbon;
- engaging the web portions with a feed apparatus;
- processing the dispensed length of the glass ribbon;
- and
- winding the dispensed length of glass ribbon on a second spool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.